How can you remove the virus “banner” and unlock the computer’s operating system?

Good afternoon friends! It’s no secret that the digital world, in addition to a great variety of useful information, brings us many dangers, such as viruses and spyware.

It is not always possible to get your hands-on time to protect yourself and install a stable antivirus. And so, once again turning on the computer power, we get an extremely unpleasant picture: instead of the usual desktop picture, we are watching a malicious “banner” that obsessively invites us to send a certain amount of money to the specified number.

I will say right away that I do not recommend anyone to do this! After all, having received your “hard-earned money”, the fraudster is unlikely to unlock your computer, and most likely will completely disappear from sight.

By the nature of my profession, I often face this problem, and for a long practice of working as a computer wizard, I have chosen for myself the best answer to the question: How can you remove the viral “banner” and unblock the operating system?

So, let’s look at several ways to solve this problem.

Method 1: using an antivirus scanner

It’s no secret that the largest anti-virus companies such as Dr.Web, Kaspersky and NOD32 provide their users with the opportunity to use their free applications to scan the computer at startup.

This function helps to eliminate the infection before the operating system boots. often, a virus sent by an attacker does not allow you to control the desktop and manipulate the keyboard and mouse.

For example, I will demonstrate the algorithm for checking and removing a “banner” using the example of a scanner from Dr.Web.

Of course, for this we need a working computer (you can contact a friend or acquaintance), or you need to download the program in advance and prepare a bootable USB flash drive.

So, we need to download the application itself from the official website of the company.

To do this, go to their official website and select the item “For SISADMINS” and click on “Download Dr.Web LiveDisk for free”

Next, you need to select the “Download for burning to DVD” item. After that, the process of downloading the program will begin, after which you will need to create a bootable USB flash drive (using the UltraISO or WinSetupFromUSB programs) and write this file to it.

The program has an extremely “friendly” interface and includes a built-in scanner that you need to launch and scan their disks on your computer.

Method 2. Using the Windows command line.

This is the simplest way that does not require any special knowledge and skills from the user. 

After turning on the computer, it is enough to press the F8 key several times (for some motherboard manufacturers, the keys may differ), and select the item “Safe mode with command line support)

Then, you need to enter the command “msconfig”, after which we will open a window with the settings for the autorun function of services and programs.

In the “Startup” window, we need to uncheck all unknown (and especially suspicious) programs, then click on the “apply” button and restart the computer.

Thanks for reading the article! I would be glad if this information was useful to someone.