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I received an email that says I'm now infected with their private malware... not sure what to do and if AVG has a handle. I did run a scan after reading it and AVG said I was protected. The following is the email contents... What do I do about this?
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Hi, I know one of your passwords is: XXXXX (I took this out but it was a real password)
Your computer was infected with my private malware, your browser wasn't updated / patched, in such case it's enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more - Google: "Drive-by exploit".
My malware gave me full access to all your accounts (see password above), full control over your computer and it also was possible to spy on you over your webcam.
I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF!
After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces and this email(s) was sent from some hacked server.
I can publish the video of you and all your private data on the whole web, social networks, over email of all contacts.
But you can stop me and only I can help you out in this situation.
The only way to stop me, is to pay exactly 1000$ in bitcoin (BTC).
It's a very good offer, compared to all that horrible shit that will happen if I publish everything!
You can easily buy bitcoin here: www.paxful.com , www.coingate.com , www.coinbase.com , or check for bitcoin ATM near you, or Google for other exchanger.
You can send the bitcoin directly to my wallet, or create your own wallet first here: www.login.blockchain.com/en/#/signup/ , then receive and send to mine.
My bitcoin wallet is: 1Nq84HeDmd2JGyRtjqh32QRG4zoSrp8bdL
Copy and paste my wallet, it's (cAsE-sEnSEtiVE)
I give you 3 days time to pay.
As I got access to this email account, I will know if this email has already been read.
If you get this email multiple times, it's to make sure that you read it, my mailer script is configured like this and after payment you can ignore it.
After receiving the payment, I will remove everything and you can life your live in peace like before.
Next time update your browser before browsing the web!
Mail-Client-ID: 6501784787
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Hi, I know one of your passwords is: XXXXX (I took this out but it was a real password)
Your computer was infected with my private malware, your browser wasn't updated / patched, in such case it's enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more - Google: "Drive-by exploit".
My malware gave me full access to all your accounts (see password above), full control over your computer and it also was possible to spy on you over your webcam.
I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF!
After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces and this email(s) was sent from some hacked server.
I can publish the video of you and all your private data on the whole web, social networks, over email of all contacts.
But you can stop me and only I can help you out in this situation.
The only way to stop me, is to pay exactly 1000$ in bitcoin (BTC).
It's a very good offer, compared to all that horrible shit that will happen if I publish everything!
You can easily buy bitcoin here: www.paxful.com , www.coingate.com , www.coinbase.com , or check for bitcoin ATM near you, or Google for other exchanger.
You can send the bitcoin directly to my wallet, or create your own wallet first here: www.login.blockchain.com/en/#/signup/ , then receive and send to mine.
My bitcoin wallet is: 1Nq84HeDmd2JGyRtjqh32QRG4zoSrp8bdL
Copy and paste my wallet, it's (cAsE-sEnSEtiVE)
I give you 3 days time to pay.
As I got access to this email account, I will know if this email has already been read.
If you get this email multiple times, it's to make sure that you read it, my mailer script is configured like this and after payment you can ignore it.
After receiving the payment, I will remove everything and you can life your live in peace like before.
Next time update your browser before browsing the web!
Mail-Client-ID: 6501784787
We're glad to help you with this.
From the provided email, we see that it could be possibly a scam. In this regard, do not follow any instructions from it.
With AVG Internet Secuirity installed on your computer, it would be protected against emerging threats & hackers. Reason being, it has an active firewall.
Meanwhile, to ensure that your accounts are protected, try changing the email, social account passwords.
Additionally, you can use an email client such as Outlook or Thunderbird to access your email (if possible). If you do so, we have a feature 'Antispam' which would identify spam emails.
Thank you for your understanding in advance!