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Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by INTROVERT(f): 10:30am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Ndo!!!!!!!!! |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Tallesty1(m): 10:31am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Ositainklord:I saw the same thing while I was surfing the net last night but my phone's anti-virus was able to take care of it. It heated up pretty bad and I thought I was going to lose it. These guys mean business |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by niggi4life(m): 10:33am On Jun 14, 2015 |
How sure are you that it is a Virus? Or you just want to play with our heads this morning? I havent experienced or heard about your predicament before, is it an Android, Windows or Iphone? Most of the OS on the listed phones dont get Virus, and if so be it, why dont you do a hard reset on it? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by holusormi(m): 10:33am On Jun 14, 2015 |
First of all, what phone are you using .. By this I mean what o.s is your phone running ? Android , iOS , bb10, Linux .... What O.S exactly is your phone on ? This type of attack is usually a malware attack and it's mostly gotten from porn sites and some so called 'free download sites' , I find it very surprising that your phone was attacked , this type of attack happens mostly to windows based computers and he solution is simply to enter task manager and disable any strange process that's running underground , however for any real help we need to know the phone you are using and possibly snapshots of the message ... This is the first time I am witnessing a malware attack on a mobile device ... Guess the hackers have stepped up their game lol 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by ndigbo: 10:33am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Can you give name of phone and model ? |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by menesheh(m): 10:35am On Jun 14, 2015 |
chickengeorge: For you mind. Android is secure even more than blackberry if you do these things Buy from notable company Don't root Don't try custom rom Don't download outside google play store Always off your usb debugging and installation from unknown source. 2 Likes |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by seedorfg(m): 10:35am On Jun 14, 2015 |
EBOLA OR AIDS, WHICH VIRUS @ OP |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by bigtt76(f): 10:35am On Jun 14, 2015 |
LMAO @bolden you nor lie ya hahahaha @OP sorray ya! Boot to recovery and back up your stuff and format the phone. Saves you stress indigene: |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Nobody: 10:36am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Infomaz: drop your location for professional help |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Nobody: 10:36am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by deloon(m): 10:38am On Jun 14, 2015 |
kekakuz:Ignorance is meant to be hidden and not exposed arrogantly. Acquire knowledge. |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by gsmcoder: 10:38am On Jun 14, 2015 |
listen. phone is not locked, only a browser preventing closure. u were viewing a poorn site. use task killer and kill your browsers then clear history. all ok. 4 Likes |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Reference(m): 10:38am On Jun 14, 2015 |
So phones do get viruses. OP what do you do with your phone oh. Are you one of qthem tqhe US DoD is looking for.... |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by holusormi(m): 10:39am On Jun 14, 2015 |
menesheh: In terms of encryption , android does not even come 500 miles near blackberry , o.s 7 above is most likely the most secure devices on earth , have you heard of anyone 'rooting' or 'hacking' blackberry before ..... In terms of security iOS is the most secure on earth , that's why if an iphone is iCloud locked , it renders the phone virtually unusable to any person on earth ... But if an android is stolen, all you have to do is enter safe mode and the rest as they say is history 5 Likes |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by davien(m): 10:39am On Jun 14, 2015 |
If your phone provider offers the stock ROM you should download it and use that to re-flash the phone...that's what I did for my innjoo i2s.. |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Bigsolo88: 10:41am On Jun 14, 2015 |
[b][/b][/color] Infomaz: [color=#990000] Infomaz: Infomaz: really |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by deloon(m): 10:42am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Infomaz: That's called a Ransomware. There are a lots of variants on Windows although we in Nigeria are not usually targeted in the attacks probably due to the payment options. I'm guessing you'll have to flash your phone and lose your data or you pay the ransome. You probably got it by installing a fake app like the kind they prompt you to install on porn sites and the lot. |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Nobody: 10:42am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Dude had been attacked by an fbi virus. Caused by trying to open a video probably a porn or something. 1. Restart your phone to safe mode. Note: “Safe Mode” on Phone starts up without loading any third-party add-ons and different devices have different ways to access safe mode. For example: For Samsung Galaxy S4: 1. Power down. 2. Turn on and repeatedly tap the soft-button for “Menu.” For Samsung Galaxy S3 and others: 1. Power down. 2. Turn on, then press and hold Volume Down (Galaxy S3 and others), Volume Up (HTC One and others), or Volume Down and Volume Up together (various Motorola devices) when the vendor’s logo appears. If you have managed to select Safe Mode, you will see the text “Safe Mode” at the bottom left corner of the screen. Android-Safe-Mode 2. Once you have put your phone in safe mode, contact an expert for further removal instruction. Now as we know that Android smartphones are used by tens of thousands of users around the world, those cyber criminals won’t miss this wonderful chance to creat all kinds of viruses to infect the phones in order to reach their evil goals. Their purpose is simple, just scamming as much as money from those infected phones owners. If your Android smartphone is locked, and you get a message on the screen from a law enforcement agency(FBI, Australian Federal Police, Metropolitan Police, U.S. Department of Justice), forcing you to pay a fine and threatening to lock your phone forever if you can’t pay it at a limited time. If the terrible situation occurs to you, then your Android phone is probably infected with a kind of malware namely Trojan Koler. The virus is widely distributed on the internet. People usually get the virus through downloading and installed a so-called “video player” app. And the virus is secretly hidden in it. Fortunately, FBI Virus doesn’t really scramble any of your data or exfiltrate audio and video as it claims; it merely locks your phone with a pop-over browser window that quickly reappears if you try to get clear of it. Users have to get rid of it without any delay in case the phone is completely screwed up. Note: Manual removal is a skillful and risky job, if any mistakes are made in the process, you may damage your phone immediately. 1 Like |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by lordhugo(m): 10:42am On Jun 14, 2015 |
shamecurls: #SafeMode |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by iamyourmight(m): 10:44am On Jun 14, 2015 |
TheFilmmaker:say wetin apeen,u won write leta to boko haram ni |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by StevenJay01(m): 10:46am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Too much porn download from unverified sites. E good as God catch u 1 Like |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Jack7777: 10:46am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Ransom ware. . . Just pay the money. |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Papertrail11(m): 10:47am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Infomaz: Baba yur phone is lcoked by wah they call ransomeware.....they'll hint yu up to go pay if yu cant ..try and find an other means to get it unlucked cos it uses high level encytion to submerge yur phone to its will.....wish yu luck mate 1 Like |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by bettercreature(m): 10:47am On Jun 14, 2015 |
kazzonline:The infection is from a porn site! dont mind the OP,quote me if am wrong? i could help him to delete the virus exe from SAFE MODE if its PC ,but i dont know anything about it as its phone |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by chickengeorge: 10:49am On Jun 14, 2015 |
menesheh: You wish. Blackberry allows all those your exceptions(aside rooting&custom rom) and still remain secure gidigba. 1 Like |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Armykid: 10:50am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Troops advancing to sambisia.Kudos 2 our military men.God bless nigeria
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Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by gulfer: 10:50am On Jun 14, 2015 |
TheFilmmaker:Sounds plausible |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by TheFilmmaker: 10:50am On Jun 14, 2015 |
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Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by haywire1: 10:50am On Jun 14, 2015 |
Infomaz: It's d por'n site u visited jare, talk true so I can help u out Let's me knw d por'n site u visited before d virus infected ur phone so I can knw where to start. Cheers # 1 Like |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Nobody: 10:51am On Jun 14, 2015 |
This is not a phone repair center, go to computer village. |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by iliyande(m): 10:51am On Jun 14, 2015 |
kekakuz: That's not true. Then can you explain what happened to his phone? |
Re: My Phone Has Been Locked! By A Virus!! by Youngzedd(m): 10:52am On Jun 14, 2015 |
This is what happen when you install all manner of rubbish in your phone. Factory reset. 2 Likes |
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