Monday, 25 February 2013

Virus Alert

Sat at my computer the other day, ordering stuff for my sons birthday party on ebay, and I briefly remember seeing a message pop up from the firewall, before my computer shut down and I got a screen - which can only be described as - from hell!!

Police Central e-crime Unit virus snapshot

What was especially scary was that in the corner of the screen was a picture of me - taken via my own webcam.  What was even more scary was being accused of looking at child pornography!!   It all looked very real and I immediately woke up my partner to show him. 
Luckily, we had a second computer and so my partner was able to follow instructions on YouTube to remove the virus.  YouTube stated that 10,000 people have already fallen for this, and at £100 a time that's a lot of money being made. 

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