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| Quote from: amasike | .... I removed my documents and music after I got the message that someone was trying to hack into my computer and steal my identity and bank details ....,
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Wait a minute, amasike, you did not mention that originally. No genuine software (or individual) gives you messages like that. But at the moment there is a huge amount of fraudulent "security software" around that is very prone to such alarmist tactics. So it's likely that some or all of the messages you have been seeing about computer viruses are not genuine, just designed to scare you into paying money for a fake product. There are also criminals who will call you on the phone with the same sort of alarmist message.
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Hello ReedRichards,
It's really a long story. After viewing the email, I wanted to play some music I had stored on the computer but a message came up telling me I needed a license and directed me to a site wmasf.musicnet.com but there was nothing there about how to get a license. I couldn't even play a CD bought from the shop. I found some other people on the internet with the same problem who were asking for help. Next thing I knew there were messages coming up saying "thank you for installing Antimalware Doctor", when I hadn't installed anything. The computer was going haywire. I ran my AVG and it picked up the Trojans. I then ran my Spybot and it picked up Click.GiftLoad, Win32.FraudLoad.edt, Fraud.AntimalwareDoctor, Microsoft Windows Security Centre Firewall Bypass, Win32.Delf.uc. I installed Adaware and ran it. It blocked svchost with IP address 66.230.188.67 (Port 80) from connecting to my computer. It also blocked and quarantined a file type set-up.exe - process which accessed the file was virtool.win32.obfuscator.date(v)(14918944). Also Explorer.exe trying to make changes to the registry. Other viruses found were TrojanFraudP, Right Media, Glowext.DLL Threat TR/Spy.gen, Trojan Backdoor Generic 13 ALAD, fxep/set-up.exe. The system was freezing up and was unresponsive and the only way I could shut it down was by switching it off at the wall. Control Alt Delete didn't work and neither did pushing the button on the CPU. I know when I'm being used as a host because the blue area between Start and the icons on the right turns Grey, then everything slows down and becomes unresponsive. Yesterday I was being directed to sites I didn't want. I put the word "plusnet" in the google search box and I was taken to Marks & Spencer website, which I was told had been infected. When I checked, the firewall had been turned off, so I had to shut it all down.
I haven't purchased any software and my bank account has not been touched. I just make sure that if I check my bank details or buy anything online that I do it using my netbook. Here's hoping it will all be over tomorrow.
P.S. I should also have mentioned that a few of my music files had been corrupted with the viruses and wouldn't play but the rest were playing fine when the computer came back the other day.
