If you step aside and let Chicken Little pass, you will notice it is just a simple social engineering trick to get you to give them your credentials. Neither Apple or Microsoft monitor your computers security, can lock it up, or give out phone numbers in their alerts.?

I look forward to Randy Singers comment, something along the line of there is no known malware for Mac that can lock up your Mac. I would like Al Vernell’s opinion on the threat and the verbiage used.?

My bet is that it is simply a scare tactic to get you to willingly give up your credentials.

Another thing that caught my eye Is that this was reported 3/19, two days ago, and picked up and repeated by many other normally good sources. No name is given for the malware, even though the Windows version had been out for almost a year. Just a lot of scary terminology. Just like the old video I was watching of a conman speaking to swindle a crowd of people.?