Monthly Archives: September 2012 - Page 6

Gendarmerie Nationale Virus is a French ransomware infection which is also a clone of the well-known Ukash virus that turns the victimized computer’s processing upside down, because the threat disables access to the desktops programs, does not allow the user to browser the Internet, and claims that these measures are taken because illegal activities have been carried on from the computer. Read more »

Dorifel virus, or XDocCrypt/Dorifel, is a malicious infection, which can reconfigure your system’s settings, remove administrative privileges and eventually encrypt digital data to make most of your system’s files inaccessible, with an illusion of being deleted from the computer. This irritating system’s state is supposed to make it impossible for you to remove XDocCrypt/Dorifel or even detect it running inside Windows. Read more »

There are tens of different Paysafecard Virus forms, geographically targeted at computer owners living in Canada, U.S., Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Poland and other European countries. The infection is a ransomware which enters a computer, locks the screen, disabling your access to the computer, and then presents a misleading warning asking to pay a fine to have the computer unlocked. Read more »

Police Virus is a type of ransomware that locks you out of your desktop and then demands a fine for a crime you haven't committed. Usually Police Virus gets into your system via spam email, bulk downloads or infected websites. What you have to know is that Police Virus is a part of a huge ransomware family under the name of Ukash Virus, that encompasses infections targeted at multinational users. Other infections similar to Police Virus include FBI Moneypak, Metropolitan Police Virus, Cuerpo National De Policia Virus, Read more »

What would you do if you found an intimidating message asking you to pay a fine? This is what International Police Association (IAC) virus will ask you to do after it injects its codes into your PC’s system and disables access to your programs. You will find that the Internet connection is disabled, as well, and this is said to have been done because you have violated copyright laws. Even if you have, the actual International Police Association, more precisely, International Administration Center (IAC) Read more »

If you are familiar with the term “ransomware”, you should beware of the latest ransomware infection Den Svenska Polisen It-sakerhet Ukash, which has targeted computers located in Sweden. Like its predecessors, this cunning application disables the computer’s screen in the hope that the user will get scared and pay a ransom fee. Typically, the fine is one hundred dollars, euros or pounds. In this case, 500 kronor is required to unlock the machine, which you should not do but delete Den Svenska Polisen It-sakerhet Ukash. Read more »