Stop Online Piracy MoneyPak Virus

Posted by Lisa Blanc on December 4, 2012

What is Stop Online Piracy MoneyPak Virus?

Ransomware infections are taking over more and more Windows systems all over the world. This time the danger hides behind the vicious Stop Online Piracy MoneyPak Virus which is most likely to have been downloaded onto your computer by the surreptitiously running Trojan. In general, the malicious application is formed using various components which are capable of executing unauthorized and illegal processes within the PC. The components can block your access to the computer, remove your control over the Task Manager and paralyze the entire system. This means that you will not be able to delete Stop Online Piracy Virus or connect to the Internet to find out what is disrupting your Windows processes.

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It is extremely important to remove Stop Online Piracy Virus, because this malicious application is capable of exposing your system’s vulnerabilities and allowing schemers to infect it with other devious programs. What is more, if you do not remove the virus right after it first appears within your Windows system, you will be introduced to a fictitious notification with an allegedly authentic contact address (UNLOCK@SOPASYSTEM.COM) which could be used to trick money from you. Please see an excerpt below:

As a result of these infringements based on Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) your PC and files are now blocked. You can remove you IP from black list and unlock PC and files by paying a fine of 200 (USA and Canada) / 200EUR (via Western Union to other Countries)

The alert is completely fake and there is no doubt that the Department of State would never block your computer, accuse you of these generic cyber crimes and demand you to pay a fine via MoneyPak. This method is highly suspicious and you should be aware that such payment systems as Paysafecard or Ukash would never be trusted with legitimate fine collections. If you acted carelessly and paid the requested sum of money, you would gain nothing in return. As a matter of fact, your PC most likely would remain locked and you would have supported cyber criminals without even realizing it. Therefore delete Stop Online Piracy MoneyPak Virus and protect your system against other viruses like FBI Moneypak virus or Green dot Moneypak virus. For this purpose, you should install an automatic virus removal tool SpyHunter, which you can do if you follow these instructions:

Restart Windows, wait for BIOS to load and start hitting F8 key on the keyboard.
Using arrow keys on the keyboard choose Safe Mode with Networking. Hit Enter.
Download and install SpyHunter from http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/spyhunter .

If you are a Window XP user:

Restart the computer, wait for BIOS to load and start hitting F8 to launch Windows Advanced Options Menu.
Select Safe Mode with Networking (use arrow keys). Hit Enter.
Click Yes on the “Windows is running in safe mode” alert.
Wait for the PC to load up and click on Start.
Launch RUN.
Type “msconfig” and click OK. This will help you access System Configuration Utility.
Click on the Startup tab.
Uncheck the listed items and click Apply.
Launch a browser and download an automatic virus removal tool SpyHunter.
Restart the computer normally.
Install SpyHunter and let the automatic virus removal tool do its job.