Sir I think you got this malware on downloading torrent files? Did you download the movies in the piratebay.org? If yes.. Then the malware really came from there.
No. You
do not need to download anything to get this ransomware. There is an exploit that was discovered and used by the NSA, which can infiltrate Windows systems via SMB:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block.
I have experience twice downloading malware but not that strong.
malware is the general term and not specific enough for this.
The malware that I downloaded automatically installs Pop-up Advertisement even if your not using Internet browser, the Pop-Up ads shows every 3 minutes.
That is adware.
I use Antivirus but still not working. So the only thing that I can do is to format my Desktop. I'm Glad that our country is not affected by that malware.
It looks like you are not experienced with IT and shouldn't post about this at all (hence:"Stop shit posting and do research first.").
Well, it's not only UK
On the Russian-speaking kaspersky forum, I see messages from kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Ukraine.
According to data malwaretech, more than 110,000 computers worldwide are already infected.
detail:
https://intel.malwaretech.com/botnet/wcryptI did not say that it was limited to the UK, I just linked one of the first and major articles about it. It looks like someone has managed to shut it down (or at least that's what some sources claim) by registering a domain which is actually a kill-switch built into the ransomware.