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Ay up!

There's a particularly nasty piece of Ransomware purporting to be from the Met Police e-Crime Unit going around. I got it from You Tube - watching a railway vid - how ironic is that?

It is a version of the U-Kash scam and looks very convincing. I'm no dumb bunny and am, at least, streetwise with the Net but was very nearly taken in. The only reson I didn't cough up is the only place locally that has PayPoint was shut.

Check the anti-malware software on your machines and please, be careful.

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Or better still don't start the windows / linux arguement AGAIN!

Summery version, don't click dodgy links or visit dodgy sites and you will be fine regardless of your choice of platform.

I have had this one, its not that bad as long as you dont give out your card details, i just shut it down then removed the files.

BTW i did get it from a site i should of known better about.

Xantia-nut wrote:Ay up!

There's a particularly nasty piece of Ransomware purporting to be from the Met Police e-Crime Unit going around. I got it from You Tube - watching a railway vid - how ironic is that?

It is a version of the U-Kash scam and looks very convincing. I'm no dumb bunny and am, at least, streetwise with the Net but was very nearly taken in. The only reson I didn't cough up is the only place locally that has PayPoint was shut.

Check the anti-malware software on your machines and please, be careful.

railway vids? is that what they call it now??

Oi! Oi!!!!

Looking back on it, I reckon I've caught it from the Wi-Fi system at a local cafe. Shan't be doing that again!

My computer is now clean but this Trojan is a nasty one. It hides from every installed anti-virus program installed on the computer and, when the operator tries to activate a pre-existing package that it can't hide from, the virus activates itself and locks the computer.

I've downloaded SpyHunter which has cleared it. I already have IOBit Advanced System Care, Windows Defender and McAfee packages installed. It hid from the first two and locked the 'puter on activating the 3rd. None would locate it in "safe" mode, the only way I could make the box work.

There are instruction pages available but they're beyond me. Maybe someone with more tech knowledge could make then work. Anyway, even in "safe" mode SpyHunter has cleared it, enabling me to chat with my mates online again.

Has anyone missed me?

If you want to get rid of every last trace of it, I'm perfectly willing to do a remote assist for you as my network can't become infected and can remove such nasties harmlessly. I've done this for a few forum folk now, but won't risk upsetting Terry by stating why.

Ay up, John!

It seems to be working fine now but I'll bear your generous offer in mind.

Many thanks.

a railway vid ??? lol sorry I must admit i watch them all the time I'm in one or two lol

virus's have been queit lately what did it do to your system?

Father in Laws got it and the info that I found on removing the thing was far from a one stop fix. Gridinsoft trojan killer is not a wonder fix! Will try again tomorrow.