Two days ago my I suddenly got a whole screen pop-up telling that my computer had been Locked and the only way to unlock it was to go on line and pay a £100 "Fine". The screen, complete with usual typos etc purported be from Sheffield Police and Serious Organised Crime Agency. Luckily I have a computer savvy colleague who was able to unlock it for me, for a good bottle of wine. He used a recovery disc from Kaspersky and tells me that, unless I am prepared to pay £200 a year for what he calls a proper firewall/anti virus package, it could happen again.
Loads of info on line, just google for Sheffield Police Scam and there are other ways of getting rid of it. It is very cunning, if you try to start in safe mode, to access system restore etc, it starts and then when you type in your access password, it shuts down and starts normally!
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"Sheffield Police" Ransomware Scam new
"Sheffield Police" Ransomware Scam new