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Pop up on you tube

Just a Plinker · 2013-09-12 18:47:29

Just wondering can anyone share some light on this, My 6 year old son watches angry bird clips films etc on you tube, My wife just called me in to have a look at the screen and the following message was in a pop up in the middle of the screen roughly stating what is below Browser locked, If you do not pay the fine criminal…

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12-09-2013 7:47pm

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Just a Plinker

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Just wondering can anyone share some light on this, My 6 year old son watches angry bird clips films etc on you tube, My wife just called me in to have a look at the screen and the following message was in a pop up in the middle of the screen roughly stating what is below

Browser locked, If you do not pay the fine criminal proceedings will ensue.

Any ideas is this a scam or a virus

Thanks
Davy

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#2 12-09-2013 10:28pm
jsa112

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its a virus, can you download and run combofix ?

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/

post its log after if you can

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