[sf-lug] "RANSOM VIRUS" ATACHED TO WEB SITE? ... loin virus? ; -)

[Michael Paoli]

I want to know if the pork loin roast in my oven is infected with this
virus.
[goes to check oven ...]
Uhm, pushed the oven light button,
then the digital display on the oven reads:
"ALL YOUR LOINS ARE BELONG TO US!  CALL: " ... "TO GET YOUR LOINS BACK",
and the oven is locked in self-cleaning mode.  The display also reads:
"YOU HAVE 2 HOURS TO SAVE YOUR LOINS - AFTER THAT WE BURN THE PLACE DOWN",
and it's counting the time down.

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2340.html

Uhm, yeah, fortunately I've not "upgraded" my oven to have that "feature".
;-) ... 8-O


> From: John <jstrazza at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] "RANSOM VIRUS"  ATACHED TO WEB SITE?
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 19:58:30 -0700

> I wanna know about the pork loin roast!  What time is dinner?

>>> From: Mikki <mikkimc at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: [sf-lug] "RANSOM VIRUS"  ATACHED TO WEB SITE?
>>> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:22:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>>
>>> HI, ALL;
>>>
>>> Today early I started the computer, moved immediately to Firefox,  
>>> started Startpage, and typed in :  "pork loin roast."  I selected  
>>> the item at the top of the list, and immediately got a frozen  
>>> screen and computer, with vocal over-ride saying that this was a  
>>> program that froze my computer, 'because someone had illegally  
>>> used my isp and such to access a site of viruses."  The screen box  
>>> said that I could get the computer unfrozen by calling a certain  
>>> number (1-866-217-8944.)
>>>
>>> I called the number of a friend who is more versed in computers  
>>> than I, and he said it was the ransom virus common in Europe, but  
>>> seemed rare in US,and on Linux distros.  I have Ubuntu 16 on my  
>>> notebook.  I asked him to call Bobbie and sak her to call me, when  
>>> he got back home.
>>>
>>> I then called the number given in the site, and they said they  
>>> could unfreeze my computer for $199.  I declined, and disconnected  
>>> the computer from the internet ethernet cable, and turned the  
>>> machine off with the manual button.
>>>
>>> Bobbie called a while later, and said that there is a filecalled  
>>> clam.av, or clamav, or something like that which I haven't yet  
>>> found, which searches and deletes Windows type viruses.
>>>
>>> When I re-actvated the machine, most of what I had on the desktop  
>>> and in the document file, (on the Desktop) were gone.   
>>> Fortunately, I frequently back up to an external hard drive, so it  
>>> has not been a total disaster.
>>>
>>> I called the FBI 1-415-553-7400, ignored the website for internet  
>>> crime, and reported it several selections later.  The agent or  
>>> clerk said that this is becoming quite a problem, and that I had  
>>> handled it correctly, not paying and de  -activating my machine.   
>>> They will investigate the number I was given.
>>>
>>> I have since retrieved the older Desktop/documents file, and  
>>> recovered the needed fines for rebuilding the files i could.