Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
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lsydexick said 4:05PM on 8-18-2008
I manage a small network, and I have already seen this. I like the idea flashblock add-on, but I don't think it is totally necessary to block all flash content. On some sites that would mean blocking everything on the site and then checking off what you want to see... The solution I chose was to install the adblock plus add-on for firefox. It automatically block banner adds(which is where this spyware is coming from) , but not flash movies like on youtube, or flash menus, etc... It does give you the option to block any other flash content, but doesn't slow you down by having to check off what you do want to see. You'd be surprised at how much faster web pages load without loading all the banner adds... who clicks on those anyway?
Just thought I'd share my thought, as I think this is a somewhat better solution.
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Julia Gunnells said 10:33PM on 8-19-2008
Banner ads are what keep my business going on the web and helps new subscribers find me! And lots of people click banner ads, thank goodness! You really should try it sometime. You might be surprised what great deals you can find. They don't all lead to a virus!!
loren said 2:36PM on 8-19-2008
I got one of these viruses and i did notice it populated an icon on my task bar that tried to download a spyware beware ad too and it kept on prompting me.. The adaware program I have to remove Spyware did not remove it and I have macafee virus protection and it didn't remove it either.. but I found a tool thru the Macafee site that did.. it was a free download (Malwarebytes antimalware) and this removed it right away.
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JSub said 2:39PM on 8-19-2008
I have Firefox, it happened 2 times when I was on MySpace. My security stopped it both times, thank goodness. I deleted my MySpace account, and it hasn't happened since. It was a gray windows box that told me I need to buy software security, and not matter if I clicked X or Cancel, it still detected the "worm".
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Tommo said 2:56PM on 8-19-2008
i got one of these, and it popped up as an internet explorer window, warning of a spyware attack and showing a little box that says: "download spyware shield now?" as it turns out, it comes in many forms, most of it malware and trojan horses that wreak havoc and place foreign websites in your site history. it's really hard to get rid of, but i found a suitable program that was surprisingly free and a quick download. it's called malwarebytes anti-malware, and it's just for this sort of crap that some asshat decides to put on your computer.
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Cory said 11:21AM on 8-23-2008
The same thing happened to my computer a few months ago. So I now have a new computer but I have many photos on the old computer I'd like to retrieve and put on a CD to save. Is there anyway I can still get rid of that virus on the old computer or is it too late?
Janalee said 7:52PM on 8-19-2008
I looked all over McAfees website and could not find the category you talked about. Could you please tell me where you found it on the website? Thanks very much
marc said 3:03PM on 8-19-2008
it is nothing new i have had this virus 3 times and i sugest a back up of your files. a simple reformat does the job 4 me. you just have to be one step ahead of the virus
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D Swift said 3:15PM on 8-19-2008
After hours of trying common solutions, I went to AOL online help and they directed me to Malwarebytes. It did the trick. I downloaded, installed, scanned, and eliminated this and other viruses in less than an hour on an XP platform.
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Rick said 4:59PM on 8-19-2008
Stay away from this software, UNLESS you want to buy it. It is almost impossible to get back off your computer. If you do not want to get wrapped around the axle with software you do not want to buy LEAVE THIS ONE ALONE !
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bcsclan said 5:26PM on 8-19-2008
I got something like this virus from a emal that was from CNN but was a fake. You click on a video and it says your flash player needed updating. So you let it update but it install the virus you discribed and it keeps pushing for you to buy there virus software to remove the virus.And if you try to uninstall the so called flash player it won't let you. Luckly I used WinXP and was able to revert my registry back to the day before and then run my virus program to get read of the virus itself. But you have to run the virus program before windows starts. I run Avast! Free edition which lets me schedule a scan at start-up. Good virus program. Try it.
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David said 5:30PM on 8-19-2008
I too have fallen victim to this. It started with a ikon on the task bar that said I had spyware and that it was slowing the computer way down. I have Macafee plus I have spybot and ran both. Kept getting the prompt and finally something from Macafee came up showing where this "antispycheck" was located on the C drive and I found it and deleted it. It didn't go away and I kept getting the prompt. Finally all of a sudden, I got a BLUE screen and it said that it had shut down the system and Now I am at a shop where they will try to retrieve my data before re installing Windows XP.
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Jane said 5:59PM on 8-19-2008
this has been around for awhile... I don't recall it as coming on in this manner, but it masqueraded as something which would Protect and Serve (could not resist saying that!), or rather would 'find and fix' what was 'wrong' with m computer. said -- oh, we'll find anything which might be wrong and then TELL you and even FIX it for you if you want... well, being especially STUPID that evnening, I clicked on it... had to send it to a friend who always fixes this thing for me when I do something foolish like that, or when something goes wrong. man, that sucker imbedded it's damn self and then had the audacity to try to CHARGE me!! lol; no, I wasn't THAT kind of fool, but damn. was not alone either; discovered later someone else had gotten the same damn one. it pretended to be 'microsoft windows' stuff but it was not and if I'd looked more closely I would have SEEN that.
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Al Schrader said 6:08PM on 8-19-2008
Hey Tommo- I had the same virus.
I was on the US Olympic weightlifting Team in 2005.
The best I've been able to press is 400 pounds.
These people that are putting this virus on me wouldn't like me if I get angry, and it makes me angry.
Al
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Patricia said 6:16PM on 8-19-2008
I got this new virus a couple of weeks ago on my laptop (OS Vista). I managed to get rid of it by Cleaning everything I could think of and then did a Restore back to about a week before I encountered the little bugger. So far so good. Oh yeah, I also ran my PC-cillian several times.
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Jim said 7:05PM on 8-19-2008
Charles .... I got the xp2008 and tryed everything, Mcaffee the works... all looked good then one moning last week I woke up, the screen saver was frozen, the puter was not responsive, I turned off the power ...waited then turned it back on that was the last time that puter was ever used.
It will not start, it starts the xp window, but will not boot, not in safe mode, will not restore... I noticed before the final crash that I tryed to go to a previous restore point ....no GO.... so for Now I have a great PAPER WEIGHT..... Good Luck all Its a Nasty one XP2008.....
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Dennis said 7:16PM on 8-19-2008
I found and deleted XP2008!
Its hiding in afile on windows explorer that starts with rh_-------something. Then, you can delete the entire program. Unfortunetly, I found it too late!
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C said 8:27PM on 8-19-2008
When I got this, I went to system retore and restored my computer to the previous day. It worked.
csummers1968 said 7:41PM on 8-19-2008
Hmmm, have a mac .... won't open exe files .... have come across this saying I had all these viruses on my hard drive and proceeded to show me a fake Windoze my computer folder with all kinds of stuff then proceeded to download an exe file . My Mac said " sh!!!!!t...dis is bullsh!t jack ......get da fnck outta here ya windoze piece of sh!t !!!!"
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csummers1968 said 7:47PM on 8-19-2008
Hmmm, have a mac .... won't open exe files .... have come across this saying I had all these viruses on my hard drive and proceeded to show me a fake Windoze my computer folder with all kinds of stuff then proceeded to download an exe file . My Mac said " sh!!!!!t...dis is bullsh!t jack ......get da fnck outta here ya windoze piece of sh!t !!!!"
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