I have hacker or something

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

On my PC. My screen is taken over by some 'cyber'police who want money before my PC is released. Any idea how to get rid of it?the funny thing is, I can pay the 'fine' by going to Kmart or 7-11 to load the voucher I mean' come on!

[idwiyo]

1. It's a Trojan virus. It adopts the message to a location where you are from. I am in UK so for me

It might pretend to be from Scotland Yard.

Try this link:

http://www.dotfab.com/resources/how-to-remove-police-cybercrime-virus-ransomware-removal-guide/

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. Thanks

It did describe my situation but it appears I need to take it to my local shop.

[idwiyo]

3. If you are not sure what you are doing its always best to get proper help.

[elifino]

4. I have had good luck removing this and simular trojans with

a program found at http://www.vipre.com.au/Support/VIPREPCRescue.aspx

This is a command line program. If you have problems using your browser, load this program to a flash drive on a non-infected computer and execute on the infected computer.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

5. Just so I understand

I can download the fix from a clean PC onto a thumb or flash drive then insert the flash s drive in my PC and turn the machine on?

[elifino]

6. Steps to take after inserting the flash drive

Right click on start, open explorer, go to the flash drive, execute the last item on the drive(the icon has a snake on it). Everything after that is automatic. Any infected files will be put in VipreRescue/Quarantine directory. About once a month download a new copy of Vipre for future use.

If this does not work, boot in the safe mode and repeat the steps above.

Good luck

[leftyohiolib]

7. perhaps you can just restore it back to a time before the infection

or google ransomware

[StanGr]

8. Download AntiMalware from MalwareBytes.org. That's a well-known trojan.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

9. Thanks all.

I took it to my local PC shop and they removed it.