That will make it at least a little more likely that the virus writers will write a workaround for this "protection".
The thing is, it doesn’t matter if you remove the program...once it runs the damage is done.
And in fact, if you do want to recover your files, you are going to need the program to do it.
This is nasty.
The FoolishIT protection tool installs a set of commands that disallow any encryption of your files. Not sure what sort of workaround you could come up with the get around that.
It's also possible to do it manually. See here: