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