Guide To Remove The Cheshire Police Authority Virus

The Cheshire Police Authority  Description

The Cheshire Police Authority virus can be considered as a ransom virus because it performs as Police virus such as Metropolitan Police virus. Once the Cheshire Police Authority virus comes into your computer, you will get message saying that you have violated laws because of your illegal activities, you have to pay a fine or punishment of £100. This message pretends to be sent by United Kingdom Police by offering you the United Kingdom Police’s logo, extracts of law which you have “disobeyed”, your IP address and location, etc. To scare users, the Cheshire Police Authority virus will also infect into your webcam, displaying you the surroundings and the person sitting in front of the computer.

It is a scam and ransom at all. The only purpose of it is to collect money from users. You have nothing to do with illegal online activities and don’t need to pay the so-called punishment at all. So if you received a message from United Kingdom Police and ask you to pay for it, you have to remove the Cheshire Police Authority virus as soon as possible.

Damages Caused by Cheshire Police Authority Virus

1. Cheshire Police Authority enters your computer without your permission.

2. Cheshire Police Authority disables many programs in your computer.

3. Cheshire Police Authority destroys your system by infecting system files and registry entries.

4. Cheshire Police Authority tries to scam and ransom users money.

5. Cheshire Police Authority brings other infections to your PC.

Manual Removal Guide to Get Rid of Cheshire Police Authority

Since Cheshire Police Authority can install into your computer sneakily, change files and entries of your computer and disable anti-virus, the most effective way to get rid of Cheshire Police Authority is to get rid of it manually. This post will give you a guide.

Step 1: Get into the safe mode with net working

Restart your infected computer. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap "F8" key constantly. Use the arrow keys to highlight the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then press ENTER.

Step 2: Show hidden files in your computer.

Open Control Panel from Start menu, click Folder options, choose View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files.

Step 3: Search and delete all the files related to Cheshire Police Authority from your computer.

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\serial.sys
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random

Step 4: Open Registry Editor.

Step 5: Remove all the registry entries associated with Cheshire Police Authority virus.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{5CCD31DE-7B78-4B11-9D7F-57DF8E07566B}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{D3F69D07-0AEE-47AF-87D0-1A67D4F70C68}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{D4AAF2A6-F6D1-49A5-BA1A-B20735DF1955}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet

Note: some files name and registry entries of Cheshire Police Authority may have been changed to mutate itself. If you need help from experts, you are welcome to contact 24/7 professional tech support here.