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WATCH OUT FOR YOU TUBE!!!!

RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
edited July 2013 in General Discussion
A Virus destroyed my computer from there. It was the one where the black girls were fighting at McDonalds. On an old computer with out protection all now.[:I]

It is the home land security virus and it is death to computers. Anyone know how I can protect this one until monday?
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  • RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why would I watch if it's going to crash my computer?
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    On an old computer with out protestion at all now.



    You need to get that taken care of. Don
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    On an old computer with out protestion at all now.



    You need to get that taken care of. Don
    [:0]
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    Anyone know how I can protect this one until monday?



    Get off the damn thing!! Don
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    DON I'm gonna come down there and kick your nuts!
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do a system restore to a earlier date
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    DAMMIT!!!!
    I watched that stupid-* video!!![B)][V]
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    I did! NOT[;)][:X]
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Computer won't fire up even in safe mode. Dell, Trend, Embarq and Best Buy all said is has hit hard. I am very pissed at Trend for letting it through and not giving me any help after. I will be looking for another virus protection service. Eighty bucks for nothing I don't like. I really would like to protect this old gal. It's damn near as old as me!!
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  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just removed it. I don't think the problem is youtube but a hacker who can install a virus on a link or page.

    Are you sure it was form the youtube video? My norton did not even register any attacks.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Is this it?
    HomeLand security/FBI Moneypak virus, no safe mode
    http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=128018

    MalwareBytes is a good free tool. I've trusted it for years. You may want to try downloading it, perhaps from another, safe PC, onto a USB flash drive. Then run it from there on the infected computer.
    http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try powering up while hitting the F8
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep thats the one. About half way through my whole screen lit up like a Christmas tree with all kinds of warnings from home land security about what they would do if I didn't send them three hundred bucks! They gonna throw my po * in jail and charge me another ten thousand dollars!!
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    There is a class of attack called a "Ransom". The virus locks you out of Safe Mode, among other nasty things. Puts up a screen telling you to pay up or not have access again. Sometimes they have a countdown to causing more damage.
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    Yep thats the one. About half way through my whole screen lit up like a Christmas tree with all kinds of warnings from home land security about what they would do if I didn't send them three hundred bucks! They gonna throw my po * in jail and charge me another ten thousand dollars!!


    I got hit by that one, also.

    Started in safe mode and restored back to two days before. No problems since.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
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    http://forums.malwarebytes.org/

    Click on Forums. There are forums on removal tools for specific malware. Forums for help in removing nasty stuff. Lots of good info in there.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This one had a count down and did more damage. It's not Wacos fault or you tubes. Dell said when it sees an opening somewhere it will slip through. I guess theres nothing you can do about it. I will have to buy a new computer because the ruined one is getting old. I worked with that thing half the day yesterday and today and every thing I did made it worse. I have thousands of pictures on it but have ninety nine percent backed up. This computer won't take numbers. When I hit a number the cursor jumps to the top?
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some of you don't get it. The computer WON"T FIRE UP EXCEPT TO A BLUE SCREEN TELLING ME TO SHUT IT OFF AND GO TO SAFE MODE! However when I shut down and fire it up it goes straight back to that same screen.
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  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ahhh that SOB! I got hit with the same thing but it was an FBI lock. The lap top was on it's last legs so I closed it up and was about to buy this mac anyway.

    Be nice to be able to auto send a virus back to the originators that send this crap out telling them their activities are fully documented and they have so much time to send a payment of their own before the FBI is alerted :)
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Well if buying a new computer is what you want to do anyway cleaning up your current one is kind of besides the point. It is possible though. You have to do things like check out the forums at MalwareBytes, try their removal tools or other advice. I've been through such and that approach has always worked for me.

    After those bad experiences I upgraded from more than just an anti-virus package. I also run anti-malware, which is "different" enough in some way I do not not comprehend that anti-virus programs generally do not do much about malware.

    Right now I am running Kaspersky Internet Security, MalwareBytes and NoScript.

    That last one is important. NoScript stops Java scripts from running on the websites you visit. It is an add-on to Mozilla FireFox.
    http://noscript.net/

    Once you install NoScript it takes a little getting used to. You have to authorize scripts to run one level at a time, or deny them. I find it pretty quick and easy after a brief exposure to it.

    NoScript has stopped all sorts of banners, popups, hijacking attempts.
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bet I have watched that clip 20 times,even pulled it up to show the wife,she told her mom and had to pull it up to show her, no hint of a virus showed on any of my anti-virus
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  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    Some of you don't get it. The computer WON"T FIRE UP EXCEPT TO A BLUE SCREEN TELLING ME TO SHUT IT OFF AND GO TO SAFE MODE! However when I shut down and fire it up it goes straight back to that same screen.
    Well thats what ya get when ya wanna watch black chicks fight[:D]
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chris please tell me how to try malware bytes and other programs when the computer won't boot up. If theres a way I will try it. If the computer won't boot up I sure can't find a way to do anything with it.
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  • BLKSRT8BLKSRT8 Member Posts: 631 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by savage170
    do a system restore to a earlier date


    That won't hekp, the virus will still be there.

    Rosie,
    If you want message me with your address. I'll send you a (no charge) copy for downloading AVG SECURITY for free with free updates. I have been using it for a while and it catches everything. It's to big to email, has to be put on a CD. But I am not sure how you can get it to work if you can't get it started.

    MIKE BLKSRT8
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rosie, having the same problem[}:)][}:)][}:)]Damn youtube. My computer guy is coming tuesday
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by BLKSRT8
    quote:Originally posted by savage170
    do a system restore to a earlier date


    That won't hekp, the virus will still be there.

    Rosie,
    If you want message me with your address. I'll send you a (no charge) copy for downloading AVG SECURITY for free with free updates. I have been using it for a while and it catches everything. It's to big to email, has to be put on a CD. But I am not sure how you can get it to work if you can't get it started.

    MIKE BLKSRT8
    got hit by the same virus 3 months ago that is all that I did and it is working fine
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    Chris please tell me how to try malware bytes and other programs when the computer won't boot up. If theres a way I will try it. If the computer won't boot up I sure can't find a way to do anything with it.


    You will need the Windows installation disc.

    You have to open the BIOS settings, which is before Windows loads. This is before the operating system begins loading, so it it is before the virus or malware is loaded into memory. Here's a page on how to do that:
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/241032/how_to_enter_your_pcs_bios.html

    Once you are in the BIOS settings look for the boot up options. You want to set your computer to boot from a CD first, hard drive second. That means the BIOS will automatically check the CD/DVD drive for a bootable disc before trying to access the hard drive.

    Put the Windows Installation disc in the machine, then follow the instructions on the MalwareBytes link in my earlier post.

    I can't say it will certainly work, but it claims to be specific to your problem so it's worth a try.
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  • 300rumgun300rumgun Member Posts: 437 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want to save your comp. Follow this step by step. Worked perfectly for me.

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-ice-cyber-crime-center-ransomware
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 300rumgun
    If you want to save your comp. Follow this step by step. Worked perfectly for me.

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-ice-cyber-crime-center-ransomware


    Appears legit. Still need to access your BIOS, in this case to select USB as the first boot-up option.

    More info on "HitmanPro" removal tool:
    http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3-32-bit/3000-2239_4-10895604.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HitmanPro
    http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll give it a try Chris. I have all the cd's that came with the computer but never thought about trying to boot from cd. I did so many things but I seem to remember the BIOS quit working also. Righr now I'm pissed and that is no time to be working on anything.[:)]
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Mac. [;)]
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  • PTHEIMPTHEIM Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    I got nailed by it too and not too happy about it.

    I knew it was a fake security block after it locked me up and demanded $300 be sent to free my system up.

    I'm using a password locked user acct on my 'puter at the moment 'til I can figure out how to loose this bugger.

    Currently running Windows and MS Essentials security programs.
    Used to pay for Norton but dumped it.

    Figured going minimal under the radar would keep the snoopers away.
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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    If it makes you feel better, blame it on me.

    Others have found joy in doing so.

    [;)]
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was able to format the entire system and reinstall XP. Still can get on the internet though. It tells me There is no connection. I thought I installed all drivers but maby not.
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