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[QUOTE=Ri Guy32;1679525]Is anyone else having a hard time logging? It's been happening for a week or so. Just says logging me in then bounces me out.[/QUOTE]I always have to click on the box, no pun intended, that says log in, the little box to the right of it.
Just wanted to put a warning out there about a virus that's running pretty rampant that I had never even heard of until earlier today and YES it was finding out about it the hard way.
Now, I have several programs that are supposed to protect my computer including Nortons, AVG and Anti-malware BUT this virus went right on through them like they weren't even there.
It's called the MONEYPAK FBI VIRUS and it basically seizes your computer and tries to tell you that you're breaking federal law, that you'll be arrested and that you need to pay a big fine to get your computer released. DO NOT PAY IT and even if you do all it does is try to get even more money out of you. It's all a scam and it's actually supposed to be benefiting the Russian mafia according to the info I found out when I googled how to fix it. Having a second "clean" computer was a godsend or it would have been a real PITA to find the right way to fix it.
Anyways, I tried all the recommended removal techniques which didn't do shit. Rebooting in safe mode with networking, safe mode with command, a variety of repairs and even the restore were all useless. Eventually I got a tech service online and they told me it's the most aggressive one out there right now and very tough. They told me I was basically shit out of luck and to take it to Staples or some kind of geek squad and expect to wait awhile and pay around $275 for the fix. They also said a few companies could do it over the net but would be about $200 bucks. Heck, I could almost buy a new unit for that nowadays.
Believe me there are a TON of sites that say that they can fix it for you once you pay them and you don't even know if it'll work or not and if the virus won't let you do shit on your infected computer how are you supposed to even get online for them to fix it? I just kept searching away and finally figured out a way that worked.
Final result was that I continued to try a variety of fixes and some geek blog out there finally gave me some insight on how to get it back to "normal" and it did work and it was FREE! All the sites out there say it's likely that it'll keep coming back as it's growing like a tumor and keeps getting harder to get rid of. I'll attach an image of it so you might recognize it if you're unlucky enough to come in contact with it.
Was the virus attached to a pic that you downloaded from mail or some other way? I do open emails from people I do not know often, not the smartest thing I know. Thanks for the heads up, glad you were able to restore your unit.
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell; 1680705]Just wanted to put a warning out there about a virus that's running pretty rampant that I had never even heard of until earlier today and YES it was finding out about it the hard way.
Now, I have several programs that are supposed to protect my computer including Nortons, AVG and Anti-malware BUT this virus went right on through them like they weren't even there.
It's called the MONEYPAK FBI VIRUS and it basically seizes your computer and tries to tell you that you're breaking federal law, that you'll be arrested and that you need to pay a big fine to get your computer released. DO NOT PAY IT and even if you do all it does is try to get even more money out of you. It's all a scam and it's actually supposed to be benefiting the Russian mafia according to the info I found out when I googled how to fix it. Having a second "clean" computer was a godsend or it would have been a real PITA to find the right way to fix it.
Anyways, I tried all the recommended removal techniques which didn't do shit. Rebooting in safe mode with networking, safe mode with command, a variety of repairs and even the restore were all useless. Eventually I got a tech service online and they told me it's the most aggressive one out there right now and very tough. They told me I was basically shit out of luck and to take it to Staples or some kind of geek squad and expect to wait awhile and pay around $275 for the fix. They also said a few companies could do it over the net but would be about $200 bucks. Heck, I could almost buy a new unit for that nowadays.
Believe me there are a TON of sites that say that they can fix it for you once you pay them and you don't even know if it'll work or not and if the virus won't let you do shit on your infected computer how are you supposed to even get online for them to fix it? I just kept searching away and finally figured out a way that worked.
Final result was that I continued to try a variety of fixes and some geek blog out there finally gave me some insight on how to get it back to "normal" and it did work and it was FREE! All the sites out there say it's likely that it'll keep coming back as it's growing like a tumor and keeps getting harder to get rid of. I'll attach an image of it so you might recognize it if you're unlucky enough to come in contact with it.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell; 1680705]Just wanted to put a warning out there about a virus that's running pretty rampant that I had never even heard of until earlier today and YES it was finding out about it the hard way.
Now, I have several programs that are supposed to protect my computer including Nortons, AVG and Anti-malware BUT this virus went right on through them like they weren't even there.
It's called the MONEYPAK FBI VIRUS and it basically seizes your computer and tries to tell you that you're breaking federal law, that you'll be arrested and that you need to pay a big fine to get your computer released. DO NOT PAY IT and even if you do all it does is try to get even more money out of you. It's all a scam and it's actually supposed to be benefiting the Russian mafia according to the info I found out when I googled how to fix it. Having a second "clean" computer was a godsend or it would have been a real PITA to find the right way to fix it.
Anyways, I tried all the recommended removal techniques which didn't do shit. Rebooting in safe mode with networking, safe mode with command, a variety of repairs and even the restore were all useless. Eventually I got a tech service online and they told me it's the most aggressive one out there right now and very tough. They told me I was basically shit out of luck and to take it to Staples or some kind of geek squad and expect to wait awhile and pay around $275 for the fix. They also said a few companies could do it over the net but would be about $200 bucks. Heck, I could almost buy a new unit for that nowadays.
Believe me there are a TON of sites that say that they can fix it for you once you pay them and you don't even know if it'll work or not and if the virus won't let you do shit on your infected computer how are you supposed to even get online for them to fix it? I just kept searching away and finally figured out a way that worked.
Final result was that I continued to try a variety of fixes and some geek blog out there finally gave me some insight on how to get it back to "normal" and it did work and it was FREE! All the sites out there say it's likely that it'll keep coming back as it's growing like a tumor and keeps getting harder to get rid of. I'll attach an image of it so you might recognize it if you're unlucky enough to come in contact with it.[/QUOTE]I had to reimage my computer. Nothing got rid of it. Mine said it was from the Departmet of Justice. And they tried a lot of scare tactics.
When I was finally able to gain enough control of it to get access to actually remove it I ended up with only two (2) infected items. One was a small file in the temp internet files and the other was the big bad trojan and it did 100% without a doubt come from an email and the email did NOT have any attachment. The email itself was a reply to one of my ads and it even had the subject changed to my required line in order for me to even want to open it instead of reporting it a spam.
So, it was NOT blindly sent, whomever sent it had to read my ad and follow the instructions in it or I wouldn't have even opened it at all. The virus was somehow buried in the email itself. All the sites say that the virus grows bigger and stronger the longer it's on there which is why it's tough to get rid of. I did NOT have to reset or re-image my computer and once I was able to actually use it the removal process was not too bad at all.
[QUOTE=DrGolfer;1680756]Was the virus attached to a pic that you downloaded from mail or some other way? I do open emails from people I do not know often, not the smartest thing I know. Thanks for the heads up, glad you were able to restore your unit.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell; 1680705]Just wanted to put a warning out there about a virus that's running pretty rampant that I had never even heard of until earlier today and YES it was finding out about it the hard way.
Now, I have several programs that are supposed to protect my computer including Nortons, AVG and Anti-malware BUT this virus went right on through them like they weren't even there.
It's called the MONEYPAK FBI VIRUS and it basically seizes your computer and tries to tell you that you're breaking federal law, that you'll be arrested and that you need to pay a big fine to get your computer released. DO NOT PAY IT and even if you do all it does is try to get even more money out of you. It's all a scam and it's actually supposed to be benefiting the Russian mafia according to the info I found out when I googled how to fix it. Having a second "clean" computer was a godsend or it would have been a real PITA to find the right way to fix it.
Anyways, I tried all the recommended removal techniques which didn't do shit. Rebooting in safe mode with networking, safe mode with command, a variety of repairs and even the restore were all useless. Eventually I got a tech service online and they told me it's the most aggressive one out there right now and very tough. They told me I was basically shit out of luck and to take it to Staples or some kind of geek squad and expect to wait awhile and pay around $275 for the fix. They also said a few companies could do it over the net but would be about $200 bucks. Heck, I could almost buy a new unit for that nowadays.
Believe me there are a TON of sites that say that they can fix it for you once you pay them and you don't even know if it'll work or not and if the virus won't let you do shit on your infected computer how are you supposed to even get online for them to fix it? I just kept searching away and finally figured out a way that worked.
Final result was that I continued to try a variety of fixes and some geek blog out there finally gave me some insight on how to get it back to "normal" and it did work and it was FREE! All the sites out there say it's likely that it'll keep coming back as it's growing like a tumor and keeps getting harder to get rid of. I'll attach an image of it so you might recognize it if you're unlucky enough to come in contact with it.[/QUOTE]I actually got the FBI virus about 4 months ago. At that time, I was able to go into safe mode and do a system restore and everything was ok. Then a month ago I got it again! This time it worked its way into safe mode and spread. I couldn't do a system restore or get online in any way, shape or form. What a brutal virus. I took my computer to a local small computer store in smithfield. The man said I wasnt the only one who got this virus. He said he had to make a special program disc to get rid of it. He fixed it in 2 days and charged me 75. And told me to stay off the porn sites!
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell;1681016]When I was finally able to gain enough control of it to get access to actually remove it I ended up with only two (2) infected items. One was a small file in the temp internet files and the other was the big bad trojan and it did 100% without a doubt come from an email and the email did NOT have any attachment. The email itself was a reply to one of my ads and it even had the subject changed to my required line in order for me to even want to open it instead of reporting it a spam.[/QUOTE]Let this be a lesson to all. STOP using Microsoft Outlook and other email clients that run on your computer.
Virii do not auto-magically just download and run themselves (unless you are using an insecure POS browser like Internet Explorer).
1) Use a web based client.
2) DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER.
3) Use a script blocker.
4) Do not install Java.
With these rules in place, you would need to physically download a file AND THEN RUN IT to get a virus. If you do that..... well, you need to realize that clicking on something with a filename called "my_big_tits.jpg.exe" is actually NOT a image.... IT IS A FSCKING .EXE file. You are running a program !!!!
At that point, it is game over....
[QUOTE=Flamebird; 1681082]Let this be a lesson to all. STOP using Microsoft Outlook and other email clients that run on your computer.
Virii do not auto-magically just download and run themselves (unless you are using an insecure POS browser like Internet Explorer).
1) Use a web based client.
2) DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER.
3) Use a script blocker.
4) Do not install Java.
With these rules in place, you would need to physically download a file AND THEN RUN IT to get a virus. If you do that. Well, you need to realize that clicking on something with a filename called "my_big_tits. Jpg. Exe" is actually NOT a image. IT IS A FSCKING. EXE file. You are running a program!
At that point, it is game over.[/QUOTE]I have found 2 free programs that continue to update even after trial period is over and both come strongly recommended by friends in IT world.
Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro are very helpful. Malwarebytes actively protects internet browsing: there's one website from the UK in particular that hosts porno links that are routinely blocked at dbl click and prevented from opening.
I'm tired of all the guys that talk the talk and then pussy out. I am DONE going thru the process of trying to arrange a fest. It was good seeing and talking to the ones that did show but when you have FIVE no shows that is utter bullshit. I also liked Ashley too.
[QUOTE=Brent01; 1678538]Hi HAH and all others,
Would love an invite to the Fest; free on Monday and have some stuff (not street) but CL hits and misses to bring to the table.
Hopefully someone can check my history and vouch for me.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell;1682977]I'm tired of all the guys that talk the talk and then pussy out. I am DONE going thru the process of trying to arrange a fest. It was good seeing and talking to the ones that did show but when you have FIVE no shows that is utter bullshit. I also liked Ashley too.[/QUOTE]Yes Ashley was FINE! With a capitol F. HH if you get that girl to give in please make me first on the list to get her info PLEASE! And yes you guys who said you were coming could have at least sent a short note saying you couldn't make it. Common courtesy.
Gentlemen.
Will be in providence on Tuesday and we'd night. Have solid WSW and BSW from Springfield mass and Bronx NYC. Looking for good action in providence. Would really appreciate any leads and I will share numbers with other sm. Ironic that I am not one yet but hoping to attain that title with continued activity.
Respectfully,
Dingo.
[QUOTE=Horny As Hell;1682977]I'm tired of all the guys that talk the talk and then pussy out. I am DONE going thru the process of trying to arrange a fest. It was good seeing and talking to the ones that did show but when you have FIVE no shows that is utter bullshit. I also liked Ashley too.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MuffyTheDiver;1655019]."We don't pay them to have sex with us, we pay them to leave once were done"[/QUOTE]LOL. I hear that. Another perspective, a friend of mine used to say, 'a man can only divide his assets in half so many times".
I propose a new rule where if you say you're going to a fest and pull a no show without any explanation, you are disinvited from any future fests.
[QUOTE=Tp1701;1683430]I propose a new rule where if you say you're going to a fest and pull a no show without any explanation, you are disinvited from any future fests.[/QUOTE]That's a bit harsh TP, things happen at the last minute. It's when it happens time after time it becomes a problem.
Disclaimer: I haven't made the last two due to weather. As you know I use a cane to walk, snow / ice is not my freind.
[QUOTE=Gansett; 1683789]That's a bit harsh TP, things happen at the last minute. It's when it happens time after time it becomes a problem.
Disclaimer: I haven't made the last two due to weather. As you know I use a cane to walk, snow / ice is not my freind.[/QUOTE]I got called into work so I could not make it and its not my top prioity to say I can't make it. The one time I called for a fest I showed I shouldn't have to explain myself why I can't make it. Icant pay my bills in hugs and nun of you will step up and pay my bills.