A Word Of Warning

[mynameisbob84]

So, I'm surfing the interwebs, I may or may not have been perusing a site with pornographic leanings, and all of a sudden my computer freezes. It won't do squat. I go to switch it off and all of a sudden a screen loads up with a Metropolitan Police header at the top. It goes on to inform me that my computer has been locked by said establishment in order to prevent me from accessing any more sites that are affiliated with child pornography.
What. The. Fuck. This can't be happening, right? There wasn't any child porn on that site. Was there? If there was, I didn't know about it. Of course I didn't. Shit. What if they seize my hard drive? They won't find any child porn on there but if they look hard enough (okay, if they give it so much as a cursory glance) they WILL find porn on there. What if they tell my mother? What if they SHOW my mother? I'll never be able to look her in the eye again. I'm going to have to move again, aren't I? Oh fuck.
So... I'm wigging out a little bit. Alright, a lot. But then, in the corner of the screen, I notice there's a box with space for me to enter my credit card details into. Apparently, if I pay a fine, my computer will be unlocked. Surely that's not how the Metropolitan Police deal with suspected pedophiles? So after researching this most unwelcome phenomena on my laptop, I learn that it's all a scam and a virus designed to shit people up and get them to cough up their earnings. It certainly shit me up.
The moral of the story is, porn can be SCARY. Also, if you get this virus, don't panic. Just open your 'pooter in Safe Mode, run msconfig, and uncheck anything that looks suspicious in the Startup box.
Thus concludes this public service announcement.

 

[Mfcwatchdog]

hello,
This is a known malware infection.Don't be scared /fooled by this.Just boot into safe mode and run a antivirusscan with up2date antivirusdefinitions.This is so called "scareware" to scare people.

if you purchased anything note the fact that you have been scammed and have your creditcardcard blocked by calling the emmergency number on the back.

Did the screen show you "Metropolian Police" think logically watching porn is not illegal when you meet the age requirements so .... besides if this whas really the police they wouldn't have a leg to stand on as they are not permitted to "hack" anybody unless there is a criminal investigation against you and with permission from a judge.

 

[Rose]

Thanks for posting this. I surf a lot of 'unsavory' sites so I'm sure this is bound to happen to me. Granted, my reaction would be to call my dad and ask what to do about it since he knows I watch more porn anyways. In the future I think I'm going to be more careful about what sites I visit though so I can possibly avoid stuff like this.

 

[Mfcwatchdog]

infections like this can be prevented by having a decent security suite.With decent i mean a payed one microsoft security essentionals and similar won't be able to stop it.The investment in "real time" protection pays for itself.That means no microsoft security essentionals or avg free and similar.A good security suite offers protection against

malware
viruses
intrusion attempts "hacking" (firewall)

Regurarly update (daily) that software and put the scheduler with basic scan on daily and full scan once a week and let the full scan complete this can take several hours on large harddisks.

if you google "metro polian police malware" lots of info just be carefull some ofter downloads to software which claimes to be able to remove the infection but .... actually makes it worse.Also note that msconfig does not remove the infection this is a utility to configure startup options it may prevent the infection from starting but that's about it.it's still there.

 

[NickT]

Look into a program called Sandboxie. It allows you to run your browser in a walled off environment. The browser will not be able to interact with any files outside of the sandbox. This means even if viruses are downloaded, they won't work.

 

[Human]

Thanks for posting this. I surf a lot of 'unsavory' sites ....

Unsavory??? And I thought you were pure as the driven snow.

 

[Rose]

Thanks for posting this. I surf a lot of 'unsavory' sites ....

Unsavory??? And I thought you were pure as the driven snow.

Rotfl! I've been a screwed up kiddo since the day I popped out. I just try to be kind to those around me is all.