CTB-Locker Problem. Help please From Sr. Citizen

Hello,

Great Forums and folks. Thanks for all the previous help.
Sr. citizen now, very, and this is the last thing I need.
Sure doesn't inspire any confidence in our Gov't if they can't prevent this kind of thing.
But, i guess, I have lots of company with this.

Anyway, my PC became infected with this CTB-Locker trojan or virus.
I do use avast and Malware Bytes, but neither apparently stopped it.

So, please, what do I do now ?

Is there some program that I can buy (other than paying these horrible people) that would remove, and even more important, allow me to get at all of my WORD and Excel files, pix, eMails, etc ?

I guess there are three parts to the software i want:

Prevent any new occurrences of
Remove it from my PC, now
And, be able to get at all of my old files.

Read about Spyhunter. will it do ALL of these things ?

Is there a better program to get ?

Any and all thoughts on this would be most appreciated.

BTW: a. I just ordered a new "Smart" TV. Any chance of the software here becoming infected also ?
The TV will only be talking to my Router.

b. And, I have started using an Apple iPad for my eMails and Google searches, etc.
Any chance of this getting corrupted too, or are Apple products, somehow immune ?

Thanks,
Bob

Hello,

My PC just became infected with this CTB-Locker virus.
Old PC, and might just dump it.

If I get an Apple PC, would it be able to read my (backed up to another external HD, thank goodness) my backed up
WORD and Excel files ?

I read about "Emulators". What do they do ? Do they work, etc. ?

How come Apple products are, apparently not infected with this ? Are they immune somehow ?

BTW: Using an iPad now for eMails and Google searches, etc.
Any chance of using it for this might corrupt the iPad too ?

Thanks, appreciate the help.
Bob

No solution so far, but you can read about it and how you can retrieve your data.

Remove CTB Locker ransomware and recover encrypted personal files

Apple products are not immune from malicious software. It's just that up until recent times the market share was too small for hackers to bother with it. But that appears to be changing.

The Mac can read FAT32. But whether or not it will be able to understand the file formats of your backups is another matter.

Hello,

Have had the ctb locker trojan on my pc, so am understably a bit gun shy re this.

Just got a new tv with dthe smart hub features

Connects to the internet thru my wireless router, for doing searches, etc.
Apparently you can also download from the internet to tv also.

Any chance that my new tv could also become infected with this ctb locker horror ?
Again, doesnt go thru pc, just picks up mu wireless router.

Thanks,
Bob

Hello,

Have that CTB Locker problem.
Here's what I've done, so far:

a Ran MalwareBytes. It found two related items, which, apparently, it removed
b. Ran SpyHuner. It found nothing related, other than a bunch, 87, of adv and merchandise tracking
cookies.
c. Ran the MS Malicious Software Removal Tool. It found nothing. Not even what SpyHunter found.

So, perhaps, MalWareBytes actually removed it ?

a. How would I know for sure if it did ?

b.The message from these idiots still comes up on my desktop, and the screen remains Black.

But no timer anymore. Perhaps it has just run down to zero ? Not sure, but don't think so.

So, my 3 main questions now, please:

- how can I tell if this trojan is gone ?
- how can I get rid of their desktop message that is always there ?
- how can I get rid of the Black Desktop ?

Anything else to try ? Other removal programs, besides the 3 I've used, worth running ?

Any other thoughts would be most appreciated.

Thank you,
Bob