My PC is locked by
the software called Heroic Play. 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?
How can I unlock
my laptop safely?
Do I need to pay
the fine by Moneypak or Paypal?
How do I know if Heroic
Play is legit or not?
Will it be a virus
or true message?
To find the
answers, you could follow the Heroic Play removal guides in this article.
What do you know about Heroic Play?
Heroic Play Virus, as a new version of the ransomware, it has been an
extreme dangerous virus on the Internet which attacks the careless victims
online. Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play
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 Heroic Play virus infection on Spam E-mail attachment
or unknown files on removable device. In a word, Heroic Play 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, Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play malware is created by the virus
maker for malicious purpose, the only thing Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play virus is installed
to the infected PC, the victims have to get rid of it completely to keep their
infected machines safe.
Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play 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. Heroic Play 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 Heroic
Play 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 Heroic Play 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, Heroic
Play 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 Heroic Play virus can not help you unlock the PC at all. What is worst,
if the victims just let the Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play virus. The Heroic Play 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 Heroic Play 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, Heroic Play virus has been a big
virus that the victims should be very careful. And you should fully remove HeroicPlay virus from your computer as quickly as you can.
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