http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/forum/18-malware-removal/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/f/55/spyware-and-malware-removal-guides-archive/
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35
 
Search Cryptowall, read everything. Try getting help on one of these forums first. It don't look good...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information
 
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/171335/spyware-and-malware-removal-guides-index/?hl=%2Bcryptowall#entry1307244
 
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1
 
J

Wow, I've posted two responses and both have disappeared. Lets try this:
Search the forums at Majorgeeks, Spywareinfo, and bleepingcomputer. They have info and threads on this particular nasty...
 
Maybe this response will remain.

Wow, I've posted two responses and both have disappeared.

Restored the second post.

Karyn

Wow, I've posted two responses and both have disappeared.

Restored the second post.

Thanks Karyn, if you want you can delete the last three. I think they duplicate the one restored. Did I break a rule? I didn't mean to.

I try to break every rule, but I was too lazy to actually read what the rules were so I just sort of guess now...

I've had rulers broken on me, but that may not be the same thing.

I was actually expelled from school for breaking rules.  Playing poker...playing pool.  I was such a fool.  Now I'm just a tool.  But that's cool.  Except now I have to work like a mule.  To feed my family...buy some fuel.  Guess I hope that you'll still see me as the jewel I really am.  Or not.

jbow

Karyn

Wow, I've posted two responses and both have disappeared.

Restored the second post.

Thanks Karyn, if you want you can delete the last three. I think they duplicate the one restored. Did I break a rule? I didn't mean to.

All tidied.  The spam scanner didn't like all the links.

yorolpal
How would just physically removing his hard drives and tossing them, then putting new drives in, formatting and re-installing software be?  Would that work?  That would seem to be his cheapest option now.

That'll certainly work...
Or (outside of Windows) just deleting the partitions.  You can do this with an Acronis bootable rescue disc.
Once deleted... the Malware (along with everything else) is swept away.
 
I know it's mentioned a lot... but this is exactly why we all need to be diligent with keeping a reasonably current backup image file.  
It's all too easy to put off... 
 
 

Yup...I recently got a new 4 TB external drive and Acronis and backed up everything on that loverly DAW you built me Jim, ol pal.  And will continue to do so.