hello. I had someone drop off their dell laptop to me. They have a bad virus. It is the fbi moneypak virus. keeps saying there computer is locked by the FBI and that they need to pay $300.00 using moneypak to unlock it. This is a tough one. When the pc starts up, this is ALL that is displayed. EVEN IN SAFE MODE!!! It wont let me do anything.
My home computer has just been infected with the FBI greendot MoneyPak virus. The virus is demanding $200. The system is locked up. Where do I go from here?
If you are the one who is hit by FBI Moneypak virus in a sudden, you are advised not pay the fee/fine ($100, $200, $300, $450) to unlock the your computer screen.
Alert level: Severe
Targeted OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows8, MAC
FBI MoneyPak virus is refereed to as a ransomware generating from Citadel Reveton group. FBI virus is reported in 2012 and it still attacks users nowadays. Normally, FBI MoneyPak locks up your computer with utilizing Trojan horse virus. It pretends to present itself from legitimate FBI authority in order to push or scare victims into paying money. The FBI virus states that the computer IP has been detected with illegal activities having been found ( downloaded unlicensed contents or viewed child pornography, etc), which distributes the copyrighted las in America. Under such circumstance, users are required to pay the fine(($100, $200, $300, $450) to unlock the system and time is limited of 48 to 72 hours. To be more reliable, FBI MoneyPak malware allows to use the famous prepayment systems like MoneyPak, Greendot, Ukah, Reloadit, Ultimate Game Card ( purchase at Walmart or Walgreens type stores). More scary, users may see the punishment jail times on the screen wanings. This point is very important : If the computer has been blocked by FBI MoneyPak virus, users need to pay nothing because it is a fraudulent claim delivered by hackers. Please don’t be fooled by the bogue notifications.
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