Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP) Virus

Posted: July 24, 2013

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Ranking:	5,393
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	24,339

First Seen:	July 23, 2013
Last Seen:	October 13, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus is one of a crop of new Police Ransomware Trojans to target residents of New Zealand for extortion by locking their computers and displaying fraudulent legal alerts. These alerts claim that your computer has been used for crimes that require financial compensation on your part, although SpywareRemove.com malware experts stress that the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus launches its attacks on random targets without any regard for the accuracy of its accusations. Deleting the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus without paying its fine always should be your first response to a 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus and its pop-up, although you may need to make some preliminary steps to block the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus before your anti-malware software can remove the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus (as explained further in this article).

The Critical Clues to the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus's Real Nature

The 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus attempts to portray itself as a tool of New Zealand's law enforcement, but the actual origins of the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus lie closer towards the malware industry. Other than changing some cosmetic features of its fake legal alert to be specific to New Zealand, the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus is identical to similar fake Police Trojans from other nations, such as the 'Grupo de Delitos Telemáticos' Ransomware, the 'Ministry of Public Safety Canada' Ransomware, the 'FBI Department of Defense' Ransomware, the BundesKriminalamt 'Ihrem Persönlichen Computer Wurde Gesperrt' Virus of Germany, the 'Mandiant U.S.A Cyber Security' Ransomware, the 'Polizja Biuro Służby Kryminalnej' Ransomware of Poland or the Rikspolisstyrelsen Ransomware of Norway.

The 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus's attacks are quickly noticeable as pop-up warnings that can't be closed like a normal browser pop-up, and claim that your PC has been locked to prevent criminal misbehavior such as viewing child pornography. In reality, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have confirmed that the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus is installed on arbitrary computers and doesn't have any ability to detect illegal activities on your part, so there's no point in taking the accusations of its pop-up alert seriously. Commonly, exposure to the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus or related Police Ransomware Trojans usually is the result of your PC being exposed to a harmful or hacked website that hosted a drive-by-download attack, which can install such PC threats without your consent.

Keeping the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus Off of Your PC's Infrastructure

Any 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus will try to force you to pay a fine to remove its pop-up warning, which coincides with a system-locking function that can block you from using most other programs. To renew your access to other software without paying the ransom fee that the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus demands, SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest that you try booting your computer from a secure USB device. Anti-malware scans from Safe Mode should be adequate for enabling the total removal of the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus – and, naturally, will not get you into any trouble with New Zealand's government, since the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus is an illegal and non-government-issued program.

Preventing a 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus from infecting your PC primarily just requires a measure of basic understanding of the hazards of cyberspace. Suspicious e-mail attachments from spam e-mail messages, malicious sites and even outdated sites that have been hacked all are potential infection vectors for the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus and its international relatives. It also must be stressed that even though the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus targets New Zealand, many other nations around the world also have been targeted by variants of the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus's family of Police Ransomware Trojans, including Germany, Canada, the US and Britain.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

joaglouwulin.com

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	New Zealand E-Crime Lab New Zealand Police Centre for Infrastructure Protection (CCIP) Interpol Attention! Your computer has been blocked for safety reasons listed below. You are accused of viewing/storage and/or dissemination of banned pornography (child pornography/zoophilia/rape etc). You have violated World Declaration on non-proliferation of child pornography. You are accused of committing the crime envisaged by Article 161 of New Zealand criminal law. Article 161 of New Zealand criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 5 to 11 years. Also, you are suspected of violation of "Copyright and Related rights Law" (downloading of pirated music, video, warez) and of use use and/or dissemination of copyrighted content. Thus, you are suspected of violation of Article 148 of New Zealand Criminal Law. Article 148 of New Zealand criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 3 to 7 years or 150 to 550 basic amounts fine. It was from your computer, that unauthorized access had been stolen to information of State importance and to data closed for public Internet access. . <more fake legal threats> . The penalty set must be paid in course of 48 hours as of the breach. On expiration of the term, 48 hours that follow will be used for automatic collection of data on yourself and your misconduct, and criminal case will be opened against you. Amount of fine is NZD $100. You can pay a fine Ukash vouchers. As soon as the money arrives to the Treasury account, your computer will be unblocked in course of 24 hours. Then in 7 day term you should remedy the breaches associated with your computer. Otherwise your computer will be blocked up again and criminal case will be opened against yourself (with no option to pay fine).

Message

New Zealand E-Crime Lab
New Zealand Police
Centre for Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)
Interpol
Attention!
Your computer has been blocked for safety reasons listed below.
You are accused of viewing/storage and/or dissemination of banned pornography (child pornography/zoophilia/rape etc). You have violated World Declaration on non-proliferation of child pornography. You are accused of committing the crime envisaged by Article 161 of New Zealand criminal law.
Article 161 of New Zealand criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 5 to 11 years.
Also, you are suspected of violation of "Copyright and Related rights Law" (downloading of pirated music, video, warez) and of use use and/or dissemination of copyrighted content. Thus, you are suspected of violation of Article 148 of New Zealand Criminal Law.
Article 148 of New Zealand criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 3 to 7 years or 150 to 550 basic amounts fine.
It was from your computer, that unauthorized access had been stolen to information of State importance and to data closed for public Internet access.
.
<more fake legal threats>
.
The penalty set must be paid in course of 48 hours as of the breach. On expiration of the term, 48 hours that follow will be used for automatic collection of data on yourself and your misconduct, and criminal case will be opened against you.
Amount of fine is NZD $100. You can pay a fine Ukash vouchers.
As soon as the money arrives to the Treasury account, your computer will be unblocked in course of 24 hours.
Then in 7 day term you should remedy the breaches associated with your computer. Otherwise your computer will be blocked up again and criminal case will be opened against yourself (with no option to pay fine).