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Hi all posting this from my local librarie, last night my PC was hacked by a scammer and locked me out! Only just logged on when my PC went into restart mode then I was greeted by the threat screen and to get it unlocked I had to set up account to pay them money!
Heard all about these arseholes scammers who do this so the following is to them....I WIN YOU GET SOD ALL OUT OF ME! :har: :har: :har: :har:
It was a old XP which I was going to scrap off this year and buy a new one which today I have and will luck pick it up Saturday. Should be back to normal next week, so catch all then with luck.
Tango589
03-07-14, 10:44 AM
Oh dear , oh dear, oh dear Steed. These malwarez are often picked up from dubious 'gentlemans' websites. What have you been viewing? (not that I'm talking from experience or anything...:oops:)
Oh dear , oh dear, oh dear Steed. These malwarez are often picked up from dubious 'gentlemans' websites. What have you been viewing? (not that I'm talking from experience or anything...:oops:)
Never gone to them mate, full of bad stuff them.
I'm looking into it.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/
http://noscript.net/
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://thefightingwannstaches.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/the_more_you_know_banner.jpg
Wolferz
03-07-14, 10:57 AM
:hmmm:
krashkart
03-07-14, 11:05 AM
http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/
http://noscript.net/
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://thefightingwannstaches.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/the_more_you_know_banner.jpg
Yut. :up:
BossMark
03-07-14, 11:19 AM
Toff boy getting his own back STEED :timeout: could be me next then :nope:
Wolferz
03-07-14, 11:24 AM
This bugga can hit you from just about anywhere on the net. A shutdown and restart usually cuts it off at the knees.
Your files are locked! Send me money!:haha:
Pfffftttt!!!
Jimbuna
03-07-14, 11:52 AM
Check the palms of your hands for excessive hair growth :)
krashkart
03-07-14, 12:36 PM
Check the palms of your hands for excessive hair growth :)
Okay, that made me laugh. I owe you one. :)
Restore to a previous point! OS restored, go hack someone else! :O:
Herr-Berbunch
03-07-14, 01:55 PM
I read an article on this type of scam quite recently. Apparently those that pay really do get it unlocked*, and even the malware gurus couldn't find a work around to get the data back.
*However others may have since copied this style and be less, err, scrupulous
@Steed
start compi, interrupt with F8 before the threat screen shows up, go to safe mode and delete with software like malewarebytes. Should be gone then. Do a full scan.
Or better like Rhodes said: start in safe mode and chose earlier restore point.
Should be gone.
Don't pay.
nikimcbee
03-07-14, 02:15 PM
Sorry to hear that Steed. Good luck getting your computer up.:salute:
Your GCHQ contact gone rogue eh?
Spiced_Rum
03-07-14, 03:28 PM
It could have been Putin's boys making sure the Avengers stay out of the whole Ukraine and Crimea debacle.
raymond6751
03-07-14, 03:56 PM
That bit about F8 and restore previous start point. Has anyone done that with this problem?
Here, twice. I was watching live stream Champions League Football (Soccer) over the internet to work around pay tv, of course.
BrucePartington
03-07-14, 04:48 PM
Happened to me before, while on a tv website (I watch every CSI episode 24 hours after they premiere in the US :D , on public tv here they are "a few" seasons behind).
No, my hands do not show excessive hair growth :O:
Like posted previously, Safe Mode and Malwarebytes will do the trick. Go out and have a pint (or two) while Malwarebytes works for you. You've earned it:Kaleun_Cheers:
Wolferz
03-07-14, 04:59 PM
Steed isn't fooling anyone...
He was going Japanese and got himself a cyber STD.:haha:
Steed isn't fooling anyone...
He was going Japanese and got himself a cyber STD.:haha::har::up:
Herr-Berbunch
03-07-14, 06:26 PM
Steed isn't fooling anyone...
No, he isn't, he wanted a new PC and this is just the excuse he needed. :03:
I'll bet the ghost of Steve Jobs is behind it: "Won't buy a Mac? We'll see about that..." ...
Using a PC in the libraray is no guarantee you won't get that particular malware. About a year ago, I was in a public library in my area when a patron using a PC went up to the service desk in a bit of a fluster; it seems she got that "We're the government and we've locked your PC" screen. So, even with all the IT safeguards available to the city (Los Angeles), the malware got through...
As far as suspect sites, in that case I don't think it applies. The lady patron was of an advanced age (anyone older than me is of an "advanced age" and there are fewer every year) and I really doubt she was indulging in a salacious viewing of something like, say, "Old Geezers Gone Wild"...
Then, again, maybe Grannies "got it going on"...
<O>
gordonmull
03-08-14, 12:23 AM
Sadly some people do end up falling for this scam.
I've had a couple of these types, one so nasty that it required a reinstall of the OS. Nothing would shift it. I lost nothing because I back up important files. OK if I lost my latest SH campaign it is no real disaster but personal stuff like photos and documents that I'd be gutted to lose are all stashed away on an external HDD.
I tend to view really annoying viruses as a prompt to do a reinstall these days, so the people that are out to mess me up are actually doing me a favour. Otherwise I'd probably not get round to it.
No, he isn't, he wanted a new PC and this is just the excuse he needed.
Yep just a bit ahead but what the heck.
At the library again folks, be picking the new PC latter today so a busy day ahead. Back to the scammer git, there shut screen only had in yellow saying "GOT YA YOUR LOCKED OUT PAY UP". Followed by how to set up an account of payment and if I don't pay up they will clean my bank account out from the details they stole off my former PC.
What details I ask? SH3/SH4 a few word docs they don't contain anything they could use. I keep most of my stuff on memory sticks so they lose out again. :haha:
Not bad when you think about it I have been on the Internet since around mid 1990's and this is the first big hit I ever had.
Jimbuna
03-08-14, 06:25 AM
Steed isn't fooling anyone...
He was going Japanese and got himself a cyber STD.:haha:
LOL :)
swamprat69er
03-08-14, 07:25 AM
I downloaded 'malwarebytes' last night and let it run a deep scan on the two drives that downloads go to......Results? 70 Potentially Unwanted Programs.
Quarantined all of them. Bought the program this morning. $41.14/ lifetime subscription for one computer.
I will use the free version on the laptop.
Jimbuna
03-08-14, 07:34 AM
Money well spent...I generally use the 'free' versions :)
swamprat69er
03-08-14, 07:59 AM
My theory is that IF the free version does what they say it will, why not pay (if the price is reasonable) for it and get some added benefits (like the backup disk). So I did.
I'M BACK BABY
This is my first post on my new PC. :D
Man I have been in the bronze age with my old XP that has now gone to the dump. Hello Windows 8.1 man this is going to take a few days to know right got to crack on and get the important stuff up and running, catch you latter.
NeonSamurai
03-08-14, 09:54 AM
Ick! You couldn't pay me to use windows 8.
Anyhow some comments and advise on what people were saying here, from someone that use to have to fix other peoples messes like that.
1. Do not use system restore. System restore is very frequently compromised where the virus infects your backups. System restore may help you go back to a better point to deal with the infection, but do not assume the virus(es) is gone.
2. System restore will not fix things if the virus went in and encrypted your files to ransom them. Nothing short of paying will get your files back (and that is if they do give you the key) unless you can figure out the password key. Always keep backups of important files.
3. Have a good Anti Virus program running, and use a software firewall to keep out the nasties. Personally I am using Comodo firewall (free), and Avast free. Both are considered top notch (Comodo AV sucks though). I also keep a copy of malwarebytes (free), but it isn't good for active monitoring (unless you bought it). Spybot search and destroy can also be helpful.
4. If you are going to keep bank account or other login information on your system (steam login for example). Use an encrypted container or a dedicated program like keepass.
5. I personally love disk imaging programs like shadowprotect, arconis true image, clonezilla (free). Depending on how you use it, you can have your computer restored in a few minutes to an hour (time is how much time you need to spend backing up things). I personally keep a clean brand new install of windows along with my basic software I always use installed as a disk image and I update the image every few years (patches, new software, etc). They are also great for dealing with windows eventual self corruption over time as it saves you from having to do a brand new install.
Jimbuna
03-08-14, 11:42 AM
My theory is that IF the free version does what they say it will, why not pay (if the price is reasonable) for it and get some added benefits (like the backup disk). So I did.
Oh I do agree but I try the freebie first and if that works I settle for that.
adrians69
03-08-14, 02:09 PM
You will find that these "lock ups" are caused by 3 little files that put themselves on the root of c:\. Not very cleverly hidden at all. Delete those files and the problem will be gone. :up:
Catfish
03-08-14, 06:00 PM
Congrats.
I would have asked the GCHQ to send me a bootable backup disk.
There must be something those guys are good for.
:D
This attack made the local new here in LA this morning.
BossMark
03-09-14, 05:31 AM
STEED good luck with windows 8 ive heard its piss poor
Wolferz
03-09-14, 06:21 AM
STEED good luck with windows 8 ive heard its piss poor
You got that right. Win 8.0 was aimed at the tablet PC market and Microsoft soon discovered that it was a mistake of epic proportion. They quickly released 8.1 for the rest of us. I'm running 8.1 and it's not all that bad. I've not seen the hairy palm cyber virus since I upgraded.:haha:
YMMV
You got that right. Win 8.0 was aimed at the tablet PC market and Microsoft soon discovered that it was a mistake of epic proportion. They quickly released 8.1 for the rest of us. I'm running 8.1 and it's not all that bad.
I got 8.1 and I'm not that impressed its still a mess in my view. I agree some person(s) had there thready hats(s) on saying big words this would be a hit as it went down well on phones, well my PC is not a phone well done plonker(s). :doh:
I am finding it at times a real pain in the arse its not as simple and easy as my old XP. Tried to get a Win7 could I? Not a chance its like Win7 has vanished off the face of the UK or maybe the earth. :hmmm:
BTW: This computer came with Mc Afee Live safe - Internet security, anti virus/firewall all in one. Dose anyone know is this worth keeping?
swamprat69er
03-09-14, 08:55 AM
:hmmm:
BTW: This computer came with Mc Afee Live safe - Internet security, anti virus/firewall all in one. Dose anyone know is this worth keeping?
It is better than nothing.
I am using Advanced System Care, Adaware and Malwarebytes. But not all at the same time.
I got win7 after win8 was released, it was tough to find tho. Got OEM version off EBay.
Also got Malwarebytes and super anti spyware along with Ccleaner.
OK keep it for now and see how I go, use to run Avast anti virus and commodo firewall on the old XP.
Wolferz
03-09-14, 10:00 AM
I got 8.1 and I'm not that impressed its still a mess in my view. I agree some person(s) had there thready hats(s) on saying big words this would be a hit as it went down well on phones, well my PC is not a phone well done plonker(s). :doh:
I am finding it at times a real pain in the arse its not as simple and easy as my old XP. Tried to get a Win7 could I? Not a chance its like Win7 has vanished off the face of the UK or maybe the earth. :hmmm:
I have found that it's not much different than any other Windows OS.
Still has a desktop, program icons, file explorer, etc, etc. The only thing missing is the configurable Outlook E-mail program. I don't like the e-mail service being provided by Microsoft, so I just use my ISP's e-mail off their website.
All in all, it's Microsoft completing their agenda to turn every PC into an X-Box. :hmmm::-?:down:
I have found that it's not much different than any other Windows OS.
Still has a desktop, program icons, file explorer, etc, etc. The only thing missing is the configurable Outlook E-mail program. I don't like the e-mail service being provided by Microsoft, so I just use my ISP's e-mail off their website.
All in all, it's Microsoft completing their agenda to turn every PC into an X-Box. :hmmm::-?:down:
I noticed all those X-Box apps, there are some things getting on my wick and I have to get use to Win8.1
swamprat69er
03-09-14, 11:18 AM
I have been using Firefox for a browser and before that it was Netscape Navigator. I don't like much about Microjunk. For email I use Incredimail which downloads the email from another place.
Wolferz
03-09-14, 11:21 AM
I noticed all those X-Box apps, there are some things getting on my wick and I have to get use to Win8.1
ALT F-4 and the corners are your friend.:haha:
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