I HAVE BEEN HACKED!!A SCREEN COMES UP BLOCKING ENTIRE MONITOR!!.

You might want to physically disconnect the broadband cable and run a full system antivirus and a malware scan.

After that you might want to boot into Safe Mode and uninstall programs which you think is causing the issue.

U really xpect NEone to take you seriously with dis jive talk dude?

Do these steps for fastest solution.

- Download linux (Fedora LIVE) from another computer.
- Burn ISO to disc. (Google "Burn ISO")
- Pop disc in infected computer.
- Boot up Fedora (Google "Boot from CD")
- Backup all your important stuff off computer (To flash drive)
- Re-install windows.
- Profit.

In all honesty the Backup and Start from scratch policy is usually faster and more direct than trying to get rid of it like that. Basically you still get to keep your data AND get rid of the virus. This should probably take the better part of an afternoon for someone who has never done it before but trying to remove it with Anti-Virus and stuff could take you a lot longer with no promise that its actually gone for good.

For someone who HAS done this or is fairly tech savvy. It may only take a few hours most of which would be the computer copying files and installing windows (Leaving you able to relax)

blohrtzz - That screen you're seeing is 'ransomware' - a type of virus or trojan, that demands money from you in exchange for fixing the problem. Don't believe it. It's criminal, and paying them probably WON'T fix it. They are NOT from the government, the FBI, or anything like that.

Here's a page at F-Secure that explains what it is and how to remove it.

http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/removal-tools

What ever you do DO NOT enter any financial details - they have arrested three guys for this scam one in the UK two in eastern Europe - F-secure has proved to be the best way to get rid of it - that's after trying four other virus killers

The screen you describe is a hijack virus.
A very good tool for removal is http://www.surfright.nl/nl/kickstart
Has never let me down.
A english translation can be found at the right side of the screen.

You will probably find it inpossible to run safe mode and set the system back in time?

Download malwarebytes at http://www.malwarebytes.com (it's free) - preferably from another PC onto a USB stick. Then reboot the infected PC into Safemode, WITHOUT networking, and then run malwarebytes - the full scan. It may take a while, depends on how big your HDD is.

After all is well there, and it's cleaned up any infections, log back on normally and run your normal antivirus software (hopefully you already have one!). Not all programs detect the same things, so redundancy is recommended.

Any questions, let me know.

The other day I clicked on a link on a website and a sign appeared which covered the whole screen and it said, Google Chrome has blocked access to this page. On the bottom it says 'Go Back or Advance', I clicked Advance and the next signs says 'Proceed at your own risk'.

I always keep my old computers for this very reason. It has been reformatted and re-installed Windows and Office and Anti Virus and other security software.

With my old computer, I went onto the same website and clicked the link and the sign from Google comes up and I clicked 'Proceed at your own risk'. The sign disappeared and I am now on the correct page of the website.

A lot of young kids today are making up these signs which is very easy to do and when you open an email or click on a link, a sign will appear that takes up the whole screen and they like to use a vivid colour such as black, red or blue. The sign tells you that you have been hacked, or a virus has been inserted into your computer, etc, etc. Now you will spend the next few hours or even days running Anti Virus checks and everything else.

All companies large or small should always keep an old computer for this very reason. It will save you a lot of headaches, time and money.

John Ian Wing