Suspect Warning Notice.

[1rovert]

With a few moments spare, I browsed a porn site, and had a notice, which is blocking my computer.

from suspected false address, namely,

Chester Police Authority, demanding a payment of 100 pounds.

Has anyone else come across this? and how can it be removed.?

[Answerprancer]

No but it is OBVIOUS rubbish - delete your cookies and carry on browsing!

[Anngel]

I have heard someone else got this and had to completely wipe their hard drive to get rid.

[Electrochem]

It's of the penalties you pay for looking as these sites. Try installing McAfee Site Advisor.

[rockyracoon]

It's a complete scam, there was a thread about it a while ago

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Computers/Question1116942.html

If you google about you'll get a lot of help to ge rid of it. Once it's gone make sure you keep Java and Adobe programs updated.

[VHG]

>>delete your cookies and carry on browsing!

This is nothing to do with cookies.

Often these types of ransomware put some graphics image up on the screen and wont let you in no matter what you do (you are effectively locked out your computer).

You can boot up the computer in safe mode and then run some sort of security software.

Or you can download the Kaspersky Rescue Disk for free (on another computer obvisouly), "make" a CD of it, then "boot" your computer using this disk and run the security software on that disk.

This will probably get rid of your ransomware.

p.s. It is always worth have a "spare" Windows logon that you dont use which can be used if you get logged out of your computer on your normal logon.

Then you can run you security software from this "spare" Windows logon and hapefully get rid of the malware.

[1rovert]

Thanks for all your help,

I found this, for anyone who gets it......

http://www.fixpcyourself.com/