I have been Hacked!

STEED · 03-07-14, 10:37 AM

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!

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...

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STEED · 03-07-14, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tango589

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...

)

Never gone to them mate, full of bad stuff them.

I'm looking into it.

Oberon · 03-07-14, 10:53 AM

http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/

http://noscript.net/

https://www.malwarebytes.org/

Wolferz · 03-07-14, 10:57 AM

krashkart · 03-07-14, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/

http://noscript.net/

https://www.malwarebytes.org/

Yut.

BossMark · 03-07-14, 11:19 AM

Toff boy getting his own back STEED

could be me next then

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!

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Check the palms of your hands for excessive hair growth

Okay, that made me laugh. I owe you one.

Rhodes · 03-07-14, 01:43 PM

Restore to a previous point! OS restored, go hack someone else!

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

Dan D · 03-07-14, 02:09 PM

@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.

TarJak · 03-07-14, 02:57 PM

Your GCHQ contact gone rogue eh?

03-07-14, 10:37 AM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	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! 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. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-07-14, 10:44 AM	#2
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	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...) __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

03-07-14, 10:57 AM	#5
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	__________________ Tomorrow never comes

03-07-14, 11:19 AM	#7
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Toff boy getting his own back STEED could be me next then __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

03-07-14, 11:24 AM	#8
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	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! Pfffftttt!!! __________________ Tomorrow never comes

03-07-14, 10:53 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/ http://noscript.net/ https://www.malwarebytes.org/

03-07-14, 11:52 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Check the palms of your hands for excessive hair growth __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-07-14, 01:43 PM	#11
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Restore to a previous point! OS restored, go hack someone else! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

03-07-14, 01:55 PM	#12
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	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 __________________

03-07-14, 02:09 PM	#13
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	@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. __________________

03-07-14, 02:15 PM	#14
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that Steed. Good luck getting your computer up. __________________

03-07-14, 02:57 PM	#15
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Your GCHQ contact gone rogue eh?

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