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#3943654 - 04/24/14 03:53 AM Trojan "Reveton", Arrrrrhhhh!  
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This one got me. Also known as the "MoneyPac" scam, it renders your PC useless. There are a few fixes. The one I tried flashes a recovery OS onto a DVD with which you can scan and quarentine the offending files and registry entries. Unfortunately it also screwed with the boot loader. Since I was running Windows on an iMac through bootcamp I must admit to panicking a bit when I lost access to what was supposed to be the safe partition on my imac. In the end, once I figured out how to boot into OSX, the only solution I could think of was to wipe out the Windows partition entirely. Looking at the bright side, maybe a few more months without sims and games might be healthy.

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#3943723 - 04/24/14 10:40 AM Re: Trojan "Reveton", Arrrrrhhhh! [Re: Smokin_Hole]  
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Originally Posted By: Smokin_Hole
...maybe a few more months without sims and games might be healthy.


Does not compute.I think I would go nuts.

These damn trojans,I just bought the full version of Malwarebytes just in case.My sister 'acquired' one of the ransom ones,it was a right pain to remove.

Also,have you posted this in the right place? wacky


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#3943735 - 04/24/14 11:21 AM Re: Trojan "Reveton", Arrrrrhhhh! [Re: Smokin_Hole]  
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Think so. Just talkin' 'bout stuff. This is the place to do that right? Jennifer Anniston's boobs, Top 10 Worst Movies of All Time, Bought a New Gun, Trojan Tashed my Sim Habit--these are all good Community Hall topics, right? Where else would it go?

^^^^^

Well Duh! I thought I had posted in "Cummunity Hall"! Hell, I deserved the Trojan for being so dense. Sorry. (Is computing with an iPhone an excuse?)

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