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But this is where everyone will see this most..yes get the most visability.. Moderators please move if you deem this inappropiate...

My computer just crashed and I lost my Norton security from a virus
about 15 minuetes ago and had to be reloaded...I opened that thread
with the russian charathers in the general section and got a window with a red box error...yes it's Spam
PLEASE BE CAREFUL ON THAT THREAD...HOPE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO YOU..
Just to let you all know and be aware...
 
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I also had a computer crash a couple of days ago. had to reload windows, norton and microsoft office.
 
Thanks for the heads up. I have deleted that thread.
 
Mahalo Rick,
Don't know why those guys ever do those things....

Because they can, Stan. They are Fecal-Cranial Syndrome carriers.


-Kurt​

(And what the heck are you doing up? It is 4 AM in Honolulu!)
 
Sometimes when you get into that OS-install time vortex, you don't even realize it's 4am! Or maybe Stan is up with the chickens! :)
 
Aloha Kurt and Kim,
ha ha yup its 4:40am now and I am up all nite baby....actually I have a pinched nerve in my back and I am in pain ..and the chilly nites don't help....so I am here....Lah Lah Lah Lah
had to use this thingie called Norton Power eraser...
 
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That's interesting. I picked up that "FBI has locked your computer" drive-by virus from some web-site over the weekend. That one's nasty and I guess a fair number of people are actually paying the $200 "fine" to unlock their computer from what my post-infection research (from another computer) revealed. It was pretty easy for a computer junky to clear but I guess for a lot of non-tech folks it could be a nightmare and most of the virus checkers and cleaners still aren't catching or removing it even though it's been out for more than a month in its current incarnation.

It was a pretty tricky presentation. I wasn't fooled for a minute not least because I knew I hadn't been doing any of the illegal things that "could trigger the FBI locking your computer yada yada." The language of the lockout page wasn't completely atrocious grammar like most of those stings, though. It was one of the more clever approaches I've seen, both in its wording and in how they were demanding payment. Of course, I suppose that if anybody thinks the FBI is going to tip their hand to an investigation into copyright violation, child pornography, or any of several other violations, and then let suspects off the hook for payment of a $200 fine, maybe they both have a guilty conscience and deserve to be fleeced... :)

One of the clever things about this one was that it used ctfmon to schedule the lockup randomly. The virus actually installed itself the 17th and didn't fire until the middle of the day on the 18th when I wasn't even surfing the web. Consequently, I'm not sure where I picked it up from - I suspect it was one of the advertisements on one of my regular sites that I visited the 17th.

John
 
Sounds like the MoneyPak virus John.
 
Stan - thanks for the heads-up.

I also got the MoneyPak virus. I was taken in for a moment until I realized two things: (1) The FBI would not depict the term "two hundred dollars" like this -- 200$ -- with the dollar sign after the number, and (2) freezing a computer and unfreezing it on condition of the payment of money would be an unconstitutional taking and/or an unconstitutional search or seizure. If the FBI believed that you had done something illegal with your computer it would obtain a warrant and raid your home. I also did some research on a noninfected computer and found some malware fighting software that solved my problem. For what it's worth, I also discovered that I could use my infected computer for limited stuff, like web surfing, in safe mode.
 
Stan - time to buy youself the shiny Mac or Macbook Pro, and throw the virus problem away from your head.

Nah I am half joking, but I don't have the problem with my mac laptop and using chrome rather than firefox or IE.
 
Sounds like the MoneyPak virus John.

Yep, that's the one. Couldn't remember the name of it off the top of my head, Reveton or something like that. Usually Avast! catches those drive by trojans but I guess this one is sneakier than most. :)
 
Aloha Kurt and Kim,
ha ha yup its 4:40am now and I am up all nite baby....actually I have a pinched nerve in my back and I am in pain ..and the chilly nites don't help....so I am here....Lah Lah Lah Lah
had to use this thingie called Norton Power eraser...
Chilly nights, you live in HI, come on Stan, now chilly can it get, what the low 70's. just kiddin you, sorry about your back. back pain cAN BE A REAL PAIN IN THE ARSE.
 
I had a similar virus a few months ago, except it wasn't the FBI. I saw my AV alert me right before I got a message about my hard drive failing and to run this utility (which BTW is part of a basic Windows install). Then it said it could repair the problem but I'd have to upgrade to the full/paid version and asked me to enter my cc info. There is no upgrade, the virus mimicked the Windows utility look to make it seem legit. It's "ransomware" and I'm sure a lot of people do pay it.

Sadly, I've learned more about virus removal than I really care to know. I got hit from following a link off a known news site in IE to a place called "cafemom", seemingly an innocuous site. But ad servers are known to get infected and spread virii to any site publishing their ads.

I've basically switched to Firefox with the NoScript extension, as it prevents unknown scripts from running. Sometimes it's a hassle when sites don't work right, but you call allow sites on a case-by-case basis.
 
I had a similar virus a few months ago, except it wasn't the FBI. I saw my AV alert me right before I got a message about my hard drive failing and to run this utility (which BTW is part of a basic Windows install). Then it said it could repair the problem but I'd have to upgrade to the full/paid version and asked me to enter my cc info. There is no upgrade, the virus mimicked the Windows utility look to make it seem legit. It's "ransomware" and I'm sure a lot of people do pay it.

Sadly, I've learned more about virus removal than I really care to know. I got hit from following a link off a known news site in IE to a place called "cafemom", seemingly an innocuous site. But ad servers are known to get infected and spread virii to any site publishing their ads.

I've basically switched to Firefox with the NoScript extension, as it prevents unknown scripts from running. Sometimes it's a hassle when sites don't work right, but you call allow sites on a case-by-case basis.

Heh, heh. My wife got that one on her laptop a few months ago at...surprise...cafe mom. (And she wonders why I won't give her the admin password or let her use credit cards online at all...) :)

JOhn
 
When I first got the alert, I was kinda curious if it was even from Norton and was questioning myself...before I even opened the program to fix the problem, I decided to call Norton to verify this was
a true alert from them..these days you never know and I needed confirmation before moving forward...I noticed even when I wanted to shut down my desktop a p*** site even popped up. I have never been on a p*** site and wondered why it was there, I quickly closed it. worried as hell...
 
Here's a free tip. ALWAYS make sure your Java is updated (no, I don't mean check your coffee is fresh). The vast majority of malware these days is deployed via Java exploits.

Just go to control panel and click on Java, then go to the update tab and click update now. If you find that you don't have an update tab, you are probably using Windows 7 64bit, which causes a conflict. If that's the case, post here and I'll tell you how to get around this.
 
Here's a free tip. ALWAYS make sure your Java is updated (no, I don't mean check your coffee is fresh). The vast majority of malware these days is deployed via Java exploits.

Just go to control panel and click on Java, then go to the update tab and click update now. If you find that you don't have an update tab, you are probably using Windows 7 64bit, which causes a conflict. If that's the case, post here and I'll tell you how to get around this.
Mahalo Big Kahuna,
I do have windows 7 64bit... so what can I do....let me know..
 
You can browse to this location and run the 32 bit executable directly:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe
 
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