How to totally remove Howdecrypt virus when your laptop is infected by Howdecrypt virus?

Infected by Howdecrypt virus?

My PC is locked by the software called Howdecrypt. It shows “YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN LOCKED” on the screen and tells me that I have broken the laws.

Did I really go against local laws like downloading something illegally or watching child porn online?

Will it be a virus or true message? 

To find the answers, you could follow the Howdecrypt removal guides in this article.

What do you know about Howdecrypt?

Howdecrypt Virus, as a new version of the ransomware, it has been an extreme dangerous virus on the Internet which attacks the careless victims online. Howdecrypt virus has infected lots of PCs all over the world, it can be attached to some programs or .exe processed, once the victims install or open these infected files, their PCs will be under the attack by Howdecrypt virus in a quick time, that is why some victims will suffer this virus infection while watching some video or viewing a webpage.

Some victims report that they even get this Howdecrypt virus infection on Spam E-mail attachment or unknown files on removable device. In a word, Howdecrypt virus is able to invade the victims’ PCs easily if the victims visit unsafe website or open the infected things. Like other kinds of the ransoware, Howdecrypt virus cheats the victims by acting as legitimate message which come from the government department, some victims will be fooled by this ransowmare if they know nothing about this virus infection. This Howdecrypt malware is created by the virus maker for malicious purpose, the only thing Howdecrypt virus can do is to deceive the victims to collect money and information. Stop hesitating, that locking message is not a legit one, the U.S department or local police will not lock your computer online and ask for paying fine. This message is totally a fake one that victims need to be careful. Once Howdecrypt virus is installed to the infected PC, the victims have to get rid of it completely to keep their infected machines safe.

Howdecrypt virus is a high-risk virus that will damage the system files on the infected PC. Some victims may have the questions that how this virus gets into their PCs since they have installed the anti-virus programs or firewall. As we said, it can be attached to some free programs or E-mail attachment, the virus pretends as a normal process and changes its name so that most advanced security programs can not detect it. When Howdecrypt Ransomware starts its working, the victim’s PC will be blocked completely, and this virus will stop the anti-virus program from running at all and take over the whole PC. That is the reason the victims only can see the locking screen after it pups up. The victims can not close or minimize the locking page, they can not even close it by Task Manage at all. Howdecrypt virus will keep taking over the infected PC even the victims restart the computer, the locking page will come up immediately when the victims log in. This virus infection will not go away until you start to remove it.

Infected Symptoms:

It will take control of your computer rapidly once it is downloaded.

It will encrypt all of your files on the compromised PC.

It will pretend itself as a legit warning and then ask for a ransom.

It can disable your task manager and even pop up in safe mode.

It can connect to a remote IRC server and forward the data to cyber criminals without a computer user’s awareness.

It can’t be simply uninstalled or removed in control panel.

How to delete Howdecrypt virus quickly?

Since PRISM virus can block your antivirus programs to stop them from running even lock your PC entirely, under such circumstance, manual removal is required to handle with the virus. This manual Howdecrypt removal guide is for advanced computer users to follow.

Please do a system backup before you start to delete this Ransomware virus manually.

1. Restart your PC before windows launches, tap “F8” constantly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop the Ransomware processes in the Windows Task Manager.

Random.exe (The name of the virus process may be different all the time)

(If you can’t figure out the process of the virus, you can end the process called explorer.exe first so that virus won’t come up)

3. Delete associated files related to PRISM virus from your PC completely as follows:

%Temp%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User>

C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\

4. Search for all related registry entries infected by this dangerous virus and wipe them out:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random

5. Reboot the computer to normal mode when the above steps are done.

In conclusion:

In general, Howdecrypt virus will target on the Windows OS including XP, Vista, 7 and 8 but this kind of malware can even lock the browsers on Mac. FBI Your Browser Has Been Locked Virus can be another version of the ransomware that the victims need to know as well. Most of the victims are located in United States of the American so the Moneypak is the suggested payment of virus maker. But remember, paying a fine to Howdecrypt virus can not help you unlock the PC at all. What is worst, if the victims just let the Howdecrypt virus stay in the infected PC and ignore, their data on the infected PC will suffer an unsafe situation, their information like account’s number, password, important E-mail, Word, Excel and other files can be easily viewed by the hijackers. Some victims even lose their credit card information due to this Howdecrypt virus. The Howdecrypt virus is able to run a backdoor process once the infected PC turns on, this backdoor process will open a path so that the hijackers can get into the infected PC for malicious purpose, they can even control the infected PC remotely. Your Internet history including cookies and favorite will be copied and sent to the hijackers. That means Howdecrypt virus knows everything and every action on your PC. The infected PC may suffer other virus infection like Trojan horse, Worm and browser hijack redirect. Anyway, Howdecrypt virus has been a big virus that the victims should be very careful. And you should fully remove Howdecryptvirus from your computer as quickly as you can.