Virus, TrustFighter, lock up.

I was on the home page of Microsoft when viral alerts infiltrated. Trust Fighter seems to be affiliated with MicroSoft. He asked me to register for $39.00 and, of course, now they have all my information. The Fifhter Trust was simply a loop for the scans. My computer is LOCKED IN PLACE. I called my credit card company to see if they had charged. The company name is an ABD, 800-527-2229, AND they charged $99.00. $99.00 for a locked computer. Help, please!  I tried the web link that was given to me, EMAIL GONE earlier. Seems to be false. I was such a sucker today.

You must call your credit card company and do a chargeback, because you've been scammed. Also, you need to immediately cancel your credit card and send you a new since the bad guys now have your credit card number.

Your system is infected with a rogue antivirus program. It's called "thugs" because he pretended to be a good guy but is really bad.

Search for removal here Bleeping Computer how removal steps - of - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
or here - Malwarebytes malware removal Guide - http://tinyurl.com/5xrpft

Malwarebytes' Anti-malware (MBAM) or SuperAntiSpyware will often do the job. Both have free versions and you don't need to buy these programs.

These can work for you, and all can be good. However, in many cases the computer will also infected with other horses of Trojan and protected by a rootkit. These machines are extremely difficult to clean.

If your machine is one of these cases, either get guided help to one of the following specialized forums OR backup your data and do a clean install of Windows. It's your choice. If you don't know how to back up your data or how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer professional. I do not recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of places.

PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE NEWSPAPERS IN MS FORUMS

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075 - display FAQ
http://aumha.NET/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.dslreports.com/Forum/cleanup
http://www.GeeksToGo.com/Forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html
http://www.Malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?ShowForum=7 MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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