Running any type of scanner will not help as by the time it finds the malware, it has already infected your computer and encrypted your files. Also, not only is the free version of MBAM not legal, it is not as good as the SBE version to run along side your AV. I would recommend running scans with your AV just as before and then run MBAM. You can run them both in real time and scan only in Sophos, ESET, Avast, etc. You want to prevent it getting on your computer to begin with. It uses previous malware on your system as one way of obtaining access, so keep your computers virus-free as always.

Keep as many files read-only as possible. Most of the time your files don't need to be written on. Try not to give anyone, including yourself, admin privileges.

It is not a virus so it cannot travel from computer to computer but it can access any file that you can. If you have the cloud, do NOT make a drive letter. Is it a good idea to keep a backup that is not connected to the computer.

But, the morning scan will not help anything as by then your wallpaper will already be the demand for ransom.

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I guess if you didn't like someone you could make this his/her wallpaper.

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine