Hi. Ive registered in your community in hope that youll help me. My problem is that my wifes laptop is infected with Odin virus that has encrypted all files. And now it claims for 1.5 BTC for encryption. I tried different tools, antiviruses, guides etc. One thing that had helped me was ShadowExplorer (http://www.shadowexplorer.com/downloads.html) which I found in this site (http://myspybot.com/odin-virus/), and with a help of it I managed to decrypt little bit of files, but not very important. 
So finally I decided to pay 1.5 BTC for encryption, but I dont know how, where and when I can buy this crypto currency. So I hope that you can give me some advice's or provide with a link to a step-by-step guide on how to use BTC.
And last question why cant I pay with my dollar card? What is a reason for them to use Bitcoins? I dont get it.
So finally I decided to pay 1.5 BTC for encryption, but I dont know how, where and when I can buy this crypto currency. So I hope that you can give me some advice's or provide with a link to a step-by-step guide on how to use BTC.
And last question why cant I pay with my dollar card? What is a reason for them to use Bitcoins? I dont get it.
I'll chime in with others.
1, don't even bother paying this "ransom" you are just tossing out good $
2, use that $ and buy yourself another computer and try to safeguard it better, not downloading things and sites you visit, anti-virus, different passwords, all sorts of things I don't have the time to list
3, learn to remove the virus yourself/with help from online, malewarebyets is a pretty good site that helps people, I haven't been there in years, but know it exists
4, your computer is already compromised and any files will just compromise a new system.........don't even bother accept the loss, documents and photos should of been printed anyways and not just stored on a pc
Lastly, sorry this happened to you. Most people are just assholes and we have to learn how to swim among them.