Cryptolocker Help

Apparently there's a new and nasty virus called Cryptolocker and my father has it on his XP machine. Anyone know how to deal with this? I've read that even if you use system restore or other methods to remove the virus your files are still left encrypted. My father has a back up drive so I guess he can replace files. Any help about this would be greatly appreciated.

Here's something short on the virus Disk encrypting Cryptolocker malware demands $300 to decrypt your files | Apps and Software | Geek.com

Thank You,

VFN

Have you tried Malwarebytes?

System restore is the worst way to solve a virus, as it does stay in the restore and will come back.

I tried Malwarebytes and that didn't seem to work but I was able to get rid of at least part of it through a registry key, but it also turns out now that this machine doesn't have MSE working and I can't uninstall it properly so I can't reinstall it. I think the problems are beyond me especially since system restore isn't working so I don't know what my father will do.

Thanks.

I'd try running maslwarebytes in safe mode.

I ran Malwarebytes several times in safe mode but it would still find trojans, the same ones it seems. What I did was create a new user, downloaded AVG, and that cleared several trojans. So right now, the Cryprolocker virus is gone and he can restore his files with his backup drive and Malwarebytes isn't finding trojans. I still feel his pc is probably corrupted though.

His MSE is gone, replaced with AVG, but I couldn't completely remove MSE even with the fixit tools from Microsoft so should I try to do that manually or is that unnecessary?

If I reformatted his pc with XP would he be able to replace all the Microsoft updates and how easy is it to screw up reformatting?

Thanks.

You can try running housecall friom trendmicro. Itg's ajn online scanner so it won 't be skewed.

If you d/l the Service Packs and install them manually you save a lot of time but you're still gonna have a buttload of updates.

I'd totally wipe it if you are not happy, only sure way to go.

Thanks.