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 »
There is no doubt that you will not want to face the sinister Canadian Security Intelligence Service Virus; however, if your computer is not guarded by automatic infections’ discovery and deterrence tools, the program could enter without any of your knowledge. After this, the virus could remain “silent” for as much as days until your computer’s attack is initiated. Once this is executed, you will not be able to access your desktop, delete Canadian Security Intelligence Service Virus or remove Read more »
Polizia Di Stato Virus is a ransomware infection popular in Italy, and targeted at unsuspecting computer users. The mission of the virus is to deceive the user and make him/her pay money for unlocking the computer, which is frozen as soon as the infection gets into the system. In order to obtain one’s money, a misleading pop-up message saying that the computer is locked down because of illegal activities carried out by the user, is displayed. Read more »
Win 7 Security 2013 is a rogue antispyware application that looks and behaves like a real antivirus program. Unfortunately, it is a dangerous computer infection. Win 7 Security 2013 is a chameleon rogue that can change its name according to your operating system. These rogues usually come in packs and so there's the same version of this computer threat for each operating system - XP Security 2013, Vista Security 2013 and Win 7 Security 2013. Naturally, you get infected with Win 7 Security 2013 if you run on Windows 7. Read more »
Sometimes the same family of rogues come back to haunt you over and over again. Vista Security 2013 belongs to a group of rogue antispyware that has many faces, but all of them are practically the same. Vista Security 2013 also has a counterpart - Win 7 Security 2013. In a sense these two rogues are the same, it's just that Vista Security 2013 takes its name if you run on Windows Vista, while Win 7 Security 2013 will be detected on a computer that has Windows 7 operating system installed. Read more »
