E-Crime virus/malware/ransomware infection.

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Swishazza, Apr 2, 2012.

  1. Swishazza

    Swishazza Private E-2

    Hey guys, this is my first post so if I send the wrong info i do apologise.

    A few days ago a full screen pop-up (what i thought at first at least) came onto my screen saying "metropolitan E-crime unit" and goes on to say I have been veiwing child porn, sending terrorist email etc. and I must pay a £100 fine to unlock my computer. It is explained here better:

    http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-police-central-ecrime-unit

    Researching on the internet has gotten me no where as all sites that seem to have info on them just want you to download (and then pay for) their program promising a easy fix. And quite obviously they do not work.

    I have had to restart in safe mode to be able to do anything, i have ran a AVG scan which found nothing, unistalled AVG and installed AVAST! and found nothing. Also ran Malwarebytes, found nothing. And had the same results with spybot search & destroy.

    If anyone knows how i can get rid of this awful virus please help! :)
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

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    Please follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

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    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:

    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:


    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     
  3. Swishazza

    Swishazza Private E-2

    I have ran through these steps and as of 10 minutes ago it seems to be fixed!

    I will wait a few days to be sure but for now thank you so much!
    :-D
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    It might be best if you attach the requested logs so we can check that all is clear. ;)
     

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