Confederation Suisse Ransomware

Posted: February 21, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	56

First Seen:	February 21, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Designed to attack residents of Switzerland, Confédération Suisse Ransomware generates a fake police alert through an HTML pop-up and prevents you from using other programs on your computer. Even though Confédération Suisse Ransomware's pop-up is built to look like a warning from the police about your computer activities, Confédération Suisse Ransomware is installed without any regard for your online actions and isn't linked to Switzerland's police force. True to the same standards that have been set by other ransomware-based PC threats (such as the Urausy, Weelsof and Reveton families), Confédération Suisse Ransomware will disable most of your PC's operations – at least, until you can find a way to launch Windows without also launching Confédération Suisse Ransomware. Once you've done that, SpywareRemove.com malware experts urge you to delete Confédération Suisse Ransomware with a trustworthy anti-malware product.

Confédération Suisse Ransomware: the Revenge of All Those 'Free' Music Downloads

Like the Koda Virus, the Gema 'Access to your computer was denied' Virus, GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware, the Buma Stemra Virus, the SIAE Virus, the SGAE Virus and the SABAM Virus, Confédération Suisse Ransomware claims to have attacked your PC as a result of your illegal music-downloading behavior. Pop-up warnings generated by Confédération Suisse Ransomware are displayed automatically and will cover your screen in its entirety – with the border removed to prevent you from closing it easily. Because Confédération Suisse Ransomware's pop-up is designed to display on top of the rest of your desktop, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also note that Confédération Suisse Ransomware will block you from using any other software.

Like its aforementioned clones, Confédération Suisse Ransomware demands a monetary fine in exchange for both unlocking your PC and not initiating other 'legal' penalties – like sending you to jail. However, because SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have seen every indication that Confédération Suisse Ransomware is an illegal program that's not linked to any reputable organization, you should ignore these threats and get rid of Confédération Suisse Ransomware in the same way that you would any type of Trojan.

Keeping Your PC from Getting Roped into the Confédération Suisse Ransomware's Confederation of Victims

Most PC threats with functions identical to Confédération Suisse Ransomware's own have a tendency to be distributed via exploit-hosting websites that install them without your permission. Strong browser settings, updated software and web-browsing security programs can, working together, block such attacks even if you are accidentally exposed to them.

While you never should pay Confédération Suisse Ransomware's fine, you will be unable to use other programs until you've managed to deactivate Confédération Suisse Ransomware. To do this as quickly as possible, SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest that you reboot Windows into Safe Mode. Provided that Confédération Suisse Ransomware is rendered inactive first, deleting Confédération Suisse Ransomware with an anti-malware application of your preference should be a painless process.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Im falle eines selbstständigen versuchs zur entsperrung werden alle ihres datem formatiert, mit ausnahme von den beweisdaten. Um ihren computer zu entsperren und andere rechtlichen folgen zu vermeiden, sind sie verpflichtet eine strafe in Höhe von 100 euros zu begleichen.