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Downloaded a file called "install.exe". PC now locked.
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<blockquote data-quote="Mirai" data-source="post: 227710" data-attributes="member: 25083"><p>I was on YouTube looking for a certain file, and came across it. I downloaded it and it was a .RAR file. I clicked on it and inside it had an application called "install.exe". I clicked it and it brought up some errors and closed everything that I had opened, including my computer. After this it restarted, but came up with a window similar to the one that pops up when you open an administrator program and it asks for the admin password. This said the following:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Window name: User Account Control</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Message: THIS COMPUTER HAS BEEN LOCKED</p><p></p><p>PROGRAM NAME: INSTALL.EXE</p><p></p><p>VERIFIED PUBLISHER: UNKNOWN</p><p></p><p>FILE ORIGIN: HARD DRIVE ON THIS COMPUTER.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To continue, type an administrato password and then click Yes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(A Windows 7-like profile picture appears with the word admin next to it and a text box under it)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Under the text box there are two buttons.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Get Password" and "Unlock".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Pressing Unlock will do nothing but pressing Get Password will bring me to a site called "gotlinks.co/2zCz", but since I use a mobile internet modem that needs to be started via a separate program, couldn't even use the internet.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't use the computer at all since it just throws that screen there whenever I try to start.</p><p></p><p>Also I have downloaded the farbar thing but for some reason my computer doesn't show the "repair my computer" selection when I try the F8 advanced menu </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p><p></p><p>(And yes I did copy this from someone else from this site that had a similiar problem last month and am using my mother's laptop to even post this :I)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mirai, post: 227710, member: 25083"] I was on YouTube looking for a certain file, and came across it. I downloaded it and it was a .RAR file. I clicked on it and inside it had an application called "install.exe". I clicked it and it brought up some errors and closed everything that I had opened, including my computer. After this it restarted, but came up with a window similar to the one that pops up when you open an administrator program and it asks for the admin password. This said the following: Window name: User Account Control Message: THIS COMPUTER HAS BEEN LOCKED PROGRAM NAME: INSTALL.EXE VERIFIED PUBLISHER: UNKNOWN FILE ORIGIN: HARD DRIVE ON THIS COMPUTER. To continue, type an administrato password and then click Yes. (A Windows 7-like profile picture appears with the word admin next to it and a text box under it) Under the text box there are two buttons. "Get Password" and "Unlock". Pressing Unlock will do nothing but pressing Get Password will bring me to a site called "gotlinks.co/2zCz", but since I use a mobile internet modem that needs to be started via a separate program, couldn't even use the internet. I can't use the computer at all since it just throws that screen there whenever I try to start. Also I have downloaded the farbar thing but for some reason my computer doesn't show the "repair my computer" selection when I try the F8 advanced menu Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. (And yes I did copy this from someone else from this site that had a similiar problem last month and am using my mother's laptop to even post this :I) [/QUOTE]
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