All individuals regular world wide web consumers, who prefer to keep their PCs safe & secure should know that a new malware has been found that specially targets the Windows operating system.
The malware attacks the PC powered by Windows operating system right at the point of its activation. The malware that has been predicted either as a randomware or a Trojan horse initiates its attack by pretending to be the activation program for Windows.
This malware warns the user that he/she is running a pirated Windows version,
Windows 7 Activation, which, let me tell you, is not the case. Thereby,
Office 2010 Professional, the malware locks up Windows.
The ######## dialog screen for Windows activation that is displayed when the system gets infected by the malware carries certain information and asks certain information from your side. It also asks for your permission to reactivate the Windows.
It asks for your billing details, but assures you at the same time that no charges will be deducted from your credit card. With two options – ‘activate Windows’ and ‘do it later’ – the malware asks for your permission to reactivate the Windows. The ######## screen for Windows activation not only locks the PC, but also disables the Task Manager.Here comes the interesting part as the computer shuts down if you choose to reactivate Windows later. Until and unless you enter all the personal and billing details as required on the ######## screen, the PC won’t start again. In such a case,
Office Enterprise 2007, you are bound to fill up the details and more likely when it says that it won’t charge you anything. But beware! Don’t commit the mistake I had done. As soon as you enter the billing information you are charged.
So, which anti-malwares to be used to get rid of this problem? Sure, Windows Defender and MalwareBytes’ Anti-Malware are the trusted ones,
Office 2007 Professional Key, but almost all the anti-malwares clean the malware automatically.
In case, the virus blocks the desktop before you can run the anti-malware, reboot the PC into Protected Mode. If you don’t have the anti-malware already downloaded, then you reboot the PC into Safe and sound Mode with Networking option.
If these don’t help,
Office 2010 Activation, you can also do it by renaming the setup installer either as winlogon.exe or iexplore.exe, double clicking on them and then following the steps for installation.
You can also remove traces of the Trojan manually by following a few simple steps.