How to Remove Windows Antipiracy Ukash Ransomware

Windows Antipiracy Ukash Ransomware is a latest-released computer virus in Italy. It is proved to be a serious computer threat for it is designed mainly to extort money from the infected PC users. Usually, this ransomware penetrates into your computer system via spam emails, freeware, and malicious websites, etc. Once successfully installed on your computer, it will execute malicious codes to lock your system, blocking your access to desktop, Task Manager and internet. After that, the ransomware pops up a warning, stating that your computer is locked due to the fact that you have violated the Law of Italy, such as watching and distributing forbidden contents on the internet, and you must pay a fine of 100 € via Ukash or Paysafecard to unlock your computer. This warning seems legitimate and as if it came from local police authorities, so many PC users have been cheated and pay for the money. However, this ransomware will not only lock your computer and frighten you to give out the money; it can also destroy your system and steal your precious data and confidential information. To protect your system and financial data, it is important that you get rid of this pesky ransomware quickly.

How to Manually Remove Windows Antipiracy Ukash Ransomware

Step 1: Restart your infected computer and press the function key F8 repeatedly until the Windows Advanced Options Menu screen comes out. Use the arrow key to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and press Enter to proceed.

Step 2: Press Ctrl+ Alt+ Del together and enter the Windows Task Manager. Select the tab of Processes start tp ind out the processes related to Windows Antipiracy Ukash ransomware and terminate all of them.

Step 3: Open My Computer and go into the C drive. Find out and delete files associated with the ransomware as follows:

%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarstat.log
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarversion.xml
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarguid.dat
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbaruninstallIE.dat
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarlog.txt
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarstats.dat
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbarpreferences.dat
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbaruninstallStatIE.dat
%AppData%[trojan name]toolbardtx.ini

Step 4: Press the Windows Key+ R together. When the Run command box appears, type “regedit” in the blank and press Enter. In the Registry Editor, search for and remove all the related registry entries listed below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[trojan name]IEHelper.DNSGuardCurVer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[trojan name]IEHelper.DNSGuard.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar “[trojan name]”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[trojan name]IEHelper.DNSGuard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasses[trojan name]IEHelper.DNSGuardCLSID

Step 5: Reboot your computer in normal mode after you complete the steps above.

Note: The manual removal is a complicated and risky task which should only be attempted by advanced computer users. If you are less-experienced in computer operation, please download and use a powerful removal tool to remove the ransomware right now.