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Virus that says you are under FBI Surveillance

Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:33 pm
Posted by LSU Tigershark
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Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:33 pm
My boss said his kid downloaded a movie and when he opened it up, a big screen came up saying he is under surveillance of the FBI for downloading kiddie porn. I told him I would come over this weekend to try and clean up the virus.
Is there anything in particular I should put on a jump drive before heading over? I figure I will put ComboFix. One of my former patients told me she had the same thing happen last year, but I don't remember what she used to clean it up.
Posted by LSU Tigershark
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Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:33 pm to
Not sure if XP or Windows 7 yet
Posted by LOCO5150
NWA
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:41 pm to
Had a friend that this happened to. He said that there was an actual screen shot of him from his webcam on the screen, and then the FBI message. I'm not sure what he did to fix it, but I think it was all pretty basic stuff and he is no techie.
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
30922 posts
Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:58 pm to
in order:
safe mode + malwarebytes + a spyware/spybot (several out there to choose from).
search for and delete cftmon.exe and cftmon.lnk
use ccleaner to clean registry and temp files

its a trojan downloader, so the more times it has been booted up with an active internet connection the more shite that will have been downloaded. i have seen a few times where the HDD needs to be removed and scanned on an external to get rid of it all.
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
80801 posts
Posted on 1/25/13 at 5:01 pm to
FBI MoneyPak virus.

Can get rid of it with a system restore if it is an easy one. My 2nd MoneyPak virus locked up the entire computer, even safe mode so I had to pitch it
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 1/25/13 at 6:00 pm to
quote:

kid downloaded a movie and when he opened it up, a big screen came up saying he is under surveillance of the FBI for downloading kiddie porn.


sure, he downloaded a "movie"

Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36376 posts
Posted on 1/26/13 at 1:03 pm to
Tell your boss to get a mac.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56452 posts
Posted on 1/26/13 at 6:45 pm to
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