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Old 07-16-2013, 07:25 AM
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Heard of Virus Scam?

Has anyone heard of a virus scam that tells you that if you don't go to Walmart and buy a card and put money on it they will report to authorities that you are going to child porn sites?

This happened to my niece and every she asked about it said there is no way to get it off her computer.
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Old 07-16-2013, 09:43 AM
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Has anyone heard of a virus scam that tells you that if you don't go to Walmart and buy a card and put money on it they will report to authorities that you are going to child porn sites?

This happened to my niece and every she asked about it said there is no way to get it off her computer.
She needs to log in and quickly go to System Restore and roll everything back to BEFORE she got the virus. Then she needs to get Kaspersky and scan her hard drive.

Or better yet, use Linux.
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Old 07-16-2013, 10:11 AM
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She needs to log in and quickly go to System Restore and roll everything back to BEFORE she got the virus. Then she needs to get Kaspersky and scan her hard drive.

Or better yet, use Linux.
I just found about it today, it happened about 3 weeks ago.
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Old 07-16-2013, 11:56 AM
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Re: Heard of Virus Scam?

You should have it reported to the FBI:

https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

BTW you can sign up to receive alerts from the FBI on internet scams. I receive them from time to time and I have heard something along this lines but I don't usually save the E-Mails so I cannot post it. I typically read them and forward them to some friends and then delete them.

At a minimum sign up for the alerts. Perhaps I could post them here from time to time.

I use Kaspersky as mentioned by Esaias and like it. They allow me to buy one package and run it on three different computers. They can be any three I choose including my children's.


Edited to add:
This sounds similar to this alert:

WEBSITES POSTING MUG SHOTS AND EXTORTION
The IC3 has received hundreds of complaints from individuals claiming they located their mug shots on 20 different websites, all of which allegedly use similar business practices. Some victims reported they were juveniles at the time of the arrests and their records were sealed. Therefore, their information should not be available to the public. Others stated the information posted on the sites was either incorrect or blatantly false.

Complainants who requested to have their mug shot removed, had to provide a copy of their driver’s license, court record and other personal identifying information. However, providing such information puts those at risk for identify theft.

Complainants were also subject to paying a fee to have their mug shot removed. Although they paid the fee, some of the mug shots were not removed. If they were removed, the mug shots appeared on similar websites.

If the victim threatened to report the websites for unlawful practice, the websites’ owners threatened to escalate the damaging information against the victim.
http://www.ic3.gov/media/2013/130619.aspx



You can click on the "Press Room" and be directed to archives of press releases.

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Old 07-16-2013, 12:07 PM
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Re: Heard of Virus Scam?

Do you know how to get off computer?
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Old 07-16-2013, 12:16 PM
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Do you know how to get off computer?
You need a S/W package that can do that - sometimes. It depends upon the virus and what it attacks. As Esaias said the easiest way may be to "restore" the computer (which is a windows command) to a point before the virus (restore points are dates). Then immediately run a virus scan to remove the virus. Worst case may require a windows reload. After the reload immediately run a virus scan.


You may be able to backup critical data on an external drive and wait until everything has been cleared. Then run a scan on the external drive to ensure the virus is not there.

Good internet policy is to never open an E-Mail that is sent by anyone with only a link pasted into it. I never open those even from friends because usually that is a sign they have been hacked and viruses are transmitted. Of course always use a good virus program.

I hope this helps.

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Old 07-16-2013, 01:54 PM
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Do you know how to get off computer?
Download to another safe computer and save to a USB stick
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http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/

Read this before using Hitmampro
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Malwarebytes, Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and install Malwarebytes AntiMalware program, update and run
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Old 07-16-2013, 03:03 PM
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Re: Heard of Virus Scam?

I just had my desktop worked on at Best Buy and they uninstalled my Norton and installed Webroot. Are you familiar with that program?
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Old 07-16-2013, 03:23 PM
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I just had my desktop worked on at Best Buy and they uninstalled my Norton and installed Webroot. Are you familiar with that program?
Webroot is a decent antivirus program but I am not sure why they uninstalled Norton. I have been using Norton for over three years now and it has proven its worth on many occasions. When I was at the school I was putting students infected USB drives into my laptop to clean them all the time. Regardless, I hope this works for you.
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Re: Heard of Virus Scam?

And these are the moments I'm happy I don't have a computer at home....
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