Wednesday, February 26, 2014

How to Remove Council of Europe Virus and Unlock Your Computer



Brief Description of Council of Europe Virus

Council of Europe is categorized as a deceptive ransomware that encrypts files saved on your PC and locks your Windows machine. Crafty as it is, this ransomware is able to bypass your antivirus program with ease.  Once the whole operating system is infected completely, the Internet connection will be disconnected by Council of Europe virus at first. Later your browser is locked, which you can not close it though you terminate its related process in Task Manager. Being confronted with the locked browser, you can do nothing.

As this time, Council of Europe shows you a fake warning saying that you need to pay a ransom of 0.01 EUR within limited time if you want to get back your computer. Though the warning is scam, many victims fall in to it. To unlock their locked PC immediately, they prefer to pay for a very small amount of money. However, your bank account login details will be collected by Council of Europe virus once you make a payment by your credit card.  It means that all your money saved at the bank can not escape from the risk of being stolen.  

Does Council of Europe Virus Cause Harm to Your Windows System?

It is strongly recommended that you get rid of Council of Europe virus. Otherwise your computer will be damaged seriously. This pest creates many malicious files in your system every day so that it can occupy your system space. Subsequently, there are many problems happens to your machine such as blue screen and system crash. Moreover, Council of Europe virus can also drop a lot of computer viruses onto your Windows system. When the time comes, most of the computer functionalities will be disabled and invalid. Hence, you should take actions to get rid of Council of Europe virus right way.

Detailed Solution to Remove Council of Europe Virus

To remove Council of Europe from your computer thoroughly, you need to delete this virus’ files and registry entries. Please follow the guide below to solve your problem. But you should be careful during the process of removal.

Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related processes of Council of Europe Virus. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manger.

Step 3: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.

Step 4: Delete all files related to Council of Europe Virus as below:

%AppData%\[random].exe
%APPDATA%\[RANDOM CHARACTERSACTERS].js
%Programdata%\
%windows%\system32\drivers\Council of Europe.sys
%Desktop%\Council of Europe.lnk
   
Step 5: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Then remove registries of Council of Europe Virus as below:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Council of Europe

HKU\Sokolow Family\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
GuardSoftware = %AppData%\[random].exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe

Step 6: Reboot your computer