Wednesday 6 March 2013

What is Tono “Computer Locked” - How To Remove Tono “Computer Locked” From Your PC


What is Tono “Computer Locked”?

Tono “Computer Locked” is a ransomware which locks your computer and asks you to pay a certain amount as a fine. Tono “Computer Locked” has a variety of tactics such as social engineering in order to persuade unsuspecting victims to pay an unnecessary fine by making fraudulent claims that the computer has been involved in illegal activity (cyber crime) by the FBI (downloaded or distributed copyrighted material or viewed child pornography, etc.). In order to access your Windows desktop and your applications you must first pay a fine of 1000 NOK in the form of a MoneyPak. Once the malware developers receive the ransom they will not unlock your computer within 1 to 48 hours. Instead Tono “Computer Locked” harms more that you may not expect.

Tono “Computer Locked” symtomps

* Tono “Computer Locked” installs without your consent

* Tono “Computer Locked” installs other types of spyware/adware

* Tono “Computer Locked” may hijack, redirect and change your browser

* Tono “Computer Locked” displays annoying popups while you surf the web

* Tono “Computer Locked” compromises your privacy and security

* Tono “Computer Locked” is difficult to uninstall

Tono “Computer Locked” infection is promoted through hacked sites that use exploits to install this program onto your computer without your permission. Once installed is it will display false error messages and security warnings on the infected computer.

Please understand, that Tono “Computer Locked” is scripted to show you these fake scan results regardless of the computer you are on and how clean it is. Therefore, do not be concerned by any of the scan results as they are only being shown to scare you into thinking that you have a serious computer problem.

How to remove Tono “Computer Locked” in safemode

It is possible that the Tono “Computer Locked” infection you are trying to remove will not allow you to download removal tool on the infected computer in normal mode. In such case, you need to restart your computer in "Safe Mode with Networking" to deactivate all virus process.

Restart your computer in “Safe Mode with Network.”

1. To do so, please restart your computer.

2. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8? key constantly.

3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking” option and then press ENTER.

4. Please be patient while system loads in Safe Mode with Networking. This might take couple of minutes.

(If you don’t get the Safe Mode with Networking option, please restart the computer again and keep tapping “F8? key immediately.)

After getting into safe mode. Here is a Basic guide how to scan and clean your computer

Print out this post if you don’t have access to another computer, because all windows will be closed later during removal.

1. Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, from the wesite.

2. When finish downloading, Save and close all open programs and browsers -> Double-click the downloaded file “mbam-setup.exe” to begin installation

3. Click continue and use the default settings through installation and when installation has finished make sure you leave both the – Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware checked -> Click Finish

4. Malwarebytes will now start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As Malwarebytes will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box.

5. On the Scanner tab -> choose “Full system scan”

Malwarebytes will then scan your computer for spyware. The scan can take a long time, So I recommend you to do something else while scanning.

6. When the scan has finished click the “Show results” button -> A window displaying all the Malware found will be shown -> Click “Remove Selected” and Malwarebytes will start clean all the Spyware. Once the removal is done -> Press OK to restart

7. After restart your computer is now free of all Malware and Spyware.

NOTE, If your Fire fox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox does not work PLEASE use the following steps

Fire fox repair

Please perform the below steps on the virus infected computer. Open Firefox >> Click on Tools>> Click Options >> Click Advance >> Click Network >> Click Settings >> Check No Proxy >> Click Ok

Internet explorer repair

Please perform the below steps on the virus infected computer. Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button>> Uncheck the check box labeled “Use a proxy server for your LAN” under the Proxy Server section and press OK. Or

Open your Internet Explorer->Tools > Manage Add-ons > Search Providers->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.

Google Chrome repair

Open your Google Chrome->Wrench Icon > Settings > Manage Search Engines->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.

Mozilla Firefox repair

Open your Mozilla Firefox->Tools > Search Icon (Magnify Glass, Arrow) > Manage Search Engines->Remove any unnecessary Search Engines from the list and make a certain search engine you prefer as your default search engine.

In case you are not allowed to run the above programs because your computer is infected, try the following online scanner

Run the free online scanner called ESET Online Scanner

Note: You need to use Internet Explorer for this scan.

Check the box next to “YES”, I accept the Terms of Use -> Click Start

When asked, allow the ActiveX control to install -> Click Start

Make sure that the options Remove found threats and the option Scan unwanted applications is checked -> Click Scan

Wait for the scan to finish -> Any infections found have now been removed.

Now you can proceed to run Malwarebytes.

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