Anti-Spyware-101.com ransomware research team warns that those living in Norway and using Windows operating systems are at risk of having PCs infected with the Norsk Politi Institutt for Cybercrime Virus. The infection is not as secretive as surreptitious Trojans, because it does have an interface, which is positioned as the most important attribute of the entire scam. Read more »
Votre Ordinateur Est Bloqué Virus is the French version of the Ukash viruses that are executed using deceptive ransomware methods. Unfortunately, the infection is not the only threat to Windows users residing in France, who also need to be careful with Ministere de L’interieur Virus, Office Central de Lutte contre la Criminalité virus or Votre ordinateur est verrouillé virus. Despite different names and modified interfaces, all of these infections are after your Read more »
Oficina Virtual de Denuncias virus is one more malicious application that you need to keep away from your operating Windows system. Once this infection is dropped into the PC, your access to the desktop is removed and you lose control over any processes. Unfortunately, the ransomware is likely to be downloaded onto the computer by vicious Trojans, which means that, even if you manage to delete Oficina Virtual de Denuncias virus, your troubles will not be over. Read more »
A ransomware infection Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus is a computer threat which one should remove immediately even though it may seem that a message that is displayed by this malicious program is sent by the Politie (the Dutch Police). The police presented in the message do not have anything in common with the message – the criminals who created this infection took the credentials of the institution and incorporated them into the message in order to scare unsuspecting computer users. Read more »
Luxembourg Police Virus is an infection that may enter your computer via spam email attachments, social engineering scams, encrypted software installation and other drive-by download operations. All of the propagation methods are extremely clandestine, which means that you will not even know you need to delete the cunning infection. This is exactly what schemers need to prepare your system for a completely illicit and disturbing PC’s lock-down. Read more »
Firefox Redirect Virus is a compound computer infection that affects your browser and does not allow you to navigate the Internet the way you were used to. Firefox Redirect Virus can manifest itself as a browser hijacker or a complementary toolbar that you don't remember installing at all. When your Mozilla Firefox browser gets affected by this malware, your default homepage get changed and it is very likely that instead of accessing the default search engine page, you are forcefully redirected to malware-related search engines. Read more »
When a threatening message blocks your desktop it is only natural for you to panic and follow the instructions you see on the screen. However, that is not the case with the Ministere de L'interieur Virus infection. If you do everything Ministere de L'interieur Virus tells you to, you will lose your money and your computer will remain blocked. You will not be able to access your desktop no matter what, because Ministere de L'interieur Virus does all it can to coerce you into paying your money for something you haven't done. Read more »
File Restore Virus is a deceitful program that looks like a hard drive defragmenter; however, the interface of the program does not reveal its genuine intention which is to trick you into paying money for its full version. The sooner you give up resisting to the recommendations of the rogue to pay for the non-functional defragmentation tool, the happier cyber hackers are. Therefore, pay no attention to the scans and the errors detected and remove File Restore virus at once. Read more »
The name of the Ukash Politie Virus includes two well-known names that will be used by schemers to trick you into trusting the infection and giving up your money, without ever suspecting the real objective of the scam. Ukash name is used because cyber criminals can employ this virtual payment system to collect illicit fines, which will be discussed in this report. And the Politie part of the name represents the Dutch Police logos that will be used to Read more »
There are many computer infections out there, but lately we've been plagued by ransomware. Ireland's National Police Service Virus is also a ransomware application. It means that it holds your computer "hostage" for something you haven't done and requires you to pay a "symbolic" ransom fee. It is symbolic, because Ireland's National Police Service Virus accuses you of committing a list of criminal offenses and then says you might be put into prison for that. But then the next moment it offers a way for a relatively small sum of money - 100 euro. Read more »
