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Friday
2013-05-15, 13:24
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "FakePorn.Winlock " manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
trojan

Description:
FakePorn.Winlock is a Trojan horse that pretends to be a porn video to get executed. Once run it will lock down the computer while pretending to demand money for official authorities because of copyright infringement done by the computer user. Removal requires the usage of a different user account or a different boot media.
Removal Instructions:

Files:

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.