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FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security
Reason Virus
FBI Online Agent Message Is A Scam
Aim: get easy money
Target: enterprises and individuals
Attribute: Ransomware
Hazard index:
FBI Online Agent virus belongs to what we call MoneyPak virus
which contains FBI virus, Department of Justice virus, United State
Cyber Security virus and the Firewall of the United States. FBI
Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
warning message demands a $200 MoneyPak payment as a ransom
for actions violating laws on copyrighted material to be put on the
states account, claiming which will unblock the sealed screen in 1
to 48 hours.
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FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
message is totally fraudulent, though it lists down several Articles,
detected files that are claimed to be copyrighted ones improperly
downloaded/ viewed; shows details on address, responsible agent,emails. Please bear in mind that no State department will collect
ransom in such informal way by suddenly locking down the whole
screen. Once the demanded amount of money is submitted, there
will be little chance that the hacker will help unblock FBI Online
Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason fake
message.
What Is MoneyPak?
Just like Ukash, MoneyPak, also known as greendot MoneyPak, is a
prepaid card which has been widely considered to be a convenient
way to complete a purchase without bankcard/ credit card mainly in
U.S.A.. It features itself with functions like reload a prepaid card; add
money to PayPal; make a payment; add funds to serve and cash
deposit. Because of its conveniency, many reputable financial
commodities have made cooperation with it, such as Paypal and
metroPCS, and it has made itself as the most competitive prepaid
card again Ukash.
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MoneyPak payment method can be deemed as a secure payment.
However, more and more fake police virus turn to use it to make
them more convincible as well as assure that real money will be
transferred into their pockets. Without the strict regulations on
online account, it is quite difficult for police to trace down the real
hacker behind ransomware. For this reason, FBI Online Agent Has
Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason employs MoneyPak
payment method.
Dangers by FBI Online Agent Virus
By virtue of Trojan, FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer forSecurity Reason virus is capable of overwriting the original vicious
file after encrypting the original codes into another folder placed in
the protected area by Windows. Hence, anti-virus programs will not
able to remove FBI Online Agent virus even after deleting all
detected items as detected items are fake ones. There is another
worrisome characteristic of FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your
Computer for Security Reason virus which is the ability to form a
backdoor. After injecting its registry entries into database of a
system, FBI Online Agent virus manages to manipulate the
configuration to its satisfaction to shape a hole which can be easilyexploited by deadly virus, leading to irritating consequence where
search results are hijacked/ redirected frequently, surfing experience
is ruined by ceaselessly pop-up ads; computer is running sluggishly;
etc.. To crown it all, the hole is made use of transmitting vicious
code to threat victims to quickly hand over money by further
corrupting the target computer:
all forms of Safe Modes are gradually disabled.
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F8 key becomes fallacious to take people into Advanced Windows
Options.
white/ black screen happens without leading to anywhere.
computer screen will go straight to FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security Reason fraudulent message after the
computer beeps.
system restore and system repair are destroyed by FBI Online
Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason virus.
User Guide to Remove FBI Online Agent
Has Blocked Your Computer for Security
Reason
The helping procedure can be cumbersome since FBI Online Agent
virus manages to disable build-in services by arbitrarily modifying
the kernel part of a machine. Anyway, the solution will stand a
larger chance to help regain functional computer than submitting
heavy money. Get down to unfreeze FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security Reason message by strictly following
the steps now.
One: Enter into Safe Mode with Networking to see if it is
available; if so, remove FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your
Computer for Security Reason virus there.
Boot into Safe Mode with Networking.
for Windows 8 users:
> Stay at the sealed screen by FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your
Computer for Security Reason virus.
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> Press Ctrl+Alt+delete key together.
> Please hold shift key and click on power button at the right-hand
bottom together.
> Select Restart.
> Select Troubleshoot with arrow keys.
> Highlight Advanced options with arrow keys and hit Enter key.
> Hit Restart button at the right bottom of the screen.
> Please hit F5 to get into safe mode with networking.
for Windows 7/XP/Vista users:
> As the computer is booting but before Windows launches, keep
tapping on F8 key continuously.
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> Highlight Safe Mode with Networking option when Windows
Advanced Options Menu pops up.
> Press Enter key.
Disable startup items to stop autorun of FBI Online Agent Has
Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason virus.
for Windows 8 users:
> Type Task on Charms bar after moving mouse over lower part of
Start screen.
> Tap Enter key.
> Find and check the box next to the virus.
> Press Disable option to remove FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security Reason virus.
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for Windows 7/XP/Vista users:
>Hold Win key and R key simultaneously to bring up Run box.
> Type msconfig and hit Enter key.
> Find and tick items related to the virus.
> Press Disable All option to remove FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security Reason virus.
Modify back settings in database.
for Windows 8 users:
> Move your mouse over lower right screen.
> Type regedit in Search charm.
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> Hit Enter key.
> Press and hold Ctrl+F together to search for Winlogon.
> Anckor the key labeled Shell in the right pane.
> Right click on it and replace it with explorer.exe to help remove
FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
virus.
for Windows 7/XP/Vista user:
> Click start.
> Put regedit in Run box and press Enter key.
> Press and hold Ctrl+F to search for Winlogon.
> Anckor the key labeled Shell in the right pane.
> Right click on it and replace it with explorer.exe to help remove
FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
virus.
Show hidden files to remove Information Security and Control Act
virus.
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for Windows 8 users:
> Open Windows Explorer by clicking on Windows Explorer
application from Start Screen.
> Hit View tab to tick File name extensions and Hidden items
options.
> Press OK button.
> Remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with
random letters, from Roaming folder and Temp folder respectively in
C Disk.
for Windows 7/XP/Vista users:
> Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder
Options.
> Under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick
Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then
click OK.
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> Remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with
random letters, from Roaming folder and Temp folder respectively in
C Disk.
Save changes by restarting the computer and back to normalmode to see if FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for
Security Reason virus is gone.
Two: Enter into Safe Mode with Command Prompt if Safe
Mode with networking is down.
Enter into Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
for Windows 8 users:
> Press Alt,Ctrl and delete key together to get options on a blue
screen.
> Hold shift key and click on power button at the right bottom
together.
> Highlight Troubleshoot with arrow keys and hit Enter key.
> Choose Advanced options.
> Hit Restart button again at the right bottom of the screen.
> Hit F6 to get into safe mode with command prompt.
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for Windows 7/XP/Vista users:
> As the computer is booting but before Windows launches, keep
tapping F8 key continuously.
> Highlight Safe Mode with Command Prompt option when
Windows Advanced Options Menu comes up and hit Enter key.
Create a new user account with Administrator right from cmd.
> Type explore at the place where a slash is flashing behind
System32.
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> Hit Enter key to enable desktop.
> Create a new user account with administrator right.
Remove FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for SecurityReason virus in the newly created user account.
> Restart the computer normally after creating a new user account.
> Click on the name for the newly created user account once when
you are asked to select a desired account to get in.
> Follow stepto stepgiven above.
Three: All forms of Safe Mode become useless.
Reboot computer and log into Repair Your PC from system CD.
for Windows XP users:
> Insert Windows XP CD into the drive (if Autoplay kicks in, exit out
of it).
> Hold Win key and R key together to launch Run box.
> Copy and Paste sfc /scannow into the box.
> Windows File Protection Service scans all protected files and
verifies integrity, replacing any files with which it finds a problem.
> Be patient and allow this process to proceed completely.
> Restart your computer when the process is completed.
for Windows 7 users:
> Put Windows 7 CD in your optical drive.
> Restart to boot from the DVD.
> On the Install Windows screen, select for appropriate language,
time and keyboard before clicking on Next button.
> Click Repair Your Computer on the next screen.
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> When led toSystem Recovery Options screen, select the
operating system you want to restore if any listed, and click Next.
> Select Startup Repair when System Recovery Options screen
shows up.
for Windows Vista users:
> Insert Windows Vista DVD and restart the computer with the DVD
in.
> Press any key to boot from CD or DVD will be displayed on black
screen.
> Press any key to start the booting process.
> Windows is loading files will be seen.
> Another small progress bar appears after several minutes.
> Select your language and keyboard language and click Next
button when you are given options.
> Click on the Repair Your Computer option at the bottom left of
install screen.
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> Once the Vista installation is located, highlight it and then click
the Next button.
> You will see the picture below:
> Click on Startup Repair and let the wizard finish.
> It is perfectly normal that the computer restarts after it finishes
the process.
for Windows 8 users:
> Type Advanced in Charms bar on Start Screen.
> Click Settings category.
> Choose Advanced startup options.
> Scroll down to the bottom of General PC Settings to select
Advanced startup.
> Press on Restart now button.
> Select Troubleshoot.
> Go into Advanced options.
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> Click on Automatic Repair.
> Log in the User Account blocked by FBI Online Agent Has Blocked
Your Computer for Security Reason virus.
> Automatic repair will now start.
> Your computer will automatically restart after a while, which is
perfectly normal; please leave it to complete all the process.
How to Prevent Getting FBI Online
Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for
Security Reason Virus?
Many people would like to know the ways to prevent FBI OnlineAgent virus. Before that, we need to know the dissemination routine
of FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
virus. Nowadays as computers are connected by Internet, network
has become the main source to be commonly utilized for virus
invasion and propagation. Should there be any vulnerability on web
applications, it becomes more likely to be infected with FBI Online
Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason virus. The
secondly popular way for such ransomware to plague PC users is to
cheat users to download Flash Player/ Adobe by popping up fake
message that looks just exactly like the genuine one. Also, there are
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other ways to help FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for
Security Reason virus get into a computer, they are:
(1) sending links pointing to poisoned sites or fraudulent sites
offering download service through instant message;
(2) sending luring but vicious links that would download virus codes
upon a click is made by emails making up by hackers;
(3) streaming videos, especially the ones containing pornographic
content, on either reliable or unreliable resources.
Therefore, we can take some steps accordingly to prevent getting
FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computer for Security Reason
virus:
Download up-to-date patches for installed browsers/ programs/
Windows and put them into practice.
Do not click open any attachments in an Email sent by strangers.
Do not accept or run files/ documents sent through chat tools
casually.
No visit to unknown foreign web sites, especially the onescontaining pornographic content or offering video downloads.
Besides, we should also enhance secure coefficient by:
activating Windows Firewall or the ones produced by other
reputable anti-virus programs.
employing IDS (Intrusion Detect System) to analyze collected
information on computer networks or computing system in an
attempt to help detect any action violating security policy and signof under attack.
utilizing Web Monitor to achieve real-time understanding of the
online environment, making it possible to be far away from vicious
situation before getting virus.
updating virus signatures on a regular base.
blocking connections to vicious web sites at gateway.
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Conclusion:
Ransomware including FBI Online Agent Has Blocked Your Computerfor Security Reason virus has become one of the most severe
problems in western countries. The occurrence of ransomware is on
the rise. What makes the situation even worse is that encryption
algorithm ransomware uses is getting complicated and highly
insured, reaching the extremity of modern cryptography. As a
consequence, PC users manage to remove ransomware away
without getting their encrypted files back. Because of this, there are
some PC users willing to submit the money so fix in the fraudulent
message. As far as we have learned, no more than 1% PC users who
paid the non-existent fine obtain back their encrypted documents. Insuch case, it is highly recommended to backup cherished
documents at ordinary times.
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