Remove Ransom. Description and removal instructions

Title: Ransom
Type: Ransomware	Severity scale: (50 / 100)

Ransom is a trojan that threatens to delete important files until the user pays the ransom. Once executed, the parasite installs itself to the system, displays some pornographic images and shows a message threatening to delete one file related to installed software or containing user sensitive information every 30 minutes, until the ransom ($10.99) is fully paid. The trojan explains what it does and demands to transfer the money to the hacker's account. After the user transfers the money, he or she receives a specific number, which allows to uninstall the parasite. Ransom is able to prevent its removal. It launches multiple processes and displays messages when the user tries to terminate the trojan. Ransom runs on every Windows startup.

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Ransom properties:
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Ransom removal:

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Ransom manual removal:

Kill processes:
corpstats.exe, data2.exe, data3.exe, data4.exe, svchost.exe, winstart.exe, 002.exe, 004.exe, 006.exe, 007.exe, 008.exe, 009.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\cleanup

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
corpstats.exe, data2.exe, data3.exe, data4.exe, svchost.exe, winstart.exe, 002.exe, 004.exe, 006.exe, 007.exe, 008.exe, 009.exe, dat1.bat

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Exact file location:
corpstats.exe - C:\Windows\System\oobe\Setup, C:\Windows\System32\oobe\Setup or C:\Winnt\System32\oobe\Setup
data2.exe, data3.exe, data4.exe, svchost.exe, winstart.exe, 002.exe, 004.exe, 006.exe, 007.exe, 008.exe, 009.exe, dat1.bat - C:\Windows or C:\Winnt

Other programs to remove Ransom:

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Information added: 30/04/06
Information updated: 07/05/06

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