Has anyone been confronted with a fake FBI Alert while browsing the internet?
Fake FBI Alert
- Thread starter Louisa Vinciguerra
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Yes, I have been confronted by one. However, it was a few years ago.
- Apr 15, 2013
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Hello Louisa Vinciguerra first welcome, and to your question, if but different, my meeting was with a page of the false National police, that he(she) was asking for money.
More or less a month ago.But the antivirus blocked it.
More or less a month ago.But the antivirus blocked it.
- Mar 15, 2011
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Hello and welcome to MalwareTips.
For your question, not yet nor never encountered since barely going to unusual websites.
Are you infected on this alert?
- Dec 4, 2013
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Louisa Vinciguerra, thank you for joining Malware Tips which is the real thing among informative sites offering a wealth of experienced and helpful answers!
I have thus far seen no FBI alerts, genuine or otherwise, while on online. I shall be ready now, thanks to you, and perhaps more skeptical & safe with the blinders removed!!
I have thus far seen no FBI alerts, genuine or otherwise, while on online. I shall be ready now, thanks to you, and perhaps more skeptical &
safe with the blinders removed!!
- Jan 24, 2011
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Hello,
Starting with 2012 there has been a lot of PC's who got infected with a ransomware trojan posing as an official police force (eg. FBI, Metropolitan Police etc..). This infection will display a bogus notification that pretends to be from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and states that your computer has been blocked due to it being involved with the distribution of pornographic material, SPAM and copyrighted content. The lock screen will aski you to pay a non-existing fine in the form of a Greendot Moneypak voucher.
You can read more here: http://www.webroot.com/blog/2013/05/23/recent-spike-in-fbi-ransomware-striking-worldwide/
If your computer is infected with this ransomware, and you are seeing the fake FBI alert, please start a thread in this forum: http://malwaretips.com/forums/malware-removal-assistance.10/
Under no circumstance should you send any Ukash or MoneyPak code to these cyber criminals.
Under no circumstance should you send any Ukash or MoneyPak code to these cyber criminals.
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I saw that message just once...but manage to avoid it with Alt + F4
I saw that message just once...but manage to avoid it with Alt + F4
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