Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Virus

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is a highly destructive ransomware which similar to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to lock computer screen and forbid users to take available actions to get it exterminated. To make things trustworthy, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which has been designed with national flag and logos, is claimed to come from the real authority. The message it delivers on the screen is about the content of law infringement that related to pornographic videos and copyrighted files. Obviously, the purpose for this virus is to frighten users to deceive a fine of AUD $100 from their banking account. The interface of Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) are not real and it can’t be sent from the legitimate department. Users who get infected with this virus needless to worry about the fearful message nor hand in your money to its account. The real thing for you to do is to try the manual removal method to get rid of Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as soon as possible.

 

Screenshot of Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Symptoms from Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

1. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is ranked to the type of dangerous ransomware
2. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) can be spread by Trojan horse and other malicious links
3. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) locks down computer forcibly with scary warning
4. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is aimed at making money from your account
5. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) may even download other malware and crash your PC.

Manual instructions to remove Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) step by step

Step One: Since the computer has been completely locked by Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), users need to restart your computer into Safe Mode with Networking firstly. Here is the guides:

Restart your computer, keep tapping F8 key constantly before the system starting to launch, use your arrow key to highlight the Safe Mode with Networking when the Advanced Boot Options shows up, then press the Enter key.

 

Step Two: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together, find and stop the related processes of Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

[random name].exe

Step Three: The listed files and registry entries should be deleted completely (Click on Start menu, Run option, type “regedit” on the box and click “OK”, find and delete them all)

%CommonAppData%\<random characters and numbers>

%LocalAppData%\<random characters and numbers>

%LocalAppData%\<random 3 characters>.exe

%Temp%\<random characters and numbers>

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{28949824-6737-0594-0930-223283753445}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "<malware path>\<random>.dll"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}\InProcServer32 "(Default)" = "<malware path>\<random>.dll"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "courts" = %AppData%\p1.exe

Attention: As the virus has the ability to change the infected files and registry entries randomly, users may not be able to locate and delete the correct ones. It is not suggested to do it yourself if you are not familiar in computer knowledge. In order not to mess up the system, please click and start a live chat with expert here.