**Copyright violation alert**

[GJ02]

Interesting for those who it may effect

By pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation (icpp-online.com), the ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected” message, which lists torrent files found on the infected PC, and forces the user to pay $400 for the copyright holder’s fine, emphasizing on the fact that “the maximum penalties can be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.

Full article here

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6095

 

[soundb0y]

I got hit with this last night. Took all evening with avast and malwarebytes to get rid.

 

[Yrkoon]

interesting read but the article does not mention a solution for infected users.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

"UPDATED: Wednesday, April 28, 2010: How to remove the ICPP Copyright Violation Alert ransomware"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6329&tag=col1;post-6095

 

[petriodet]

interesting read but the article does not mention a solution for infected users.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6329&tag=col1;post-6095

 

[Yrkoon]

ah kool

 

[GravyMonster]

How dumb do you have to be to fall for that?

INB4 'not everyone is computer literate blah blah'.

 

[geekyEd]

Some people will fall for it, it looks proper so it must be real is their attitude. These people just do what ever their computer tells them to :/

 

[HypnoToad]

i guess torrents are now considered mainstream if virus coders are targetting torrent users?

 

[iNPUt]

i guess torrents are now considered mainstream if virus coders are targetting torrent users?

Just easy pickings most people who use torrents are numpties..

 

[mrk]

What's a torrent?

 

[Se7ven]

What's a torrent?

i thought it was some kind of virus

 

[soundb0y]

I think I got mine from watching the simpsons online. My AV was turned off for something I was doing earlier and forgot to re-enable it.


Nerved me for a second then realised what it was and got rid.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

So what you're saying is that there is a new virus out there?

And....?

 

[Strife212]

I don't really understand how it's possible to get a virus in this day and age.

 

[matt_fsr]

I don't really understand how it's possible to get a virus in this day and age.

Given that Windows now has so many "click to proceed" alerts that arise from UAC, the average userbase is now trained/conditioned to click 'Yes' to any and all alerts that their PC shows up.

Infected web page advert, dodgy twitter feed, truncated URL service to malicious page - any of these + 1 dialogue box on some dodgy javascript code and voila. Simples.

 

[Tefal]

So stupidity then...

 

[meghatronic]

How dumb do you have to be to fall for that?

INB4 'not everyone is computer literate blah blah'.

An awful a lot of people.

I certainly take people's computer literacy for granted.

 

[Amp34]

Given that Windows now has so many "click to proceed" alerts that arise from UAC, the average userbase is now trained/conditioned to click 'Yes' to any and all alerts that their PC shows up.

Infected web page advert, dodgy twitter feed, truncated URL service to malicious page - any of these + 1 dialogue box on some dodgy javascript code and voila. Simples.

And then a lot of new viruses can just bypass UAC altogether so not even a popup...

 

[Westyfield2]

What's a torrent?

Mac User (well Mac and PC tbh) + Common sense = Win.