Today, my roommate used my PC without asking. Long story short, it's now infected with ransomware. The dissertation I've been working on for months is now encrypted, along with all the backups on my second hard drive. Now I have to pay the hackers $1,500 to get the decryption key. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my house was broken into and my computer was stolen. Fortunately, I have cloud backups of all my work; unfortunately, hardware prices have gone through the roof and I won't be able to replace that computer soon. FML
Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML
Today, my mom borrowed my computer without my permission and downloaded a virus. I came home to a blue screen of death. She refuses to admit fault and pay for a new computer. FML
Today, our computer system has irretrievably broken down due to viruses. My boss is the one who refused to get new antivirus software, but he’s still blaming me because I’m the computer guy and should be able to protect us from stupidly complicated viruses, "like the hackers in the movies." FML
Today, the new office IT guy figured the best way to get the virus off my computer was to wipe my entire hard drive. He was kind enough to back my data up and restore everything from the backups. Including the virus. FML
Today, my friend asked to borrow my new laptop to email his college professor. When he returned it, it had a virus on it, and I had to fish out two pubic hairs that were sticking out between the keys. FML
Today, my dad was sat on my laptop in the living room trying to learn how to do some rewiring around the house when he, and I quote, ”clicked on the thing.” My laptop is now riddled with so many viruses it’s basically a house brick. FML
Today, discovered that all the viruses I have gotten on my computer at work haven't been from anything I've done, but because my boss has secretly been using it after hours to download or watch porn so he wouldn't risk getting a virus on his own computer. I've lost 3 major projects due to this. FML
Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML
Today, I let my friend use my computer to download some music. Now, my computer has 6 viruses and 4 songs, all of which I hate. FML
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King0fgames 18
Have your roommate pay the ransom, that is incredibly stupid. Hopefully you can find a way to track down those assholes.
Kalver92 16
That really sucks for you, but there is password protection for a reason. To keep unauthorized people especially family and room mates from using your computer without asking.
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Comments (120)
rzoned 1
i hope im not to late DON'T PAY IT it is all a trap and a proper computer repair tech and usally get your stuff back for less then paying the $1500 paying for a code you will never get
donaldduckdumb 4
you don't have to pay ransomware. The one time I had to deal with that I just did a system restore.
sorariku124 15
Remember the 3-2-1 backup rule: 3 copies, 2 on-site in case of drive failure, 1 off-site in case of ransomware.
DeadxManxWalking 27
make him pay, and then after all is said and done, slap him and say "I told you not to."
CrazyCatLady 19
make your roommate pay for it to get fixed.
LanipatorX14 5
Try booting your pc in safe mode and delete the virus if possible.
mattyiscool123 26
Like it or not, you may not get back that assignment either way
ViviMage 40
Get Norton or another antivirus on a thumb drive, usually you can google the ransom ware fix without paying anything. If you have Comcast they provide a Norton for free. Also, store anything important like that on a second thumb drive!
Grisha_fml 18
you do realize that you actually have to write down the encryption key somewhere and place it in a safe place right? depending on the type of encryption that you used, that hacker may actually not even be able to break it. It's not as easy as you think :(
poisonedpeanuts 22
My aunts computer had this on it and we took it to a repair shop. They said that even the government hasn't been able to crack it. And even if you pay they sometimes don't unlock your stuff. Reverting it back probably won't help either since the virus goes throughout your computer. My aunt ended up just getting her computer wiped. Sorry op!