Cops-help.com

Posted by Lisa Blanc on January 9, 2014

What is Cops-help.com?

Cops-help.com is a malicious domain which you may come across when browsing insecure websites. Even though the terms “cops” and “help” suggest that you should land on some reliable web page, cops-help.com has nothing to do with law enforcement. Once the user accesses cops-help.com, he/she finds a page which looks like a warning created by some authoritative institutions. This phishing domain is aimed at making computer users think that they are suspected of being involved in some illegal activities, such as distribution of pirated files or pornographic material. A lot of computer users have already encounter even more vicious pieces of scam, which get into the system and display misleading warnings on behalf of local police, FBI, and other institutions.

How does Cops-help.com attempt to deceive you?

The content of Cops-help.com should be ignored because it does not provide any actual information about the user and its actions. Similarly to ransomware infections, Cops-help.com may have several interfaces. You may find the credentials of different institutions, which, in fact, are not associated with the creation of the bogus warning. In addition to the logos, the user is required to pay a particular fine using some money transaction services, which is usually based on a pre-paid system. In the case of ransomware infections, users would have to use either Ukash, Paysafecard or Moneypak. The sum of money may also differ. You may be required to pay in dollars, euros, or some other currency, which depends on the country in which you are located.

If you do not ignore the warning at cops-help.com but pay the money, you only lose your money. There are tens of similar warnings created by cyber criminals, and none of the misleading notifications is legally related to the institutions presented. The only thing that you should do once you access cops-help.com is remove it from your screen.

How to remove cops-help.com?

If your computer were infected with a screen-locker, you would have to implement a highly powerful spyware removal tool. When the system is paralyzed by a ransomware infection, special measures have to be taken in order to install the anti-spyware program. In the case of cops-help.com, you should use a spyware removal tool to make sure that no malicious files are installed without your knowledge. But first you should do the following to remove cops-help.com from the browsers.

Remove cops-help.com

Move the mouse pointer to the lower-right corner of the screen.
Right-click somewhere around the clock.
Select Task Manager.
Kill the process of the browser. For Internet Explorer, end the process iexplore.exe; for Mozilla Firefox, end firefox.exe, and for Google Chrome, end the process chrome.exe.