Monk Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 My laptop was hit with this last nig. Pretty 'scary' the content. For vulnerable pc users, they could easily find themselves parting with £100-£300 in this hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 What is it? Couldn't you just reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows if you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 It's called ransomware. Basically, they overwrite the boot routine on your PC, put a scary graphic up saying they've caught you downloading bombs on the internet ( or something similarly scary ) and say that of all things, a small fine will make it go away. It's a load of crap. My daughter's machine was infected this way. People who make this sort of software are scumbags, worse than the scam artists who phone you up to tell you that you have "numerous errors" on your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 (edited) Oh yeah I know, wasn't there one about for Yorkshire police a while ago? It was Yorkshire police but with a Nigerian twist, I think it may have gone online the lines of "greatings! You've been caught lookin a tut bloody porn. Pay £50 into Yorkshire polices western union account and all will be forgiven. Blessings Yorkshire police" Edited 15 March, 2013 by Tokyo-Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 you make them sound like me tokyos They should do legislations for virus companies like avg and nortons to stop them making these sort of things. I'm surprised it's even legals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPTCount Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 How do people even get infected with this ****, i've been virus free since '09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Track the bastards down and smash their knuckles to pulp with a hammer. Thinking about it, that's probably being too kind on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Track the bastards down and smash their knuckles to pulp with a hammer. Thinking about it, that's probably being too kind on them. They say you get more right wing as you get older But I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPTCount Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Track the bastards down and smash their knuckles to pulp with a hammer. Thinking about it, that's probably being too kind on them. So violence is better than scamming... This works both ways tho, if people were more willing to learn them they wouldn't end up with this ****. Regardless of the technology used there will always be scammers and those who fall for it. IT is still just seen as a basic tool, a gimmick or an after thought. And people fall back on the the excuse they aren't very good with computers. And even if you had this come up, all you'd have to do is Google this on another device... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Yes but they generally prey on the old, the knowledgeable (with IT) and the stupid, therefore it is very immoral. Tricking oldies like whitey and dumb people like bear just isn't on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 15 March, 2013 Author Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Here's the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 They say you get more right wing as you get older But I agree. I thought I was being lenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 16 March, 2013 Share Posted 16 March, 2013 I had that one, saying that I had been downloading animal porn! ....I had, but that wasn't the point. My breath did catch in my throat while I was reading it though, scary sh!t until you realise that it's a hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 17 March, 2013 Share Posted 17 March, 2013 Most worrying thing for me was that there was a pug-ugly pic of me at the top of the page that had obviously been taken as the screen was playing silly b*ggers. How do they do that? I wasn't on my animal porn/letters to relatives about an inheritance computer so knew it was a hoax but how do they get through? I have a company anti-virus that's supposed to be the best? Easy to get rid of though even for a Luddite like me...just downloaded a fix on to a memory stick on another computer and followed the instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stthrobber Posted 28 March, 2013 Share Posted 28 March, 2013 I hadn't heard of this until yesterday when a kid stopped me whilst I was on a foot patrol and told me he had received such a notice and asked if this was genuine. I told him it had to be a scam because the police will only write with summonses and fines and not hack into people's PCs and demand money via ucash or PayPal. I offered to have a look at it for him as he lived nearby but he declined. Wonder what sites he's been visiting. I also reassured him that if he had been downloading child porn as the notice claimed, we would probably arrest him and seize the computer by use of the 'big red key' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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