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Old 2nd Nov 2011, 15:19
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R for Robert
 
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PC locked

Booted the PC up this morning and after a slow startup a screen appeared claiming to be something to do with Gema in association with the Metropolitan Police. Said it detected illegal music downloads (not so) and I need to pay £50 to UKASH to get a code to unlock said PC. Also shows what is claimed to be my IP address but that is incorrect.

I need to unplug the PC to switch off and when rebooting using the delete key to enter setup I get a red password box that I've never seen before.

Running XP, any ideas?

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