Think I just got a virus...

[jarelash]

I think I just got a virus on my computer. When I start it, I get a fullscreen window which I can't exit, saying my computer is locked due to a crime. Im supposed to pay 100 euros to unlock my computer using some weird cash card thingy i've never heard of. There was also a list of possible crimes...one being terrorism...Dafuq? Since when going to BL forums and Facebook has been terrorism? Anyway, if anyone knows about this, would be cool if you could help...

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[Maxwell23461]

Task manager? :o

[jarelash]

Task manager? :o

Doesn't work...neither does rebooting.

Also, this appeared a moment after downloading one of Gcats add-ons from mediafire...

[Maxwell23461]

Have you got a windows install disc?

[sir dooble]

In regards to the poll, do not pay at all, whatsoever.

If you end up giving any sort of bank-access to any thing you don't know or can't trust then you'll probably end up accidentally giving them access to your bank account.

[jarelash]

I think it's somewhere...
But it's not that bad, because im getting a new computer this month.
(writing this on DSi)

Edit: i noticed quite a few suspicious things in the window:
1. It says I should pay within 48 hours, but every time I reopen my computer, the timer resets.

2. The only payment methods are called "Ukash" and "Paysafe card".

3. TYPOS EVERYWHERE!

[Nonnel]

Computers can't catch diseases. ._.

[jarelash]

Just read from the news, that this IS indeed a virus, a Ransomware to be exact...Paying does not remove the lock. There WERE instructions on how to close it, but the only problem is, that i can't open taskmanager...

[Maxwell23461]

Computers can't catch diseases. ._.

Stop.

I think it's somewhere...
But it's not that bad, because im getting a new computer this month.
(writing this on DSi)

Edit: i noticed quite a few suspicious things in the window:
1. It says I should pay within 48 hours, but every time I reopen my computer, the timer resets.

2. The only payment methods are called "Ukash" and "Paysafe card".

3. TYPOS EVERYWHERE!

leave the computer on for 48 hours?

[Cybertails1998]

does it say GEMA in a corner?

[Demian]

Typical ransomware. Google around.

[Treti]

Find the installation folder and delete it with CMD?

stuff sucks, I lost a lot of stuff when my first laptop got a virus. Ended up losing all my old add-ons when it wiped the hdd clean.

[Ipquarx]

You got ransomware. Boot in safe mode.

[fawkes..]

I wonder where you got this from

[Steve5452]

It is ransomeware, don't even question that.
Boot in to safe mode and run a Malwarebytes scan.