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Aug 22, 2014
3:04:13pm

ayfan

You can restore your machine to an earlier date.

I fits a window machine it should automatically backup fairly regularly. No need to wipe the machine clean.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-system-restore#1TC=windows-7

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ayfan

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Joined: Jan 1, 2007
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My wife just fell victim to a scam.

8/22/14 3:01pm

Wipe the hard drive and reset passwords for everything

Jericho

8/22/14 3:03pm

^^^^ This. Once you've installed their software, you can't trust the system.

El Jefe

8/22/14 3:28pm

Woohoo, I got a thumbs up from El Jefe

Jericho

8/22/14 3:32pm

wait, that was probably your hope all along

Jericho

8/22/14 3:35pm

Ha! He just took control of your computer

TNT

8/22/14 3:35pm

Maybe we can talk Jefe into giving

messi

8/22/14 3:51pm

Or you could just ignore me if you don't like to see my posts

Jericho

8/22/14 3:55pm

RE: Or you could just ignore me if you don't like to see my posts

messi

8/22/14 3:57pm

Start with System Restore

8/22/14 3:03pm

You can restore your machine to an earlier date.

ayfan

8/22/14 3:04pm

Depends on the malware.

AtlantaMark

8/22/14 3:07pm

I would definitely not do this. Most malware these days can/will alter restore

vandalcoug

8/22/14 4:34pm

I have some software you can download to completely un-do what the scammers did.

garyfan

8/22/14 3:06pm

First- don't allow it onto wifi or ethernet as long as original hard drive is

AtlantaMark

8/22/14 3:06pm

Thanks for all your suggestions. Looks like we'll be wiping her computer.

8/22/14 4:48pm

you may want to do a credit freeze for awhile

iceecoug

8/22/14 5:08pm

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