MALWARE WARNING FROM BIG PAUL

[NorthernRaider]

BPs machine has been hijacked by some sort of Malware that has locked him out of his machine, its prentending its some sort of European police operation that requires him to pay a fine by disclosing his credit card details.

Be warned that any and all communications from BP such as E mail or Skype or messenger or text could be the Malware being spread.

[Geordie_Rob]

Maybe it's something to do with that site link he posted yesterday that redirected me to a porn site.

I wish computer geeks would do something positive with their time instead of f***ing people's computers up.

[Barneyboy]

TA

[Highlander]

I have had that twice before,.. first time I simply restored to a previous time, but it came back a few weeks later, and got instructions on how to get rid of it perminently,... I am trying to get that again now

[Highlander]

There is a few ways to get rid of this virus for good,..I just had to remember where I went to get rid of it when I had it.

If you can get BP to restore his computer to an earlier time, and then go into Google and type in ` Remove Metropolitan Police Virus`, it will fetch up a few different ways of doing it,..pick any

If the computer will not let him restore, get someone to do the search and print off the instructions, then BP will have to go into his computer in `safe mode`,... to do that depends on which system he is useing, but it will be either f7 or f8,..as soon as he turns the computer on start tapping one of those keys untill it asks you if you want to start up in `safe mode`, [ it will take a couple of minutes, keep tapping ]..say yes,..and continue with the instructions

[David075]

(4 February 2013, 16:24)NorthernRaider Wrote: BPs machine has been hijacked by some sort of Malware that has locked him out of his machine, its prentending its some sort of European police operation that requires him to pay a fine by disclosing his credit card details.

Be warned that any and all communications from BP such as E mail or Skype or messenger or text could be the Malware being spread.

A mate had this he had to restore to factory settings to get rid

[BeardyMan]

This is why I run linux

[bigpaul]

Thanks for all the comments guys, BP using Jane's computer which ISNT affected. basically computer went into lockdown mode, couldn't do anything with it,not even shut it down! taken it to someone who is sorting it out so i'll be offline for a while.

[BeardyMan]

(5 February 2013, 13:54)bigpaul Wrote: Thanks for all the comments guys, BP using Jane's computer which ISNT affected. basically computer went into lockdown mode, couldn't do anything with it,not even shut it down! taken it to someone who is sorting it out so i'll be offline for a while.

Ah, I was going to post you out a CD with all the software required to fix it!

You'll have to stop looking at all those "naughty" website's Paul

[bigpaul]

(5 February 2013, 13:57)BeardyMan Wrote:

(5 February 2013, 13:54)bigpaul Wrote: Thanks for all the comments guys, BP using Jane's computer which ISNT affected. basically computer went into lockdown mode, couldn't do anything with it,not even shut it down! taken it to someone who is sorting it out so i'll be offline for a while.

Ah, I was going to post you out a CD with all the software required to fix it!

You'll have to stop looking at all those "naughty" website's Paul

tell me about it! was watching one when this thing suddenly pops up and locks the damn computer!