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I received an email stating spyware had been placed on my computer after I visited a site several months ago. The correct password was used in the email. This person states that they have control and access to my camera, videos, and all personal information and that it will be released public ally and to all my contacts if I do not pay to his bitcoin account.
iPad Air 3 WiFi, Cellular
I just needed some reassurance that the (RAT) Remote Administration Tool as stated in the email was not actually installed on my device. This person stated they have been observing my actions and made reference to controlling my camera, microphone and monitoring and observing all my actions. This didn’t seem like the normal scam emails I have received in the past.
If you want to check what is running on your computer, try running this program in your normal user account, then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy Report” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply Pastebin
Etrecheck – System Information 10.10 and later
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There have been quite a few similar posts here. All of them bogus.
Thanks, but this happened on my iPad and the program says it
will only run on Mac OS
Threatening email
