porn virus blocks your computer

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How to jam SMS scammers?
A new type of fraud is moving around the planet - the virus blocks the operation of your computer and requires you to send a paid SMS. The reasons are very different, from the innocent "you violated the Windows license agreement" to the provocative "you downloaded a lot of hardcore porn and we save other Internet users from you."
Victims only swear on forums and with a grit of teeth reinstall systems. Or they send paid SMS to catch a new trojan two weeks later. Some call content providers with matyuki - this is usually reimbursed for the cost of SMS. And that’s it.
A month ago, I caught such a virus. But I went beyond calls to the provider’s call centers, because I:
- I understand the working schemes of content providers;
- vindictive;
- I firmly believe that evil is punishable.
What to do?
First of all, remember that such fraud is criminal. Not just illegal, but criminal. This means that a content provider can and should be prosecuted. Moreover, according to several articles of the Criminal Code:
Article 159 of the Criminal Code - fraud committed by prior conspiracy of persons;
Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - distribution of malicious software for unauthorized interference in the operation of a computer, committed by prior conspiracy of persons;
- Article 242 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - Illegal distribution of pornographic materials (in the case of porn viruses);
1. How does it work
A content provider is a company that provides services. Any entertaining a la "recognize the star horoscope", "participate in SMS dating", "set the cool ringtone" that you see on TV and in magazines - the services of content providers. To order / install / activate such a service, you need to send a paid SMS message with a specific code to the short number of the content provider.
Paid short numbers are received by content providers from mobile operators (Kyivstar, MTS, Beeline, etc.). In order to write in an advertisement “send an SMS to the short number 4171 (for any mobile operator of Ukraine)”, the content provider must conclude an agreement on providing him with the number 4171 with all operators. In this agreement, the content provider undertakes not to violate the law.
Each of the operators is obliged to post on the website a complete list of short numbers, tariffication and contact details of content providers. Here are the lists:
2. How to fight?
Your first steps:
1. Take a picture of a computer screen with a trojan. The picture should clearly show what and what number should be sent.
2. Send an SMS. Yes, send a paid SMS to scammers. In most cases, money can be returned back, but you get real evidence of the guilt of the content provider. I’ll explain why: a photo with a short number alone does not prove anything: in such cases, content providers usually complain that they are being framed. If you received a paid SMS message with an unlock code from a content provider, its fault is obvious.
attention! Send SMS only if you are going to deal with scammers. If you only need to unlock the computer, then it is better to call technical support of the content operator or use the services of deblockers:
https://www.drweb.com/unlocker/index
https://support.kaspersky.ru/viruses/deblocker
3. If you can, shoot the video itself entering the code into the Trojan window (now almost every digital camera has a “video” mode, so there should be no difficulties with this). This is necessary in order to show that the resulting code really worked.
4. Take a picture of the balance in your mobile account before and after sending SMS, as well as the text of the received SMS message. By the way, digital photographs are not evidence in court or in the police (however, complaints are quite suitable for writing). So if you firmly decided to sue scammers or take pictures to the police - take pictures on tape.
5. If you are registered in a self-service system (such as “My Kyivstar” (https://my.kyivstar.ua) with Kyivstar, “Internet Assistant” (https://ihelper.mts.com.ua/) with MTS and etc.), try to get a printout of calls, where the date and cost of this SMS message will be indicated. Not prevent.
Further actions:
Complaint to the customer service center:
I recommend going to the mobile operator’s customer service center (the list is on the website of any operator), write a written complaint and attach photos to it. If, in addition to this, you can upload your video to Youtube and indicate a link to it in the complaint, it will be just fine. Each written complaint must be considered within 30 days with a mandatory response. If you report fraud, the operator must take action. The least that shines on an unscrupulous content provider is a large fine for violating the terms of the contract.
Write a statement to the police:
I will say right away that our police are not at all strong in terms of cybercrimes. I had to speak with law enforcement officers three times, using formulations rehearsed with my lawyer to convince them to take the statement. But I am sure that you need to file an application, because criminal acts have been committed against you.
To facilitate a trip to the police, I give at the end of the post an approximate text of the statement. In my case, the key words that must be conveyed to law enforcement officers were “porno,” “blackmail,” “extortion,” “criminal actions,” and mention of articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It’s kind of like signal words that the police should respond to. And by the way, there’s nothing wrong with going to the police if you understand that you’re going there to defend your rights.
The next day, call the call center, introduce yourself and specify who you painted your application for. You should be given a number from the application logbook as well as the contact number of the police officer. On this phone you specify after 10 working days whether a criminal case has been opened.

(Addition from a lawyer): Before writing a statement to the police, you first need to try to negotiate with the management of the content provider. Indeed, tech support loves to "flood" that their system was "hacked" by hackers who send viruses. If managers avoid meetings and do not provide the correct coordinates for official communication (requests, complaints, etc.), we can talk about the fault of the content provider in blackmail, the spread of malware and / or pornographic products. If the management is moving forward and shows the agreement, which says that the content provider does not control the content, then here you can offer the content provider to contact the police together with a statement to the hackers.
Submit a civil suit to a court for moral damages:

This is the coolest version of litigation with a content provider. At this stage, you definitely need a lawyer, because it’s difficult to figure out what to do and how to do it yourself. My wife and I have yet to do this, so there is nothing I can say specifically.
Instead of an epilogue
Fraudsters will inflate us until we learn how to fight back. Reinstalling Windows and yelling at the poor girl from the call center is not an option. But to "charge" the provider with a large fine, in addition to initiating a criminal case against him - that’s it. And then each of them will think well before distributing another trojan. Because it’s one thing to reimburse 30 hryvnias to the person who called the call center, and it’s quite another to stay penniless and rewind a couple of years in the zone.
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Addition - template of a statement to the police (Ukraine)

Goloseevskoe police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev
___ here you write the address of the police department ____

Citizen of Ukraine
__FULL NAME_______________
Passport Series __ No. ___,
issued ______________________
residential address:
__________________
dd.mm.yyyy

STATEMENT
based on paragraph. 1 h. 1 Article. 94, including 2 and 4 tbsp. 97 Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine
on attracting employees __ legal name of the content proprider ___
to criminal liability under Part 2 of Art. 189, part 3 of article 301 and part 2 of article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
for extortion committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons;
distribution of computer programs of a pornographic nature, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons; distribution of harmful software
intended for unauthorized interference with work
electronic computers (computers) committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons
I, a citizen of Ukraine _____ name, _______, officially declare the following.
__.__. 2009, at about 9.30 in the morning, when I was at work, my wife ___ ___ full name ___ called me and said that she couldn’t work at our home computer, since when loading the Windows operating system, photographic images are displayed in full screen which according to Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of Public Morality" refers to pornographic products. It was not possible to launch any other program and close the program with pornographic images, as these photos were displayed on top of all windows and blocked work; restarting the computer did not change the situation; pornographic images again appeared on the screen. Later it turned out that this pornographic advertisement got to our computer via e-mail, a letter with a malicious program (trojan), which (letter) my wife deleted, but before that it automatically opened and hit the system. Next to the images on the screen there was a requirement to send an SMS with the code "M20920007" to the number XXXXX, in response to which it was possible to receive an unlock code. Moreover, according to the official website of the Kyivstar National Mobile Operator (https://www.kyivstar.ua/f/1/personal/contract/partner_services/sms_services_ukr.xls), the short number XXXX is registered for the __ legal name of the content provider ___ with the following tariffication: request cost 0.35 UAH. (including VAT and PF tax), the cost of the response is 31.52 UAH. (including VAT and PF tax). It follows from the above that a malicious software tool designed for unauthorized interference with the operation of electronic computers (computers), which, in addition, was pornographic in nature, was distributed by employees of the specified company, i.e. a group of persons by prior conspiracy, which indicates that they have committed the actions under Part 3 of Art. 301 and part 2 of article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The whole day I tried to help my wife by phone, however, whatever she prompted, pornographic images would not disappear from the screen. Both of us were tormented by the fact that while she was trying to bring our computer into working condition, it was impossible to turn off the monitor, and our young daughter __ FULL NAME ___, date of birth (Birth certificate of the series __ No. _______ from _____), who saw these photographs, was running nearby. . My wife and I felt humiliated, because not only ourselves (wife all day, but in the evening, upon returning from work, and I), beyond our will, i.e. they were forced to look at the image, insulting the honor and dignity of a person, but they could not protect their child from this mental violence.

When, after numerous attempts to solve the issue of unlocking the computer, it was not possible, I was forced to go home without finishing work and hoping that I could do it at home when I destroyed the malicious porn product. However, having tormented me all evening, - instead of spending it with my wife and daughter, I could not do anything with the computer until I sent ____ phone number__ to my short number XXXX SMS request with the code indicated in porno advertising, for which 0.35 UAH was removed from my balance. It should be emphasized that this step was forced, because a pornographic image appeared on the screen even when our computer was loaded in the crash protection mode, which (mode) was created specifically for loading in the minimum necessary configuration and disabling all problematic drivers, programs and settings. In response to an SMS request, an SMS with an unlock code __ unlock code ___ was sent to my number, for which UAH 31.52 was charged from my balance. The cost of services is confirmed by a printout provided by the National Mobile Operator of Kyivstar J. Es. Em. CJSC, and the contents of the SMS request and the response of the content provider are saved messages. When I received this message from the aforementioned content provider and entered the unlock code, the pornographic images really disappeared and the computer was brought into working condition. I was able to download from the official website https://www.drweb.com/ a demo version of an anti-virus program that lasts 30 days, by which it neutralized a malicious program (trojan). Those. employees __ the legal name of the content proprider ___ through the distribution of malicious software of a pornographic nature, my wife and I demanded money with the threat of restricting our right to use a home computer as co-owners. Such actions of a group of persons fall under the signs of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 189 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Given the above, guided by: paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Art. 94, including 2 and 4 tbsp. 97 CCP of Ukraine; Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of Public Morality", -
I BEG:
to bring employees __ the legal name of the content promoter ___ to criminal liability under part 2 of article 189, part 3 of article 301 and part 2 of article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for extortion committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons; distribution of computer programs of a pornographic nature, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons; distribution of harmful software designed for unauthorized interference in the operation of electronic computers (computers), committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons.
APPLICATIONS:
1. Copy of the passport of the series __ No. _____ issued by ________.
2. Copy of the Birth Certificate of the series __ No. _____ of ______. (on 1 page).
3. A copy of the printout of the cost of services on the mobile account as of __.__. 2009 (on 1 page).
Name ....................... Signature .............................

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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