Ransomware?

[xDylanio]

Okay so I was making my windows 10 look like mac, I downloaded this file from zippyshare but it was just a .txt saying a code that I needed to lock my desktop.

 

 That video. Anyways I went to download it, but all of a sudden my chrome crashed. I don't think the file I downloaded was ransomeware, but my chrome didn't respond. I quickly went into task manager and ended chrome. When I got back on I went to history to go back to the video and this came up.

[TheLagDidIt]

use another computer to download emsisoft emergency kit to a usb, run it on your pc, or use this pc if you can

[Creed1]

Try using MalwareBytes.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Yeah, get yourself some anti-viruses (avast, is one that comes to mind), Malwarebyte, and adw_cleaner, and you should be relatively safe.

 

Also, you want to reset your chrome completely

[Droidbot]

fake virus alerts commonly abuse multiple javascript functions to crash a browser, including abuse of the history API (more info)

it works against safari quite well, and can also crash chrome. (if you really wanna try it out go to crashsafari.com) 

 

it quickly spams the history.PushState function, filling up Chrome's history quickly and leaving the browser trying to deal with all of it. 

 

[xDylanio]

7 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

fake virus alerts commonly abuse multiple javascript functions to crash a browser, including abuse of the history API (more info)

it works against safari quite well, and can also crash chrome. (if you really wanna try it out go to crashsafari.com) 

 

it quickly spams the history.PushState function, filling up Chrome's history quickly and leaving the browser trying to deal with all of it. 

 

So no virus or anything right?

[Droidbot]

Just now, xDylanio said:

So no virus or anything right?

Nah, but if you want to scan your system. 

[Ryujin2003]

Scan your PC with MalwareBytes and I'd also get the 30 day trial of Norton, then remove it afterwards. Stay away from Avast.

 

Reset Chrome.

 

And if you want to make your PC look like a Mac, get a Mac...