I just got hit by this virus, it was blocking my pc within seconds of start up, so i decided to re format my hard drive, i figured it was a criminal scam , and this was confirmed when i googled for threads such as the one below, i had never heard of this virus, but its about 1 year old, watch out..
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111208054206AAOqx3W