I had an appeared to be a message from Microsoft saying I had a virus. So I called the number, when they gave me the price I hung up, but my mouse started going crazy and posting stuff on Facebook that I did not post. It was KE IT Secure Cart. Is there a way to correct this?

What is “Microsoft Critical Alert” Scam?

“Microsoft Warning Alert” is detecting made up threats and encourages you to call a toll free number. It is to replace your default browser and homepage with its sponsored web page. It can control the entire web browser installed on your computer, and then modify your browser Settings, change the page, or hijack your screen to force you to see their alert window. It shares many similarities with Microsoft Has Detected A Porn Virus, Warning Internet Security Breached, Your Computer Has Been Infected With Virus, and many other fake error messages. All state that the system is infected or damaged in other similar ways, however, this information is false and should not be trusted. The only purpose of this software is to generate revenue for the developers. In fact, PUPs all have an identical purpose – by offering various ‘useful functions’, they attempt to give the impression of legitimacy. Rather than providing any significant value for regular users, potentially unwanted programs cause unwanted redirects, display intrusive advertisements, and gather personal information. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on June 12, 2017 1:18 pm

I just got an Australian Communications and Media Authority notice warning popup on my iPhone 6, and this warning alert blocked my Safari totally, and every app that uses the internet can’t be open. My internet on iPhone seems to be also blocked completely. I was just looking up and read some materials about my research thesis on line. Then this warning alert popped up suddenly and said I have seen charged with a criminal charge. It accused me of downloading or watching pornography contents and other illegal materials prohibited by the criminal laws of Australia. It really scared me half to death. I just read some legit material and didn’t do anything wrong. How can I get this kind of warning alert? I don’t know how to get this Australian Communications and Media Authority warning off my iPhone. Can you please help me?

What’s Australian Communications and Media Authority Virus?

Australian Communications and Media Authority virus is also same as these ransomware version like AFP scam virus, FBI scam virus, FBI cyber crime ransomware, blocked-Safari.com malware or Metropolitan Police virus or police-block ransowmare. These kind of ransomware has the same features. They pretend to be from some legal department, government department, police authority and law enforcement to display fake warning notification scare and treat people into paying some money for ridiculous reason. Don’t trust what it tells. It is just a big hoax. This ACMA ransomware can automatically display on webpage randomly. When it comes into your iPhone/iPad, it will soon pop up a big warning alert on the Safari. It masks as Australian Communications and Media Authority to display fake notification and falsely accuse you of downloading or watching illegal material and pornographic contents. It says your illegal activities have broken some article of law of Australia. For this reason, your safari browser on iPhone or iPad is blocked. And it demands you to pay a penalty of $100-$500 AUD within 24 hours if you want to unblock your iPhone/iPad, or all your data stored on the iPhone/iPad will be deleted, or your illegal actions will be told to your contacts. Australian Communications and Media Authority virus even threats that your criminal case will be transferred to judicial department and you will be prosecuted on court if you want to unblock your iPhone or iPad personally.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on June 11, 2017 1:18 pm

I had this app that popped up saying something about my browser is heavily damaged due to （6） viruses after that I looked up some info on my iPhone. They said it was probably just something to advertise something. But I have no idea if Im being paranoid. I just got a new phone, and ever since that pop up my battery has been draining faster. Is there any way to stop this from happening? Do you think this is the result of malware on the phone? This keeps happening to me and I’ve tried cleaning my phone with various anti-virus apps but it’s still popping up. How do I remove it completely?

Is the Fake Alert Dangerous for my Phone? How did it comes up?

“Your browser is heavily damaged due to （6） viruses” Fake Alert is frequently mentioned by many Android and Apple users. It is reported that the Android phone or tablet, iPhone and iPad would be locked suddenly. It intrude into the system and damage your battery and sent the steps to ask you remove the virus. Infect it is a scam message. In addition, users are asked for paying an amount of fine if there is a will to unlock the infected device. Therefore, people may think that the phone or tablet is attacked by (6) virus fake alert or other similar ransomware. They are all cyber malware, which are designed by online criminals to cause troubles and make illegal profits from innocent mobile phone users. If there is an emergency like this, victims should not think much about it. The virus claims that your device is 28.1% damaged and your phone’s SIM card, contacts, photos, data, applications, etc. will be damaged or corrupted. Is it true? I would say, the virus itself will not cause such damages. But that does not mean your device or data is safe without complete removal of the virus. It is those malicious apps that may have managed to sneak into your system via this virus will result in these damages. It is probably true in the cases where the victims have followed the instructions provided by the virus to repair the phone. Do not follow the instructions if you see the virus message on your phone, because even if you pay the cyber criminals you will not regain access to your device. Or you cannot pay any money for unlocking. What you must do is to search for technical instructions or ask for professional advice to remove this fake on attacked Android phone or tablet as soon as possible. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on June 7, 2017 5:34 am

My computer has been is infected by LightningCrypt ransomware. It pop up on the desktop screen and damages my files. The text read like the following:

‘YOU BECAME A VICTIM OF THE LIGHTNINGCRYPT RANSOMWARE!
ALL YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED
FOR EACH TRY TO FO ANYTHING I WILL DELETE FILES
PAY 0.17 BITCOINS TO THIS ADDRESS: 1LSgvYFY7SDNje2Mhsm51FxhqPsbvXB
YOU CAN BUY BITCOINS ON “BLOCKCHAIN.INFO”
SEND YOUR UNIQUE ID IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BITCOIN PAYMENT
YOU CAN FIND THEM IN YOUR DESKTOP IN “LIGHTNINGCRYPT_UNIQUEID.TXT”
AFTER THE PAYMENT YOUR FILES WILL BE DECRYPTED!
HAVE FUN
PAY 0.17 Bitcoins to: 1LSgvYFY7SDNje2Mhsm51FxhqPsbvXB ‘

Please help me fix this; I don’t know how to do? Can I restore my files back?

How Did My Pc Infected with LightningCrypt ransomware? Is it Dangerous?

LightningCrypt ransomware is an encryption Trojan that is programmed to encrypt data on compromised machines and welcome the affected users to transfer USD worth of 0.17Bitcoins to a particular wallet address if they want to recover their data. The small price for decryption might be intended to serve as an incentive to pay the “decryption fee” and avoid further implications. However, there are no reports from users suggesting that paying is the best bet. The cyber crooks behind the Ransomware might not cooperate, and you might lose a small fortune and your data. The operators of the LightningCrypt Ransomware are not reliable service providers, and you may want to avoid funding the continuous development of crypto-threats. You can rebuild your data structure using backups and archives as opposed to paying the ransom. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on May 27, 2017 6:14 am and last modified on May 28, 2017 12:27 pm.

I am now so frustrated as I can’t get my computer unlocked from this Bitcoin scam virus, it demands me $300 worth of Bitcoin, but I don’t know what’s Bitcoin. It seems encrypting all my files on my computer. It says only their encryption service can decrypt all my files, even though I remove the scam virus personally to unlock the computer. I keep many important data and files and documents in this computer, but right now I can’t do anything with this computer. And also I don’t know computer technique and have no money to purchase Bitcoin. What can I do?

What’s Bitcoin Scam Virus? How does WannaCry Bitcoin Ransomware work on Your Computer?

Bitcoin Scam Virus recently has been upgrade by cyber hackers and becomes very aggressive and stubborn, and it is the notorious WannaCry ransomware. Cyber criminals who mainly aim at defraud money from internet users used a security hole that still exists for computers running older versions of Windows. Windows computer that have not updated with a security patch that Microsoft released recently will be easily affected by this Bitcoin scam virus. It is reported that this Bitcoin scam virus has spread 150 countries and infects more than hundreds of thousands of computer with older Windows version which has not updated to Windows 10. Therefore, recently many computers computers at factories, banks, government agencies are locked up and this Bitcoin scam virus even affects transport and communications systems. In fact, this virus can affect many electronic devices which are connected with infected computer blocked by Bitcoin ransowmare. This kind of ransomware usually use its encrypt technology to lock up targeted computer and encrypt user’s files in computer, then user can’t do anything with computer but has to buy Bitcoin money as send to cyber hacker as they request.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on May 23, 2017 1:21 pm

I have a wearing on my iPhone saying it is corrupted with virus and browser has been damaged. I think it is a scam but I can’t get out of it, would you please guide me remove this scam? What do I need to do? Please help!

The Scam Lock on my Safari – Is it Dangerous for my iPhone/iPad?

“Your Browser is Heavily Damage by (4) Virus” Scam is a big threat that can lock your safari and then inform you repair your phone and let you pay a fine. Hackers are spending more and more time creating different versions of their viruses to infiltrate several different mobile operating systems. So this time they have put (4) virus in users’ phones (including iPhone, iPad and Android) via many wrong methods which can completely lock the target mobile phones. Most people take it for granted is that Smartphones are safe to use so an increasing number of users now use their smartphones for making e-payments and money transfers, assuming that they are as secure as the bank’s infrastructure. However, the fact is Smartphones are mini computers in themselves and can absolutely become infected with all types of malware. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on May 20, 2017 12:35 pm and last modified on June 7, 2017 3:02 am.

What to do if you download something and the FBI charges you 500$? I just bought a new Samsung tablet, but yesterday when I downloaded an app into tablet, something also is installed within one second, then my tablet popped up a FBI Prism warning notice asking me a penalty of $500, and FBI locked me out of tablet. No button works. I even can’t power off the tablet. I didn’t do anything wrong, but it blames me for watching illegal pornography.  Is it a real thing that FBI can charge me $500?

What to do if you download something and the FBI charges you 500$?

Recently many smartphone and tablet users reportedly wrote that their device were attacked and blocked by FBI Prism warning alert and FBI charged them 500$ as a penalty. What is it? Is it real? Users felt this warning alert was a real FBI warning as it labels the FBI logo and badge on warning page even though they didn’t do anything wrong as what it falsely blamed victims for viewing or watching forbidden pornography materials. When you see your smartphone or tablet blocked by this FBI Prism warning notification, you should notice that it actually is locked by a ransomware. This ransomware actually has been spread on the internet for a long time and keeps attacking different android and iOS device with different interface of locking screen. In other word, this ransowmare can return and hit user’s device in different form. For example, in United State of America, it will pretend to be FBI department to display fake FBI Prism warning alert which falsely accuses victims of doing illegal activities like watching, storing or disseminating illegal pornography materials.  It notices you that you break some article of America laws. Your device is locked up for this reason. And it threatens you have to pay for a fine of $500, or you criminal case will be transferred to court and you would be caught by police and put into jail. However, FBI police agency will not penalize you in this way by charging you 500$.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on May 19, 2017 1:15 pm

Hello, this morning when I came to office, and turned on my computer, I found it is attacked by this ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware asking for $300 bitcoin, or my files will be lost! I can’t do anything with my computer, and many files and data about my job are stored on this computer, what can I do? My workmates’ computers are also hit by this nasty ransomware. We now can’t work normally.

Computer Got Attacked by ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware? What to do?

‘WannaCry’ Ransomware recently has been spread over 150 countries and infects many victims’ computer. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that carries out the cryptoviral extortion attack from crypto virology that blocks access to data until a ransom is paid and displays a message requesting payment to unlock it. ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware exploit the vulnerabilities of windows update and implant its files into system, and then it will soon pop up the warning message locking up the screen of computer. It “says your important files are encrypted. Many of your documents, photos, videos, databases and other files are no longer accessible because they have been encrypted. Maybe you are busy looking for a way to recover your files, but don’t waste your time. Nobody can recover your files without our decryption service.” ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware tells you that you can decrypt some of your files for free, but if you want to decrypt all your files, you need to pay $300 bitcoin.

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Published by Tony Shepherd on May 17, 2017 6:30 am

I got the “Oops! Your Files Has Been Encrypted” virus on my computer, and I paid 3 bitcoins (US$1800) but did not get a decryption key. Just radio silence from the hackers. I also hacked by this virus, and my all data lost. I don’t know how did I got this fake virus? But now I can’t get my money back and all of my files still keep encrypted. I don’t know what do I do now? How do I remove the virus and restore my files back?

“Oops! Your Files Has Been Encrypted” Malware Virus Description

“Oops! Your Files Has Been Encrypted” Malware Virus has spread to more than 100 countries and regions, including hospitals, education institutions, government agencies, they are under attack. The malware with the way of worm virus spread, which is the important reason for the large-scale outbreak of the attack. By the end of the May 15. 2017, there are nearly 40000 dollars in ransom is paid, with the user scale and the global poisoning, it is a small proportion of a payment. According to the collection of relevant information, we preliminary judgment the virus already exists in the Internet before the eruption, and the virus still in the variant. In the monitoring to the sample, we found that the suspected hackers development path, the name of some samples have been turned into the “WannaSister. Exe”, it becomes “WannaSister” from “WannaCry”. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on May 16, 2017 1:27 pm

I have an a Samsung S8+ says it is locked out by the FBI Prism virus how do I reset this device, it will not let me do anything except Power off and on. I have never seen such alert, is it really from FBI Prism? I visited a website by accident because my friend told me it was funny, but when I got on it, it froze did my Samsung tablet, so I panicked and clicked everywhere, then it came up with a cartoon porn type thing that I must’ve clicked on by accident. That popped up saying police recording in process and I needed to pay £100 or my tablet and account will be deactivated in 24 hours. Is it real? What do I do? How can I remove the FBI prism virus from my Samsung E tablet. I don’t have a android phone.

The Description of Samsung Tablet Locked on FBI prism virus

If your Samsung tablet or phone may also infected with the FBI prism virus like that above guy? This Virus has been distributed online for a long time. Originally, it mainly infects computer running with Windows operating system, and gradually the cyber criminals upgrade it to have a strong ability to invade smartphone with android system and Mac OS X system. And now the cyber criminal aims at getting more profits, they further upgrade this virus version to get a strong ability to target android tablet of different brand like Samsung, Sony, HP, Dell Acer, ASUS and kindle fire ect. Therefore, now more and more tablet users have been in trouble with this virus and lose lots of money. This virus performs evil activities as what it does on computer and phone. Once it infects the android tablet, it may first show up the FBI prism virus warning page on the browser when you surf on the Internet, and later it will quickly lock your tablet by displaying this virus page. Sometimes this virus page comes up as soon as you start up your tablet to block you access the home screen, and you even don’t know it happen and wonder that how it can get into your device, because you even have not seen it or downloaded something wrong. Read the rest of this post »

Published by Tony Shepherd on May 3, 2017 4:12 pm and last modified on September 6, 2019 8:58 am.