From all types of malicious applications, perhaps, vinloker (WinLocker) — a kind of trojans most strongly irritate the user. They almost completely block system operation, block the screen the window and demand to send the SMS to paid number to receive the code of an unblocking. It is hard to cope with a vinloker, and all methods require certain computer knowledge.
Instruction
1. The best way of treatment — always prevention. Remember that in most cases the blocking programs do not get on your computer secretly — you install and start them. Therefore, traveling around the Internet, be attentive.
2. If the pop-up window on the website suggests you to update urgently the codec, to load the new version of a plug-in or to check a system the latest online antivirus — do not agree if you do not know for sure that this website can really be trusted. Close such window as soon as possible, and it is the is best of all — together with the website. Then check a system own antivirus.
3. Install the qualitative system of Internet protection on the computer. It is desirable that it included not only an antivirus, but also a firewall (firewall). Correctly configured firewall will stop a set of threats still before they manage to locate in a system.
4. If you already suffered from the started vinloker — at all do not agree to its conditions and do not send the SMS! Its cost can be much higher, than swindlers write in a window of the program. Moreover, having agreed once, you can find out that money allegedly as a license fee for nonexistent service continues to be charged off your mobile account. It will be hard to get rid of such subscription.
5. Some vendors of domestic antiviruses offer the online service delivering codes of an unblocking for a great number of the known vinloker. Certainly, you will be able to use such service only from another, not infected computer. Enter into a window of service number to which swindlers suggest to send the SMS, and write the code. However you remember that even if the malicious application was switched off, it does not mean yet that it disappeared. A system unblocking — only the beginning of measures for its cleaning.
6. If you have a boot drive of LiveCD — be loaded from it. Vendors of antiviruses often include in a package own version of LiveCD which when loading automatically checks a system for viruses. However new versions of vinloker appear so often that the antivirus can not always find them.
7. Having loaded from a disk or having unblocked a system, standard means of search find all executable files created this day. If such files appeared in system folders of Windows or in your normal folder of loading — most likely, it also is the main body of a vinloker. Delete these files, but remember their names.
8. Open the system registry of Windows. Be attentive — when loading with Live CD instead of it the temporary register of a system in which you work now can open. It is the best of all to find the main file of the register in the Windows folder and to open it in the regedit program. Find among records of the register of the name of files of a vinloker. If they replaced with themselves system files, such as explorer.exe or ctfmon.exe, correct these records, otherwise just delete them.
9. Reboot in the normal mode and restore system configuration from the last checkpoint. The program of recovery is located at in the Standard — Office — System Recovery menu.