I have been Hacked!
 

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.

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....now_banner.jpg

:hmmm:

Yut. :up:

Toff boy getting his own back STEED :timeout: could be me next then :nope:

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!!!

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:

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.

Sorry to hear that Steed. Good luck getting your computer up.:salute:

Your GCHQ contact gone rogue eh?