Help, I have been hacked

[Flash]

I was looking for free movies to Watch tonight, waiting to go pick up my daughter from a party she has, downloaded from a European site and this showed up:

Your computer has been blocked for safety reasons listed below:

violation of law.... on copyright ground

spaming

stolen information of State importance

all this with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Ministry of Public Safety Canada (which does not exist)

indicating an IP number: which is false since I can use my IP to write on the forum form another computer

with Interpol in the background

ASKING FOR 100$ WITHIN 45 HOURS at UKash (must be Russians lol)

I shut down the computer and reopened, but cannot access my computer anymore, this same page opens up instead

I can access from another computer to download software to help my other computer


Please help

what should I do not to lose the info I have on my laptop???

[shadowstalker]

My son went thought the same thing I forgot what we did to get rid of it.

[Flash]

Memory is a good thing Shadowstalker At least, it would be for me. LOL

[shadowstalker]

I probably put the answer in the thread of same nature as your self .. let me find it .


https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...d-from-the-net

[northstar]

Hi - I did a Google search with the following terms:
"malware demanding money on copyright grounds"

Apparently this is malware and it can be removed.

Here are some links I found:

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/doj-you...blocked-virus/

http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-th...lware-removal/

http://guides.yoosecurity.com/locked...am-ransomware/

[eaglespirit]

H Flash...it is laid out in Northstar's lnks.

My version....press F8 at start up to go to safe mode
... go to 'system restore' and restore your computer to a date before the hacking occurrence
... follow steps in restore

This should clean it up

[Flash]

Shadowstalker, I am following the steps given in the link you provided, I am halfway through and lost of malware on my computer. Thanks for the info, will let you know once finished. THanks RMorgan who initially provided the information, you are saving at least 2 computers.

thanks northstar, if it doesn not work i will fall back on your links.

eaglespirit, restoring the computer does not take off the malware, you stil have to go through the detection and removal process. But hey, thanks for the intention.

[mosquito]

Wow - 1 hour 20 minutes and Flash has had some real help in an emergency situation.

Brilliant folks !! This is what I love to see.

Flash - I hope you get it all sorted out, and maybe someone could give some advice on steps you can take to mitigate the possibility of it happening again.

[ghostrider]

I just got rid of the dept of homeland security virus , asking for 300 dollars and locking me out with an official looking page... it was hell ... you really need an anti-malware program , or run your computer in safe mode with networking and some places will walk you through the process ... I feel for you, it's frustrating ...

[Flash]

Posted by mariposafe (here)
Wow - 1 hour 20 minutes and Flash has had some real help in an emergency situation.

Brilliant folks !! This is what I love to see.

Flash - I hope you get it all sorted out, and maybe someone could give some advice on steps you can take to mitigate the possibility of it happening again.

Do not download repertoire or fringe movies from unsecure European sites (well, looking European) that most probably were Russians. LOL

Ghostrider, The were only asking me for 100$, not $300. They must think that Canadians are poorer. LOL

It gave me the opportunity to clean both my computers, so that is fine, just tedious.

Thank everyone for the help and encouragement, Avalon was the first place I thought of for help. Neat.

[markoid]

There is a forum at whatthetech.com which I have used a few times with success.... an extremely good, helpful, free service for malware removal if you get stuck.

[Prodigal Son]

Malwarebytes is absolutely awesome. The trial version is free and for a one time payment you can have the pro version... best 20 bucks I ever spent. This program really works.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/lp4/?...FUmi4Aod0XcA5Q

[ghostrider]

Posted by Prodigal Son (here)
Malwarebytes is absolutely awesome. The trial version is free and for a one time payment you can have the pro version... best 20 bucks I ever spent. This program really works.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/lp4/?...FUmi4Aod0XcA5Q

yes, the anti-malware defender I have kicked the rear end of that homeland security bug, the page looked real, I thought I was doomed and swat was about to break down my door ... lol I was researching the boston bomber, looking at pics of him with no throat injuries , and boom the DHS security virus bit me ...

[Flash]

After running malwarebytes (I am with AVG normally), on one computer I had 39 infestation, on the other 16. Got rid of them, I am not running Download HitmanPro from the below link,then double click on it to start this program.
HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK as recommended by the blog suggested by Shadowstalker today and RMorgan previously, you would not believe how many cookies and stuff this software is still finding. Very scary.

I truly suggest to use both software as suggested in the blog.

I am almost finish with the clean up.

[Flash]

Ok, both computers cleaned and working fine. Many thanks Shadowstalker, and many thanks to everyone here.

[TelosianEmbrace]

Better still, buy a Mac!

Once you've had a Mac, you won't go back!

Please forgive this materialistic perspective. I will now return to my normal anti-consumer status.

Glad it's all fixed, Flash.

[araucaria]

Glad you got that sorted Flash.

Posted by Flash (here)
The were only asking me for 100$, not $300. They must think that Canadians are poorer. LOL

They're not? Well, another time, they'll be making amends and charging a special rate of $500 for Canadians

[7Seven]

Lol thats hectic
Do you do banking and stuff on your computer?

[eaglespirit]

Posted by Flash (here)
Ok, both computers cleaned and working fine. Many thanks Shadowstalker, and many thanks to everyone here.

WoooHooooo Avalonians....way to go Flash, BIG Thanks to Shadowstalker and ALL that chimed in.

Saw Your post and thanks to me Flash...never had a hardware intrusion on my 'puter...now we All know how because of Your open asking and the wonderful People here : )

[Lifebringer]

Force close by shutting it off without the regular shut down. Wait a minute and when it comes on DON'T CHOOSE START NORMAL, go into safe mode. If you have the virus protection, " scan" and analyze from your viral protection, it will detect or tell you if it can't be fixed. Then the option of "restore" to a earlier date before the virus got on there, and it should redo on the date you select and restart normally from there.

PS. Movie producers and artist have passed laws on their property, and some "free watch sites are now virused to prevent piracy, are NOT so free. My hubby's a tech, and I used to be a programmer in the early 80's. Putting stuff in hasn't changed if they have the first few numbers and last number or alpha to sneak in. Most time they come in on a update, I've had problems with Adobe updates, and still use 9 because of the "cloud snooping and storing' of info.
If you must write the steps down, before doing it, incase you forget one, because you want to do it the way I just explained it. It's not rocket science, but at my age I forget a step or two around the home, but not on pc.
Good luck.