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Ransom:Win32/LockScreen.CN
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: TROJ_SPNR.22HU12 (Trend Micro) Trojan.Win32.Yakes.asxt (Kaspersky) Trojan.FakeAV (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/LockScreen.CN is a malicious program that is unable to spread of its own accord. It may perform a number of actions of an attacker's choice on an affected computer.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
To enable the Task Manager:
For Windows Vista see:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Troubleshoot-Task-Manager-problemsFor Windows XP see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913623/