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RE: I got a strange virus, need help - Blackvertigo1 - 07-29-2013
(01-30-2013, 10:04 AM)meoshi Wrote: Was that movie in .exe extension? XD
Fixed.
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - lIceColon - 07-30-2013
ive had my computer for a year now- never really encountered any virus related problems. the key (obviously) is to not visit sites that your antivirus warns you about. if you can't find it on the big sites, then some sketchy site's probably not gonna have it. also keep in mind that when "surfing" the net, information still has to be downloaded onto your computer for them to appear on your screen/browser.
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - SMGSterlin - 07-30-2013
(07-29-2013, 08:52 AM)Crackpunch Wrote: Bump.Haven't heard of this one...
My sister just had her computer infected with a browser based version of this malware. Anyone else had problems with their browsers?
Has she tried reinstalling the browser? If the virus infected some files for the browser, then possibly a clean uninstall/reinstall could fix it...
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - Huhuh - 07-30-2013
(07-30-2013, 06:21 AM)SMGSterlin Wrote: Has she tried reinstalling the browser? If the virus infected some files for the browser, then possibly a clean uninstall/reinstall could fix it...
Yeah that was the first thing she tried. It appeared to work, but you never know what else has been installed alongside it.
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - Echelon - 07-31-2013
(01-30-2013, 08:17 AM)ryoken Wrote: Ok here go's. Was serfing net, looking for a movie, and poof. I get this white screen saying my comp is locked pending investigation for down loading copy right material, ilegal software and so on. Pay $100.00 and comp will be unlocked in 72 hours pending investigation.
Now everytime i turn on comp, and go to administration account i get this white screen. I try safe mode, and comp reboots to normal mode. I cannot access nothing on Admin account.
Now i log into other user account(where i am now) and starts fine, so i know this is not real, but some type of virus/scam.
Anyone ever hear of this? Or should i just wipe drive, and re-install everything all over again, which i really do not want to do.
Err...Wiping would be the quckest way,.. you got some nasty ransomeware it seems, even if it was payed off it would still be locked up, i reccomend running combofix and malware bytes if you can somehow, if not. err idk what you can do
EDIT: Graaaaaaaavedigging I just noticed
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - Yber - 07-31-2013
(01-30-2013, 08:17 AM)ryoken Wrote: Ok here go's. Was serfing net, looking for a movie, and poof. I get this white screen saying my comp is locked pending investigation for down loading copy right material, ilegal software and so on. Pay $100.00 and comp will be unlocked in 72 hours pending investigation.
Now everytime i turn on comp, and go to administration account i get this white screen. I try safe mode, and comp reboots to normal mode. I cannot access nothing on Admin account.
Now i log into other user account(where i am now) and starts fine, so i know this is not real, but some type of virus/scam.
Anyone ever hear of this? Or should i just wipe drive, and re-install everything all over again, which i really do not want to do.
Secure mode, restore your PC to a previous date (before you got the virus) and all is done.
Safe*
Why the heck did I just post on a 7 months old thread.
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - danski2011 - 07-31-2013
This virus was easy to remove, i just opened task manager and found a weird looking process...turned out to be the virus so i just deleted the folder it was in and the whole problem went away
RE: I got a strange virus, need help - lIceColon - 07-31-2013
(07-31-2013, 12:25 AM)Yber Wrote: Why the heck did I just post on a 7 months old thread.
because crackpunch