Malta Police Association Virus

Posted by Sarah Stewart on March 12, 2013

What is Malta Police Association Virus?

Malta Police Association Virus is a new clone of Ministerstvo Vnútra Virus which is targeted at those Windows users who reside in Malta. The main symptom of the infection is the lock-down of a computer, which is meant to push the affected user into paying a ransom. This is why the infection is categorized as a ransomware. Despite this, you must recognize that the malicious application runs alongside the infamous Urausy Trojan. Unfortunately, many Windows users do not relate the lock-down and the misleading screen-size alert to a vicious computer infection because schemers have camouflaged it. Once the PC is locked, you are presented with an alert supposedly sent to you by the Maltese Police, which is false. Please continue reading to find out why you need to delete Malta Police Association Virus and what removal strategies fit the issue best.

How does Malta Police Association Virus act?

According to Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers, the malicious Trojan, which is responsible for the activity of the ransomware, travels through various security backdoors, including spam email attachments and bundled downloads. Afterwards, the malignant files reconfigure the Windows Registry, remove access to the Task Manager and present you with a screen-size notification:

ATTENTION! Your PC is blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below.
You have been violating <> […]
You have been viewing or distributing prohibited Pornographic content […]
Spam distribution or other unlawful advertising has been effected from your PC […]
The amount of fine is €100. You can pay a fine Paysafecard or Ukash.

Also known as the EC3 Europol Virus or ICSPA Virus, the deceitful ransomware has been created to trick you into paying fines for crimes you have not committed. In fact, even if you are guilty for some of the listed crimes, you should pay no attention to the fine payment demands because they are fictitious. Do you think the payment will help you unlock the computer? Do not surrender you money to the schemers and invest it in legitimate security software which will delete Malta Police Association Virus or Malta Police Force Virus – one more dangerous ransomware. test

How to remove Malta Police Association Virus?

Malta Police Association Virus removal is a complicated task, and even highly experienced Windows users should reconsider the manual removal option. Below you will find the instructions which will help you delete the infection using a reliable spyware detection and removal tool SpyHunter. The application will also help you protect the Windows system against schemers’ attacks in the future.

Delete from Windows 8:

Open the Metro UI start screen.
Navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and click Settings from the appeared menu.
Click Change PC Settings, select General, move to Advanced Startup and click Restart now.
Click Troubleshoot, select Startup Settings and hit the Restart button.
Tap F5 to load the PC in Safe Mode with Networking. Wait for the PC to load and login.
Go to http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/download-sph and download the reliable malware removal tool.
Install SpyHunter, perform a full system scan and delete running infections.
Restart the PC.

Delete from Windows Vista and Windows 7:

Restart the PC, wait for BIOS to load and then start tapping F8.
Using arrow keys select Safe Mode with Networking and tap Enter.
Download the automatic spyware detection and removal tool SpyHunter.
Install the application, perform a full system scan and delete found infections by clicking Fix Threats.

Delete from Windows XP: