CryptoLocker Virus / Malware....

Well my know it all 12 year old managed to download the CryptoLocker virus on to my desktop a few days ago (somehow while watching YouTube?). It'll look like this when you get it....





In case anyone manages to get it, here is a good walk through to rid yourself of it. Worked like a charm for me....my Kaspersky Anti-Virus did not do anything for it.

http://malwarefixes.com/remove-cryptolocker-virus/

 

Antivirus rarely ever catch malware.

Malwarebytes will clean it up for you as well.

 

Out of curiosity, I know a lot of these viruses are fake and scams. Did this one actually encrypt your files, and if so were you able to decrypt them to actually use them again?

 

I just finished the 2nd scan from the link I showed. I haven't done the search yet to see what I lost (encrypted files).

 

That's what I figured. That sucks. Haven't come across this one in person and everybody kept saying it was for real. Was curious if anyone found a way around it yet. I haven't seen one other than restore from backed up files.

 

good luck OP! I hate internet cyberbullies/crooks, allways trying to scam decent people out of money. I had the Green Dot MoneyPak virus/ransomware, a few weeks ago total pain to rid my computer of.

 

Honestly I'm not too concerned with lost files because all the important stuff was backed up. I just didn't want to have to buy another $800 desktop, especially with Xmas coming up.

 

Maybe you could get a new hard-drive and start from scratch

 

if you can you might post here http://community.trendmicro.com/t5/Malware-Discussions/bd-p/malware and see if they cant help you or at least point you in the right direction.