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FBI locked my computer, says I need to pay $200. fine, happen to anyone else? | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20586262  United States10/20/2012 08:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21501760 United States10/20/2012 08:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25784940  United Kingdom10/20/2012 08:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25820426 United States10/20/2012 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 20586262 United States10/20/2012 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Blue Skies  User ID: 19168576 United States10/20/2012 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25947881 United States10/20/2012 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Munsoned User ID: 24059898 United States10/20/2012 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 10393879 United States10/20/2012 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| G. House User ID: 14955613 United States10/20/2012 08:47 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | About 3 weeks ago my computer suddenly locked up. This spam looking page came on and said I needed to pay the government $200.00 in 48 hours. I read the page over and there were spelling errors on it. I just thought it was a virus or spam or something like that. In a couple of days it disappeared and I could use my computer again. I never paid the money. It didn't look professional at all. It sai something was found on my computer that wasn't legal. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20586262 Now it's happened again and my computers been locked up for about 3 days. This time it says it is from the FBI. It lists about 8 things that it might be that is illegal like copyrighted material to porn. Has this happened to anyone else? Is this for real? I've never seen it before in my life. I don't have anything on my computer that I know of. I know I don't have anything like porn on it. I just thought I would try and ask if anyone else has experienced this and, if so, what can I expect. I haven't paid this fine either. Spybot search and destroy. Google it, download it and run the program. It's a free program. Follow the instructions and it should clear up your problem. Where by the way did this thing tell you to send the money, exactly? Last Edited by G. House on 10/20/2012 08:47 AM "Everybody lies." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25784940 United Kingdom10/20/2012 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 21217730 United States10/20/2012 08:48 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24534015  Canada10/20/2012 08:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25948889  Australia10/20/2012 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anton User ID: 1266032 United States10/20/2012 08:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its called ransomware and you'll need to take your computer to a repair service and have it removed professionally. It will pop up if you try to download MalWare Bytes and won't let you download any virus removers from the net. It moves around and renames itself in the registry constantly and worse case scenerios you'll have to wipe your hard drive. Same thing happen to me. Like to get my hands on the person that wrote this and wring their nerdy little necks. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25733937 Australia10/20/2012 08:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| DanG User ID: 22108338 United States10/20/2012 08:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25733937 Australia10/20/2012 08:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its called ransomware and you'll need to take your computer to a repair service and have it removed professionally. It will pop up if you try to download MalWare Bytes and won't let you download any virus removers from the net. It moves around and renames itself in the registry constantly and worse case scenerios you'll have to wipe your hard drive. Same thing happen to me. Like to get my hands on the person that wrote this and wring their nerdy little necks. Quoting: Anton 1266032 What about a system restore? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11899033  Netherlands10/20/2012 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 14505884 Netherlands10/20/2012 09:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1266032 United States10/20/2012 09:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its called ransomware and you'll need to take your computer to a repair service and have it removed professionally. It will pop up if you try to download MalWare Bytes and won't let you download any virus removers from the net. It moves around and renames itself in the registry constantly and worse case scenerios you'll have to wipe your hard drive. Same thing happen to me. Like to get my hands on the person that wrote this and wring their nerdy little necks. Quoting: Anton 1266032 What about a system restore? I had the milder version so I can't tell you if that will work. The guys at my computer repair shop says ther is a really nasty version that appears right after start-up and they had to wipe their hard drives. Mine didn't pop up until I accessed internet explorer. Whne I tried to download Malware Bytes it threw up the FBI screen. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9094168 United Kingdom10/20/2012 09:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it`s spam. its fake. do not ever pay. think about it. if there was illegal material on your harddrive, "THEY" wouldnt tell you "THEY" know, you would just be arrested. And, secondly, what this is saying is.. "You have illegal material on your pc.. don`t worry, just pay us $xxx and you will be forgiven and you can keep the illegal material." if you find you cant get rid of this, just buy a new harddrive they are dirt cheap, but make sure you have the OS disk or go to linux. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25770945  Germany10/20/2012 09:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Virus is called Remove FBI Green Dot Moneypak Virus. Go here for removal instructions [link to www.2-spyware.com] Dont open anymore dodgy email attachments. |
| Anton User ID: 1266032 United States10/20/2012 09:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Article about the latest version [link to bottomline.nbcnews.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1053533 United States10/20/2012 09:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's fake, as everyone above has said. Trust me in this, if the FBI thought they had you on anything at all (copyright matters, illegal porn, anything...) There would be a knock at your door, not a heads up warning to leave the country like that. *The FBI CANNOT levy fines. They can arrest you. That's all. The same is true of the CIA/NSA etc. They DO NOT have a system of fines in place. (They might illegally kidnap you and remove you from the country for torture, but they won't ask you to wright a check. Ever.) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25784940 United Kingdom10/20/2012 09:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's fake, as everyone above has said. Trust me in this, if the FBI thought they had you on anything at all (copyright matters, illegal porn, anything...) There would be a knock at your door, not a heads up warning to leave the country like that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1053533 *The FBI CANNOT levy fines. They can arrest you. That's all. The same is true of the CIA/NSA etc. They DO NOT have a system of fines in place. (They might illegally kidnap you and remove you from the country for torture, but they won't ask you to wright a check. Ever.) They can seize and freeze all your stuff, but that's a general thing, not a specific fine...they just take mother fucking everything. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20676524 United States10/20/2012 09:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 10363614 Canada10/20/2012 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25926459 United States10/20/2012 09:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the people that make these type of viruses need to be caught and put in prison for 10yrs without parols. Then ban them for life of ever using a computer ever again. The only way I could like hackers/ programmers is if they were to use their skills to dismantle the US Government,, 1. clear everyones IRS debt ( except corporations ). 2. make all Military and civilian law enforcement drones crash into the ocean. 3. expose all the lies and secret files, and the secret bank accounts of all politicians . If hackers want to do something , then do it right. Expose all the corruption, bribery, murders committed by Government officials. |
| Texas Longhorn User ID: 35315209 United States02/28/2013 01:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes it just happened to me about an hour ago. Mine said I Iwas downloading music by Mp3 player,or software. BULL CRAP. I can.t afford giving $100 anyway to some broke back Huslers. What do u do wait it says 48hours, That's strange plus there's no contact number. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 34865340 United States02/28/2013 02:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
