Yesterday morning I was looking at hunting/fishing spotlights on Ebay for an upcoming Birthday gift. When I went to open one advertisement with one of the less expensive models, my laptop went beserk with loud sounds, a blanked out screen then message boxes popping up telling me I had not downloaded some Microsoft updates or something and that my Windows 10 and everything on my laptop would be wiped within xxx number of seconds - counting down - unless I clicked on 'update' immediately. I am not computor savvy, but thought the English was not exactly fluent, so unplugged and turned off my laptop. Tried again later and same thing - but only when on internet - not when doing anything off-line. Downloaded and ran a different anti-virus programme last night and it came up with Ransomware. Prior to this, I had been on my usual Facebook site, checked one email I had sent to a seller on Ebay...and the Ebay as mentioned above. What I am wondering, is it possible to have been infected via Ebay, or could this Ransom Virus have just somehow made its way to my laptop simply by connecting to the internet? I am afraid to keep looking for items now, but will have to take the chance as running out of time for my sons birthday - but need to know if can trust this site again? Thankyou.
