Thursday, 18 October 2012

Virus on the loose

Be careful what sites you visit and what you download. So many people I know (mostly all men...) have had their computers affected with the PCeU virus. This virus will completely lock your system.

I've been researching!

If you have the virus, a message will display saying you need to pay a £100 fine. It will give you two options. Here is a snippet (good word) from a geek website.
PCeU virus is a ransomware that has been spreading on computer systems for a few weeks now. It completely locks infected system and displays an alert stating that you must pay a fine of 100 pounds as your IP address was used to visit websites containing pornography and your computer also contains files with pornographic content. 
It states that you can do it either paying through Ukash or through Paysafecard. The message also gives more information on how to do that. Do not fall for this you will only lose your money. Beware that currently there are dozens of programs like that, using a name of police of other institutions to scare computer users and get their money. However, paying this so-called fine is not a solution as your money will reach computer hackers but your problem will not be solved. PCeU ransomware is a tricky malware that you must remove if you want to get your computer to its normal state.
So the moral of the story: Use your imagination instead of porn.