In iOS 6 and previous versions you had to double-tap the Home button
to show the tray containing all the apps which were running in the
background, using up all the smartphone or tablet’s
precious resources (particularly RAM). You’d then tap and hold any one
of them to make them all wiggle, and press the red cross to close the
app.
It was never a good system, and most people didn’t realise you didn’t
actually have to tap the ‘x’ – pressing anywhere on the icon would
close the app.
In iOS 7, reviewed,
you still double-tap the Home button to bring up the list of running
apps, but it’s now a full-screen affair, no matter whether you’re using
an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Too many programs running at once? Every seasoned iPhone
user knows what to do: double tap the Home button, and X out the
jiggling app icons. Even for a new user, it’s simple and intuitive.
With iOS7, however, you’ll notice this function doesn’t
work the same way anymore. Double tapping your Home button still brings
up the app icons at the bottom of the screen, but now there are sample
screens of what each app is running at the moment. And no amount of
furiously button tapping will get them to jiggle.
Remember Apple II computers? They were common in school classrooms in
the 1980s...which is fitting, because this early virus, perhaps the
first to target personal computers, was designed for Apple IIs and
written by a high-school kid.
Richard Skrenta was a ninth-grader in
1982 when he wrote the virus, which caused infected computers to
display a poem every 50th time they booted up.
That's it, just a poem (ah, we were
so innocent back then). Because Elk Cloner was a boot sector virus, it
infected any floppy disk that was placed in the computer …which in turn
infected other computers.
By now, that kind of stuff is a given, but in 1982, it was groundbreaking.
What made Conficker so huge, when it hit in late 2008, was the mystery surrounding it. Ooooh, Conficker.
It had a scary-sounding name and, even scarier, it wasn't really doing anything…yet.
Conficker was assembling an army of computers, called a botnet, but no one was sure where the battle would be.
The virus was telling the infected
computers, now potentially zombies, to contact specific sites on certain
days...was it to obtain further instructions? Their orders? Who knows?
Most companies and governments
installed security patches to protect their computer systems, but some
infected machines remain out there, still part of the army.
In theory, they're still ready to serve if Conficker calls.
Brain may not have been the most sophisticated virus, but in 1986 it
was the first to really target PCs, via Microsoft's then-dominant DOS
operating system.
The virus ate up a huge chunk of memory and caused computers to display a message warning that they had been infected.
It even told them whom they should
call to get disinfected: a couple of brothers in Pakistan. Those
brothers, the original developers, claim they weren't trying to cause so
much trouble; they created the virus as a means of copy protection for
their medical software...but then someone else came along and copied
that bit of code and the brothers got more than they had bargained for,
with pleas for disinfection coming from around the world.
The moral of the story? Be careful what you program.
The ILOVEYOU virus went for the heart, hoping you'd take a chance and open an attachment labeled as a love letter.
Really? People fell for this? Yes.
As many as 10 percent of all Internet-connected computers were infected at the virus's peak in 2000.
The virus spread through the email
attachments, but it also replicated itself on a computer's hard drive,
directing the computer to download a password-stealing application from
the Internet.
Worldwide damage estimates were in the billions of dollars. All for love, right? Yeah, not so
The Morris worm started as an experiment, insists Robert Tappan Morris, who in 1988 was a Cornell graduate student.
He distributed the worm in an attempt
to gauge how big the then-infant Internet was, but things kind of got
out of control from there. The worm spread to some 6,000 university and
government computers, slowing them down (and occasionally causing them
to crash) as it copied itself (often numerous times on one machine) and
spread.
Morris was convicted and fined, but
served no time for his little research project. Today, he's a professor
at MIT. Let's hope his students have learned from their professor's
mistakes.
The Code Red viruses were very, very sneaky worms.
They didn't require you to do
anything to become infected (you didn't need to open an attachment or
download a file); all it took was an active Internet connection for the
virus to take advantage of a flaw in the Windows operating system. And
what did the viruses do?
Well, for one, they turned your
computer into a slave, letting someone offsite operate it remotely. That
means they could steal what was on your computer or even use your
computer to do some bad things…like, say, overloading the White House
computers by telling all the infected computers to contact its address.
Luckily, the government was able to
shift to another address to escape the attack, but other servers weren't
so lucky. In the end, over 200,000 servers were hit by the Code Red
virus in 2001.
Melissa was a new virus for a new age: the email age. Forget
floppies, this one was among the first to spread via the dreaded email
attachment.
It also pioneered the art of breaking
into your address book and sending itself to all your contacts. The
virus would arrive via an innocent-looking email that told you to open a
document… and why would you open a document from a stranger? You
wouldn't.
Remember the whole address book
thing? So, when you got an email from, say, your boss, telling you "Here
is that document you asked for," there's a pretty good chance you might
open it. Whoops.
Hacker David Smith claimed he wrote
the virus for a stripper named Melissa who he had met in Florida. Right,
because everyone knows girls are suckers for a destructive bit of code.
Nimda (that's "admin" spelled backward) hit the virus scene in 2001 and quickly (very quickly) rose to the top.
In just 22 minutes, Nimda went from a nothing to being the most widespread computer virus on Earth. How?
It spread via email, via Web sites,
via server vulnerabilities. It pretty much had all the bases covered. It
even used some old backdoors opened up by past viruses to get into
servers and muck up Internet traffic.
As for the fear factor, Nimda had
great timing, hitting just a week or so after the Sept. 11 attacks and
prompting fear that it was the first in a new wave of Al Qaeda
cyberterror attacks.
Those fears turned out to be
unfounded and, while a few networks may have crashed, our Internet
infrastructure is still standing today.
The Sasser worm was a destructive beast when it hit in 2004, counting
big targets such as the British Coast Guard (which lost its mapping
capabilities), Agence France-Presse (which lost its satellite
communications) and Delta Airlines (which had to cancel flights when
their computer system went down).
Universities, hospitals and large
corporations all reported infections that caused computers to repeatedly
crash. So, who was responsible for this large-scale act of cyberterror?
A rogue cell? An unfriendly government? How about a 17-year-old German
kid? Bingo.
Thanks to his young age, Sven Jaschan
served no jail time. He was, however, sentenced to 21 months probation
and some community service. Ah, youth.
Remember when viruses were just for living things?
By now, computer viruses have become a
regular annoyance of modern life and having a sick computer can slow
you down far worse than your average cold.
Here are a few computer viruses of note, from the innocent to the malicious.
No. 01 - Storm Virus
Storm gets its name from the trap that is its method of infection.
Starting in early 2007, users began
receiving emails with the subject line, "230 dead as storm batters
Europe," and a link to the story.
Don't click! No! You've instead been led to an infected site, and you're now downloading the virus, like it or not.
The Storm headlines changed to suit
the news, but the virus stayed just as dangerous, infecting as many as a
million computers and recruiting them into its botnet.
What's more, Storm has gotten
sneakier over time, sending out emails that appear to be from tech
support saying to click on a link for a security upgrade (quite the
contrary) or sending links to online porn or celebrity photos or even an
ecard.
To this day, it remains a major
security risk and continues to spread in new ways, including via links
inserted into blog postings and bulletin boards. Watch out.
If every time you do a search and click a
result link,you end up on some random page, even though the link shows
you’d be going elsewhere,then we’ve got a bad news for you,your computer
is infected with malware.
A Google redirect is often caused by a rootkit which will hijack your
search results and redirect you to a web site from which the malware
writers collect affiliate revenue.
This infection is designed specifically to make money. It generates web
traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and tries to fool
the victim into paying for useless software. If those tricks don’t work
it can kick up the threat level by downloading additional malicious or
misleading programs.
In the below guide,you’ll find instructions how to remove the Google
redirect virus and other malware that you have on your machine.
Google Redirect Virus – Removal Instructions
STEP 1: Remove Google redirect virus with Kaspersky TDSSKiller
The most likely cause for your Google redirection is rootkit or a
Master Boot Record infection.In this first step, we will run a system
scan with Kaspersky TDSSKiller to remove this infection.
Please download the latest official version of Kaspersky TDSSKiller. KASPERSKY TDSSKILLER DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will automatically download Kaspersky TDSSKiller on your computer.)
Before you can run Kaspersky TDSSKiller, you first need to rename it so that
you can get it to run. To do this, right-click on the TDSSKiller.exe icon and select Rename.
Edit the name of the file from TDSSKiller.exe to iexplore.exe, and then double-click on it to launch.
Kaspersky TDSSKiller will now start and display the welcome screen and we will need to click on Change Parameters.
In the new open window,we will need to enable Detect TDLFS file system, then click on OK.
Next,we will need to start a scan so you’ll need to press the Start Scan button.
Kaspersky TDSSKiller will now scan your computer for any bootkits infection.
When the scan has finished it will display a result screen stating
whether or not the infection was found on your computer. If it was found
it will display a screen similar to the one below.
To remove the infection simply click on the Continue button
and TDSSKiller will attempt to clean the infection.A reboot will be
require to completely remove any infection from your system.
STEP 2: Remove the malicious files from your computer with Malwarebytes Chameleon
Malwarebytes Chameleon is a powerful utility from Malwarebytes, that
will stop any m malicious process from running and remove its malicious
files from your computer.
Download Malwarebytes Chameleon from the below link and extract it to a folder in a convenient location. MALWAREBYTES CHAMELEON DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will open a new web page from where you can download Malwarebytes Chameleon)
Make certain that your infected computer is connected to the
internet and then open the Malwarebytes Chameleon folder and
double-click on svchost.exe. IF Malwarebytes Chameleon will not open, double-click
on the other renamed files until you find one will work, which will be
indicated by a black DOS/command prompt window.
Follow the onscreen instructions to press a key to continue and Chameleon will proceed to download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for you.
Once it has done this, it will update Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and you’ll need to click OK when it says that the database was updated successfully.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now attempt to kill all the malicious process associated with Google redirect virus.Please be aware that this process can take up to 10 minutes, so please be patient.
Next, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically open and perform a Quick scan for Google redirect virus malicious files as shown below.
Upon completion of the scan, click on Show Result
You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has detected.
Make sure that everything is Checked (ticked),then click on the Remove Selected button.
After your computer restarts, open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and perform a Full System scan to verify that there are no remaining threats
STEP 3 : Remove the malicious registry keys added by the Google redirect virus
In most cases any Google redirect virus will add some malicious
registry keys to your Windows installation,to remove them we will need
to perform a scan with RogueKiller.
Please download the latest official version of RogueKiller. ROGUEKILLER DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will automatically download RogueKiller on your computer)
Double click on RogueKiller.exe to start this utility and then wait for the Prescan to complete.This should take only a few seconds and then you can click the Start button to perform a system scan.
After the scan has completed, press the Delete button to remove any malicious registry keys.
STEP 4: Remove Google redirect rootkit with HitmanPro
Download the latest official version of HitmanPro from the below link. HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download HitmanPro)
Double click on the previously downloaded fileto start the HitmanPro installation. IF you are experiencing problems while trying to starting HitmanPro, you can use the “Force Breach” mode.To start this program in Force Breach mode, hold down the left CTRL-key when you start HitmanPro and all non-essential processes are terminated, including the malware process. (How to start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode – Video)
Click on Next to install HitmanPro on your system.
The setup screen is displayed, from which you can decide whether you
wish to install HitmanPro on your machine or just perform a one-time
scan, select a option then click on Next to start a system scan.
HitmanPro will start scanning your system for malicious files as seen in the image below.
Once the scan is complete,you’ll see a screen which will display all the malicious files that the program has found.Click on Next to remove this malicious files.
Click Activate free license to start the free 30 days trial and remove the malicious files.
HitmanPro will now start removing the infected objects.If this
program will ask you to restart your computer,please allow this request.
STEP 5: Remove the residual damage from your browser
You can download AdwCleaner from the below link. ADWCLEANER DOWNLAOD LINK (This link will automatically download AdwCleaner on your computer)
Before starting this utility,close all open programs and internet browsers.
Double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
Click on Delete,then confirm each time with Ok.
Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
NEXT,double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
Click on Uninstall,then confirm with yes to remove this utility from your computer.
STEP 6: Double check for any left over infections on your computer
STEP A: Run a scan with Eset Online Scanner.
Download ESET Online Scanner utility. ESET Online Scanner Download Link(This link will automatically download ESET Online Scanner on your computer.)
Double click on the Eset installer program (esetsmartinstaller_enu.exe).
Check Yes, I accept the Terms of Use
Click the Start button.
Check Scan archives
Push the Start button.
ESET will then download updates for itself, install itself, and
begin scanning your computer. Please be patient as this can take some
time.
When the scan completes, push Finish
STEP B: Run a scan with Emsisoft Emergency Kit.
Please download the latest official version of Emsisoft Emergency Kit. EMSISOFT EMERGENCY KIT DOWNLOAD LINK(This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download Emsisoft Emergency Kit)
After the download process will finish , you’ll need to unpack EmsisoftEmergencyKit.zip and then double click on EmergencyKitScanner.bat
A pop-up will prompt you to update Emsisoft Emergency Kit , please click the “Yes” button.After the Update process has completed , put the mouse cursor over the “Menu” tab on the left and click-on “Scan PC“.
Select “Smart scan” and click-on the below “SCAN” button.When the
scan will be completed , you will be presented with a screen showing you
the malware infections that Emsisoft Emergency Kit has detected.Make
sure that everything is Checked (ticked) and click on the ‘Quarantine selected objects‘ button.
Next,we will remove the tools that we’ve used in our malware removal process. Kaspersky TDSSKiller,AdwCleaner and RogueKiller can be removed by deleting the utilities.
We strongly recommend that you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and HitmanPro installed on your machine and run regular scans with this tools.If you however,wish to remove them,you can go into the Add or Remove programs and uninstall this two on-demand scanners.
If you are still experiencing problems while trying to remove Google
redirect virus from your machine, please start a new thread in our Malware Removal Assistance forum.
Consultant Bob Eisenhardt recounts his frustrating
experience trying to track down and get rid of a client's
search-redirect virus. Here's how he finally ditched it.
Ever go to Reno, Nevada? Well, if you have not, there is a
terrific little virus making its way around the net that instantly takes
you there from your search engine. About a month ago, one of my
accounts in Manhattan reported that something was re-directing searches
to odd websites, one of them coming up as SEARCH RENO. I tested the
search on-site and it was indeed true.
All of the standard defense protocols such as a scan with
MalwareBytes and ComboFix came up clean. Although the bug is commonly
referred to as TDSS, the software fix that a co-consultant I work with
totally trusted, TDSSKiller, came up equally clean. This was a surprise.
Sophos has a rootkit killer that also found no infections. ComboFix
came up empty handed as did Gmer. Having thus exhausted the standard
solutions, I was mightily frustrated.
Further research led me to a persistent link that indicated a
services search for RANDOM.EXE running. It was not running on my
client's system. The random.exe link also advertises a paid software
product to remove the virus, with a live chat concurrent with somebody
(probably in India). I ignored that option instantly. (I have come to
believe that some blogs pose question and answers by the same user under
different names, an ingenious idea for the uninitiated to download an
infected product.)
So where does this one come from? The redirect URL takes users to the
IP address 63.209.69.107. If you google that IP, you are off on a hunt
of severe frustration. This virus has been around awhile, but finding a
solution remains confusing. Let's look at that IP address for moment. It
is related to SCOUR.COM as a redirect agent. This is either a real or a
fake site and the virus itself uses complex methods to hide from
traditional removal methods as I undertook above. There seem to be two
threats here - a search hijacker and Trojans hiding in the links on the
redirect page. The former just slows down your system and makes life
frustrating, which is common enough with Windows itself. The Trojan is
an open door for someone far away to control your computer and steal
information. In a worst-case scenario, malware of this type can steal
your financial information and then wipe out your drive. This is
precisely what happened to 30,000 systems in Saudi Arabia recently. Trojans must be removed quickly and that is the devilish part to do.
I am heavily qualifying my certainties because this is such an odd
entry into the virus and malware world; for instance, I do not know
exactly where the infection comes from. We can be reasonably certain
that some (not all) porn sites will infect your system as well as other
compromised sites that include links to sketchy destinations.
If memory serves, there was also a quick re-direct agent running when
a Google search was initiated and before "Reno" arrived. It was hard to
catch, maybe on bar for 2 seconds or so. I believe it was
"myfreesearch" or similar. The category of MYFREE something has always
been an annoyance, such as MY FREE WEBSEARCH, which is horrible. But
this one came and went very quickly. I strongly urge security experts to
use good eyesight to catch these momentary leads.
There is a variant of the redirect virus that attacks just Firefox.
Mozilla Support lists a php script running on a different server (where,
I know not) that kicks you over to "realgamerz.net" and similar shady
sites. As above, traditional methods of elimination failed and Mozilla
really has no clear cut answer. Nor does the voyage always take you to
Reno -- one user reported being directed to bargainmatch.com when trying
to find the Weather Channel.
All of which leads me to suspect that many variants abound of this
virus, but I am almost beginning to think we are entering something
beyond traditional virus and malware problems. This one, at least the
one I hit, is very slick. We may be seeing a whole new breed of invasive
tools come into play. A co-consultant was absolutely shocked that
TDSSKiller did not find anything. Running HiJackthis produced a log that
can be copied into an effective website, HIJACKTHIS.DE which will run
an in-depth analysis and highlight potential issues. Even though several
irregularities were spotted, again and again my client's system visited
Reno.
Resolution was draconian but very simple - I gave up trying to remove
the virus and used Revo uninstaller to remove Firefox entirely,
trusting that I am confronted with a variant that infects just Firefox.
After saving bookmarks, using Revo, a cold reboot, and then a reinstall,
my client has confirmed that the problem has gone away. I am relieved
of one more burden. (If I run into this virus again, I will try GOOREDFIX as some have suggested).
Hackers and thieves are, by now, well aware of the tools most
professionals use to remove their products, and it would not be
surprising at all to see them working their evil deeds around these
tools. I generally believe that in the world of security I can stay
ahead of the thieves by minus five minutes or so -- that there is always
somebody out there already ahead of the game by just that much.
This virus is extremely common and is very bad news for your PC -
because it basically changes a few of your most important settings and
causes them to redirect your links & search engine results to random
websites. Although 100's of people's computers get infected with this
infection, it's actually very difficult to remove.
Unlike typical viruses, which will likely install a false application /
files to make your computer run worse, the Google Redirect Virus will
basically just change a few settings on your PC and then hide away. This
not only makes your computer infected with a rogue virus, but makes
most anti-virus tools powerless to remove it.
The virus works by basically hijacking the redirected links in your
browser. Although it's called the "Google Redirect Virus", it actually
redirects Facebook, YouTube & Myspace
to advertising sites as well. It's often referred to as a "hijack"
virus, which basically means that it will hijack the redirect process on
your computer - which is used each time you click a link on Google /
Facebook / Myspace / Youtube. Instead of redirecting to the actual
website that you want to visit, the virus will take you to a false one,
which is why you're seeing the various errors from these sites - because
the advertising sites where the virus wants to take you are not working
properly.
Fortunately, you can fix this virus by using a program called
"ComboFix", which is able to repair the various files that it has
infected. You can see a tutorial on how to use it here: http://www.personalcomputerfixes.com/spy…
The scam PCeU page blocks your screen？It is not possible for you to
get past the desktop on start up? It appears again after you reboot your
PC ?
Your computer is infected by Police Central e-crime Unit virus ( PCeU
scam ). This article is aimed at helping innocent victim remove this
malicious virus and learn about knowledge about computer security.
Please read more to follow the step-by step removal guide to get rid of
Police Central e-crime Unit virus ( PCeU scam ) completely.
What is Police Central e-crimal Unit Virus
Police Central e-crimal Unit virus, also called PCeU scam, is a malicious ransomware
created by cyber criminals to rip off the victims by means of scaring,
defrauding, and locking screen. Once infected by the virus, you will see
a fake notification with the icon ,or from Specialist Crime Directorate or Metropolitan Police
claiming that your online activities have violated law like viewing or
distributing prohibited pornographic content, illegally using or
distributing copyrighted content, illegal access to computer data , etc
locking your desktop. By disguising as legal authority, It blocks your desktop to stop your illegal action and then ask a fine of up to ￡100,000. Meanwhile, the ransomware threatens you that you have to pay the fine within 72 hours via Ukash or PaySafeCard, or you’’ll be sued. It is totally a scam designed by cyber criminals. And the fine is fake and non-existing.
However, in order to make such fake notification looks more authentic
and tricks more victims into paying the fine, it even displays your IP
address and a fake video window to frighten you that
your local legal department has monitored all your behavior online and
recorded your illegitimate behavior online so as to scare some
unsuspecting PC users into paying the fake fine. Remember that there is
no authority monitors your online behavior. And cyber criminals use
illegal means to get your IP address. Never pay a fine to those cyber
criminals and ignore any of threats.
Police Central e-crime Unit virus has many variants and often updates
its version of fake notification. Therefore, fake notifications victims
see vary from regions. Some victims’ desktop are locked by fake alerts
from Specialist Crime Directorate or Metropolitan Police, while some of
them received fake notifications with PCeU icon. This virus mainly
targets user in the united Kingdom and other countries.
When infected by Police Central e-crime Unit virus, you may see any of following screenshots.
Four screenshots of Police Central e-crime Unit virus with PCeU icon
Fake notification from Metopolitan Police
Fake notification from Specialist Crime Directorate
Never trust what fake notification says, just remove this ransomware immediately.
How Does Police Central e-crime Unit Virus Infect Computer
Situation 1: Some malicious websites and legal
websites that have been compromised as well as malicious links,
attachments in spam emails may contain Police Central e-crime Unit
Virus. When you click on them, Police Central e-crime Unit Virus may be
downloaded surreptitiously. Situation 2: You may be convinced that certain free
software which may include malware is very useful for you. After your
download and install it, malicious program Police Central e-crime Unit
Virus may also be installed on your PC packaged with the free software. Situation 3: Your PC may also be captured by Police
Central e-crime Unit Virus via peer-to-peer file sharing websites which
may carry some malware and virus.
Precautions
Avoid opening unknown, unwanted websites or links, attachments in spam emails.
Avoid downloading free software from unknown websites, especially peer-to-peer file sharing websites.
Install antimalware software to prevent your PC from the attack of ransomware and other malware. Recommended:Anvi Smart Defender Download link：http://www.dotfab.com/download_asd.html
Situation Possible to Occur When You Remove Police Central e-crime Unit Virus
The virus prevents you from entering into desktop and the computer
system has been frozen. It has different variants that bring you a
series of troubles.
Sometimes, you can restore your computer system in safe mode with command prompt;
Sometimes, you can’t find any restore points in the list causing they have been removed by the virus;
And sometimes, you cannot restart your PC causing the screen will be locked again after a several seconds.
Situations you may meet when you remove the virus depend on which
variant the PC is infected. Also, some malicious files may be added to
your computer and then bring you bad consequences.
Case 1:If you can get into the safe mode with command prompt, remove the ransomware by restoring your system. Case 2:If
you aren’t able to restart your PC or the restore points have been
removed by the virus, get rid of the virus via Anvi Rescue Disk.
Method for case 1: Restore your PC in safe mode with command prompt.
Step 1> Restore computer in safe mode with command prompt
1. Restart your computer.
2. Repeatedly press F8 upon the opening of the boot menu to enter Windows in “Safe Mode with Command Prompt”.
3. Type “explorer” when the Command Prompt appears and press Enter.
Note: In some cases during infections of malware and
viruses you only have 2-3 seconds to do this. In other cases if it
doesn’t work during the given seconds, viruses such as the FBI MoneyPak
ransomware virus will not allow you to type “explorer” anymore.
4. Once Windows Explorer shows up browse Win XP: C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe or Win Vista/Seven: C:\windows\system32\rstrui.exe, then press Enter.
5. When such a window appears, click next.
6. Choose a restore point from the list, then click next.
2. Click quick or full scan
After you install the program, please open it, and switch to Scan tab, perform quick or full scan to eliminate malware infections and any possible unwanted program.
3. Remove malicious files form your computer
Once the scan is over, Anvi Smart Defender
will display the scan results. Click on Remove button to completely remove the malicious files from your computer.
Step 3>Remove residual junk files, invalid registry entries form your computer via Cloud System Booster
There may exist some residual junk files and invalid registry
entries, other related potentially unwanted programs in your computer
system. Thus, Cloud System Booster is required to clean up them and to save your disk space so that as to increase running speed of your computer.
2. After you install the program, please open it, click on BOOST button on the main screen to run a quick and full scan.
3. Once the scan completes, there will come out a result screen, please click Clean button there to remove these junk files, invaild registry entries, etc to make sure the computer system is clean.
Option 2: If you can’t restart your PC, please use Anvi Rescue Disk to remove MoneyGram virus.
Below is a video of ransomware removal using Anvi Rescue Disk isofor your reference.
Download the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image file Rescue.iso and the USB disk production tool BootUsb.exe from Anvisoft official site. (Both are packaged in the file offered to download below.)
Direct download link: http://download.anvisoft.com/software/rescuedisk.zip
Please kindly note that Rescue.iso is a large file to download; please be patient while it downloads.
You can also record the iso image to a CD/DVD. We will introduce the steps to record iso image to a CD/DVD in following guide.
To record the Anvi Rescue Disk isoimage to USB drive: 1. Firstly find a clean computer with correct
internet connection and then connect your USB driver to the clean
computer. You’d better backup your important data and format your USB
drive before using it to record the iso image. 2. Locate your download folder and double-click on BootUsb.exe to start it. And then click “Choose File” button to browser into your download folder and select Rescue.iso file as your source file.
3. Select the path of USB drive, such as Drive H: 4. Click “Start Burning” to start the burn of USB Rescue Disk boot drive. 5.Please close BootUsb.exe tool after you successfully burn the file to the USB drive when you get the following message.
Now, you have bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.
——Alternative Option
You can also record Anvi Rescue Disk isoimage to a DV/DVD. Any CD/DVD record software is fine for burn iso image. If you don’t have any, you can download and install Nero Burning ROM and ImgBurn. Here we will use Nero Burning ROM for demonstration purpose.
Please open and start Nero Burning ROM and select Burn Image from the drop-down menu of the Recorder.
1. Locate your download folder and select Rescue.iso file as your source file and then click Open button.
2. Click Burn button to start record the iso image. After a few minutes, you will have a bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.
Step 3> Configure your infected computer to boot from the USB drive/DV/DVD
Restart your infected computer and configure it to boot from USB drive/DV/DVD that recorded Anvi Rescue Disk.
Basically , you can use F8 to load USB boot menu.
For different motherboard, you may need to use the Delete or F2, F11 keys, to load the BIOS menu. Normally, the information on how to enter the BIOS menu is displayed on the screen at the start of the OS boot.
The keys F1, F8, F10, F12 might be used for some motherboards, as well as the following key combinations:
• Ctrl+Esc
• Ctrl+Ins
• Ctrl+Alt
• Ctrl+Alt+Esc
• Ctrl+Alt+Enter
• Ctrl+Alt+Del
• Ctrl+Alt+Ins
• Ctrl+Alt+S
If you can enter Boot Menu directly then simply select your CD/DVD-ROM as your 1st boot device.
If you can’t enter Boot Menu directly then simply use Delete key to enter BIOS menu. Select Boot from the main BIOS menu and then select Boot Device Priority. After that, set USB drive or CD/DVD-ROM as your 1st Boot Device. Save changes and exist BIOS menu.
Step> 4 Boot your computer from Anvi Rescue Disk.
After that let’s boot your computer from Anvi Rescue Disk. 1. Restart your computer. After restart, a message will appear on the screen: press any key to enter the menu. So, press Enter or any other key to load the Anvi Rescue Disk 2. please selected your preferred language and press Enter to continue.
Step> 5 Run the Anvi Rescue Disk to scan and repair.
1. Now you are in the mini Operating system, please double-click Rescue tool to start Anvi Rescue disk. Important note: make sure that your computer is connected to network connection
before you run a scan on your computer. If you fail to connect your
computer to Internet, please check the tutorial on network configuration
in this article: Network Troubleshooting Tips for Ransomware Removal Using Anvi Rescue Disk
2. Please run a full scan by clicking the “Scan Computer” button in the middle of the program to detect and kill the PC lockup virus.
3. Clicking “Fix Now” to Remove the detected threats detected by Anvi Rescue Disk.
4. Switch to Repair tab. Scan and fix the registry error with the “Repair” module of Anvi Rescue Disk.
Important Notice: You must repair the registry error
after kill the virus. Otherwise, you would be disabled to boot your
Windows without fixing registry damaged by the virus.
After the repair, your computer should be clean and rescued from the
evil claw of the ransomware infection. However, many professionally
crafted ransomware variants have evolved to be very persistent, that is
to say, harder to remove, so you are highly recommended to download the
antimalware Anvi Smart Defender
by clicking Yes button on the prompted window to fulfill the download.
After the download, please restart your computer to normal Windows mode and then go to the folder: C:\Users\[username]\Downloads
Find the downloaded file asdsetup.exe and double
click its file to install it and then start it to perform a full scan on
your computer system, in order to ensure the computer is clean from any
associated infections or leftovers.
After the scan, remove any detected infections and then you can have a clean computer now.
Good luck and be safe online. If any question, feel free to contact us for timely help by sending us your email below.
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claiming that your online activities have violated law like viewing or
distributing prohibited pornographic content, illegally using or
distributing copyrighted content, illegal access to computer data , etc
locking your desktop. By disguising as legal authority, It blocks your desktop to stop your illegal action and then ask a fine of up to ￡100,000. Meanwhile, the ransomware threatens you that you have to pay the fine within 72 hours via Ukash or PaySafeCard, or you’’ll be sued. It is totally a scam designed by cyber criminals. And the fine is fake and non-existing.
However, in order to make such fake notification looks more authentic
and tricks more victims into paying the fine, it even displays your IP
address and a fake video window to frighten you that
your local legal department has monitored all your behavior online and
recorded your illegitimate behavior online so as to scare some
unsuspecting PC users into paying the fake fine. Remember that there is
no authority monitors your online behavior. And cyber criminals use
illegal means to get your IP address. Never pay a fine to those cyber
criminals and ignore any of threats.
,or from Specialist Crime Directorate or Metropolitan Police
claiming that your online activities have violated law like viewing or
distributing prohibited pornographic content, illegally using or
distributing copyrighted content, illegal access to computer data , etc
locking your desktop. By disguising as legal authority, It blocks your desktop to stop your illegal action and then ask a fine of up to ￡100,000. Meanwhile, the ransomware threatens you that you have to pay the fine within 72 hours via Ukash or PaySafeCard, or you’’ll be sued. It is totally a scam designed by cyber criminals. And the fine is fake and non-existing.
However, in order to make such fake notification looks more authentic
and tricks more victims into paying the fine, it even displays your IP
address and a fake video window to frighten you that
your local legal department has monitored all your behavior online and
recorded your illegitimate behavior online so as to scare some
unsuspecting PC users into paying the fake fine. Remember that there is
no authority monitors your online behavior. And cyber criminals use
illegal means to get your IP address. Never pay a fine to those cyber
criminals and ignore any of threats.
