Ransomware: http://vrfhdrt.cyberwarriors-usa.com has blocked Firefox.
Ransomware http://vrfhdrt.cyberwarriors-usa.com blocks Firefoxwebreader. If I close it with ctr-alt-del, it restarts at cyberwarriors - all controls are hidden.
Urlus
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Rename (or delete) the sessionstore.js file to prevent Firefox from restoring the previous session.
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Alternatively you can also add this line to the prefs.js file and disable that tab from getting restored.
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes", 0);
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Chosen Solution
Rename (or delete) the sessionstore.js file to prevent Firefox from restoring the previous session.
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Alternatively you can also add this line to the prefs.js file and disable that tab from getting restored.
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes", 0);
Thanks for help!
Urlus
I got hit by them several times.
I sent a report to the Real FBI via their
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
You can also report such a site at;
Google Report Phishing Page
which is the same when done while on site by going to Help > Report Web Forgery
That site already seems to have been taken down.
Many such sites are pseudo ransomware. They collect money and appear to lock Firefox but do not damage the computer.
Often just holding the return key to make use of the auto repeat gets out of the site within a few seconds. Jeff one of the contributors also crafted a useful bookmarklet to deal with some of these problems.
- See WARNING FBI LOCKED BROWSER!!! /questions/981475