Beware of the UKASH Virus !
Kenilworth Computer
Repairs Mobile Computer Maintenance,
Repair, and I.T Desktop Support Services for Kenilworth, Warwick, Royal
Leamington Spa, Rugby, Stratford on Avon, Coventry, Solihull and environs.
The UKASH Virus
This week Computer Solutions thought that we'd make you aware of a computer virus infection which seems to be on the increase once again.
In the past ten days Computer Solutions have received several telephone calls about this particularly nasty computer infection.
Most antivirus software does not pick it up because technically it IS
NOT a virus as such. It could be described more accurately as
"Ransomeware" The past fortnight has seen us repair two machines wit
this infection
However the
infection is nasty because it seems to attach itself to innocent
websites. Once your computer is infected, the virus seems to know that
you are trying to remove it and it simply reinstalls itself. It's
processes embed themselves in the computer's registry and this makes it
particularly difficult to remove, unless the registry is fixed first.
What The UKASH Infection And Its Variants Do.
This virus will lock your computer
and display a message supposedly from a Police force indicating that you
need to pay a £100 fine in order to get your computer unlocked. Indeed
we have had reports from customers who have been taken in by this and in
their frustration have telephoned the Police, only to be told that it
is nothing to do with them.
It would appear that this virus infects both XP and Vista based laptops
and desktops. It also on occasion damages wireless connection files.
The drivers required for correct installation of such devices then have
to be reinstalled once the virus has been removed.
We have not had any reports of the
virus attacking a Windows 7 based machine as yet, but no doubt it won't
be too long before we do !
Computer Solutions
have found a way remove this computer infection. In fact we have a
customer visiting this evening 16th Aug '12 with just this problem.
