What is Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus?
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus is a ransomware infection that locks down your desktop and demands a ransom fee for a crime you have not committed. It makes an impression that the message displayed across your screen has been sent by the Abu Dhabi Police office that is the main police office in the capital of United Arab Emirates. By locking you out of your computer and displaying the fake notification, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus wants to make you think that you have really been engaged in illegal activity and thus you face possible legal sentence. To avoid the sentence and to regain your desktop access Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus tries to convince you to pay a ransom fee. However, instead of doing that you should remove Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus from your computer immediately.
Where does Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus come from?
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus is yet another threat from the ever-growing Ukash Virus group. This infection is distributed by Urausy Trojan, and it can also be called CashU virus. Instead of using Ukahs, PaySafeCard or MoneyPak as other ransomware infections from the same family, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus accepts money transfers via CashU online payment system. This system is available in North Africa and the Middle Easy, which explains why Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus makes use of this system. Keep in mind that CashU itself has nothing to do with the infection; it is only used by the threat, because the system does not require you to have a credit card in order to transfer the money.
After the infection, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus locks down your computer immediately and then displays a message that says you have breached copyright law by downloading and distributing copyright material. Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus gives you 72 hours to pay a fine of 500 dirham or 100 euro, otherwise it promises to permanently block your computer. However, the infection cannot initiate a legal case against you, because it is breaking laws itself.
How to remove Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus?
Paying the ransom will not help you to remove Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus from your computer. You need to unlock your PC following the instructions below, and then invest in a powerful antimalware tool to terminate Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Virus for good.
How to restore desktop access
For Windows 8
- Press Windows key and metro Start menu will appear.
- Click the built-in Internet Explorer tile to launch web browser.
- Enter http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/download-sph into address bar and press Enter.
- When download dialog box appears, click Run.
- Install SpyHunter and perform a full system scan.
For Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Reboot the PC and press F8 continuously.
- Select Safe Mode with Networking from Advanced Boot Options menu. Press Enter.
- Access http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/download-sph and download SpyHunter.
- Install the program and run a full system scan.
For Windows XP
- Follow the steps 1 and 2 above.
- Click Yes on a confirmation box.
- Download SpyHunter.
- Open Start Menu and launch Run.
- Enter "msconfig" and press OK.
- Select Startup tab on System Configuration Utility.
- Click Disable all and click OK.
- Reboot the PC in Normal mode.
- Install SpyHunter and scan your computer.
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Very interesting article! I saw a variant of this virus a few months ago on a friend\'s machine. It was a modified version of the virus that was targeting US users, but all of the details you describe were the same. Since I didn\'t know about the SpyHunter scanner at the time I suggested booting in safe mode and restoring Windows to a prior save point, which seems to have worked.