BKA Trojaner is a computer infection currently targeting German-speaking countries (Austria, Switzerland,Belgium, and Germany, of course). It is quite possible that other countries might be attacked by this virus as well. The program is classified as a ransomware because it completely locks the desktop of the infected PC and then asks users to pay the ransom (money to unlock the screen). Hackers have elaborated various designs of this computer locker and several mechanisms of how it attacks the PC and the consequences of the locked status. There are several ransomware families which might use the design of this BKA (BundesKriminalamt)…
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The message “Votre browser est bloqué pour des raisons de sécurité suivantes” is a new scam campaign running these days and attacking browsers in France. This is a product of cyber hackers who would like to get your money into their possession. This scam is designed in a manner that makes it look like a message from ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’information) and HADOPI (Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des Droits sur Internet). But in reality none of these organizations is associated with this virus.
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Fake warning from Europol European Cybercrime Center is a real scam attacking PCs in Great Britain today. PCs in other countries may be targeted as well, including the United States of America. The scam attacks many browsers, but Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari in particular. Hackers have found ways of blocking these browsers with a scary warning supposedly coming from the police and other law enforcement bodies of various countries. We’ve seen the same kind of ransomware attacking the US, supposedly coming from the FBI (the Federal Bureau of Investigation). Its primary message was this – “Your…
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Ihr computer ist gesperrt is a fake warning supposedly coming from the German police (GVU). The peculiarity of this fake warning is that it occupies the entire area of the attacked PC. In fact, the whole desktop area of the targeted computer becomes blocked, and this is the very essence of the statement “Ihr computer ist gesperrt”. This is translated into English as “Your computer is blocked”. This particular fake GVU warning is categorized as a virus infection classified as ransomware. It is called “ransoware” because this is a virus program which plans to make users pay the ransom in…
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Some computers in Ireland are blocked by the Guardians of the Peace of Ireland ransomware (computer infection that locks the desktop of the attacked PC). This virus also attempts to identify itself with Garda (the Irish Police), Interpol, the National Crime Prevention Unit, Europol and Cyber Crime Unit. The fact is that none of these organizations is actually associated with this virus. If you’re concerned about removal of this virus from your computer please continue reading this article as we attempt to explain to you the methods that can be undertaken by you to unlock your infected workstation.
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The Police Judiciaire Fédérale virus attacks Belgium these days. This is a fake police warning which is not associated with Police Judiciaire Fédérale or any other law enforcement body of Belgium. Instead, this is a serious malware belonging to the Urausy ransomware family of July 2013 renewed design. Use this guide to unlock your computer and get rid of fake Police Judiciaire Fédérale warning on your screen.
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France these days is under the attack of a serious ransomware locker designed by hackers to target Safari Mac OSX browsers. This is the fake message supposedly coming from Division de Lutte Contre la Cybercriminalité (DLCC), Gendarmerie Nationale or Ministère de l’Intérieur. In reality, none of this organizations is associated with this ransomware which is now insructed by online frauds to attack Safari browser. Due to the fact that France has certain number of Mac OSX computers the chances are that they will be attacked by this scam. If this has happened with your PC please follow this guide to…
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The fake warning supposedly originated by the New Zealand Police and its New Zealand E-Crime Lab is an Urausy ransomware virus infection. It primarily targets those PCs located in New Zealand. Yet, there are chances that other states will be attacked by this scam as well. The virus is presented in the form of a picture with logos and the names of these law enforcement organizations. The message claims to be also coming from Nga Pirihimana o Aotearoa, Centre for Infrastructure Protection (CCIP) and Interpol. The primary message of this scam is a condemnation with regard to the owner of…
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The fake warning presumably coming from the Ministry of Public Safety Canada is a computer virus infection. This is not a real police warning, even though it claims to be also associated with Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and even Interpol agencies. Of course, this is not true. The unambiguous fact that we know about his bogus alert is that it is a contemporary form of cyber infection which is categorized as ransomware. To be more precise, it belongs to the Urausy virus family.
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This is the article explaining removal of the Ured za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti ransomware belonging to Urausy malware family. Use the tips reviewed below as recommendation to successfully unlock your computer blocked by fake Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske (Ured za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti) warning.