The “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” Ukash Ransom is a computer virus, which will display a bogus notification, that pretends to be from Luxembourg police and states that your computer has been blocked due to it being involved with the distribution of pornographic material, SPAM and copyrighted content.
The “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” virus will lock you out of your computer and applications, so whenever you’ll try to log on into your Windows operating system, it will display instead a lock screen asking you to pay 100 Euro in the form of a Ukash or PaySafeCard code.
Furthermore, to make its alert seem more authentic, this virus also has the ability to access your installed webcam ,so that the bogus “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” notification shows what is happening in the room.
If your computer is infected with “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” virus,then you are seeing the below notification:
The “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” Ransom is a scam and you should ignore any alert that this malicious software might generate and remove this trojan ransomware from your computer.
Under no circumstance should you send any money to this cyber criminals,as this could lead to identity theft,and if you have, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charge stating that the program is a scam and a computer virus.
“Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” Ukash Ransomware – Virus Removal Guide
STEP 1: Remove “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” lock screen from your computer
The “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” Ukash Ransomware has modified your Windows registry, so whenever you’re trying to boot your computer it will launch instead its bogus notification.To remove this malicious registry change,we can use any of the below methods :
Method 1: Restore Windows to a previous state using System Restore
We can remove the malicious registry key from your computer, by booting into Safe mode with a Command prompt and restore the computer to an previous System Restore point.
- Restart your computer, and then press and hold F8 during the initial startup to start your computer in safe mode with a Command prompt.
Note: With some computers, if you press and hold a key as the computer is booting you will get a stuck key message. If this occurs, instead of pressing and holding the “F8 key”, tap the “F8 key” continuously until you get the Advanced Boot Options screen. - Use the arrow keys to select the Safe mode with a Command prompt option.
- At the command prompt, type cd restore, and then press ENTER.
Next,we will type rstrui.exe , and then press ENTER
- The System Restore window will start and you’ll need to select a restore point previous to this infection.
- After System Restore has completed its task,you should be able to boot in Windows normal mode,from there you’ll need to perform a system scan (as seen on STEP 2) with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and HitmanPro to remove the malicious files from your machine.
Method 2: Remove “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” virus with HitmanPro Kickstart
IF you couldn’t boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt or didn’t have a System Restore point on your machine, we can use HitmanPro kickstart to bypass this infection and access your computer to scan it for malware.
- We will need to create a HitmanPro Kickstart USB flash drive,so while you are using a “clean” (non-infected) computer, download HitmanPro from the below link.
HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK (This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download HitmanPro) - Insert your USB flash drive into your computer and follow the instructions from the below video:
- After you have create the HitmanPro Kickstart USB flash drive, you can insert this USB drive into the infected machine and start your computer.
- Once the computer starts, repeatedly tap the F11 key (on some machines its F10 or F2),which should bring up the Boot Menu, from there you can select to boot from your USB.
Next,you’ll need to perform a system scan with HitmanPro as see in the below video:
- After HitmanPro Kickstart has completed its task,you should be able to boot in Windows normal mode,from there you’ll need to perform a system scan (as seen on STEP 2) with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and HitmanPro to remove the malicious files from your machine.
STEP 2: Remove “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” malicious files from your computer
Because there might be some left over malicious files on your system,we strongly recommend that you perform a system scan with the following on-demand scanners.
Run a computer scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE
- You can download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from the below link.
MALWAREBYTES ANTI-MALWARE DOWNLOAD LINK (This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free) - Start the Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware installation process by double clicking on mbam-setup file.
- When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the setup process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If Malwarebytes’ prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start and you’ll be prompted to start a trial period , please select ‘Decline‘ as we just want to use the on-demand scanner.
- On the Scanner tab,select Perform full scan and then click on the Scanbutton to start scanning your computer.
- Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” malicious files as shown below.
- When the scan is finished a message box will appear, click OK to continue.
- You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected.Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.Make sure that everything is Checked (ticked) and click on the Remove Selected button.
Run a computer scan with HitmanPro
- Download HitmanPro from the below link,then double click on it to start this program.
HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK (This link will open a new web page from where you can download HitmanPro)
IF you are experiencing problems while trying to start HitmanPro, you can use the Force Breach mode.To start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode, hold down the left CTRL-key when you start HitmanPro and all non-essential processes are terminated, including the malware process. (How to start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode – Video) - HitmanPro will start and you’ll need to follow the prompts (by clicking on the Next button) to start a system scan with this program.
- HitmanPro will start scanning your computer for “Der Computer ist für die Verletzung der Gesetze der Republik Österreich blockiert worden” malicious files as seen in the image below.
- Once the scan is complete,you’ll see a screen which will display all the infected files that this utility has detected, and you’ll need to click on Next to remove this malicious files.
- Click Activate free license to start the free 30 days trial and remove all the malicious files from your computer.