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Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus

Posted: January 16, 2012

Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus Screenshot 1The Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus, despite its moniker, isn't a technical virus, but rather, a ransomware Trojan. Like other members of its family, Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus targets a specific country with its ransom threats – in Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's case, the country of Spain. By pretending to be an official notice from Spain's civilian police force, Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus hopes to encourage you to pay money to unlock your PC and get its threats of legal action to disappear into the ether. However, since Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus isn't from any form of legal institution and doesn't even have the ability to harm your PC if you fail to pay its ransom, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts recommend that you ignore Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's warnings and delete Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus with your choice of anti-malware programs.

Noting the Weak Links in Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's PC-Ensnaring Bondage

Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus is just one member of a large family of ransomware Trojans that all use similar tactics, only varying their aesthetics in minor ways to conform to the local imagery for particular countries. Examples of other ransomware Trojans that are related to Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus include the 'Die offizielle Mitteilung des Bundeskriminalamtes' ransomware Trojan, the Scotland Yards Ukash Virus, Fake Federal German Police (BKA) Notice, the Strathclyde Police Ukash Virus and Gendarmerie Nationale Ransomware. All Trojans from this subgroup, including Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus, will block all major functions on your PC by displaying fake police warnings about online media-based crimes. A sample of some of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's warning is shown below:

Atencion!
Fue detectado un caso de actividad ilegal. El sistema operativo fue bloqueado por violacion de las leyes de Espana!

[English translation]
Attention!
Evidence of illegal activity has been detected. The operating system was blocked for violation of the laws of Spain!

Typically, these warnings will threaten to delete files on your PC if you don't pay a ransom fee to unlock your PC from the Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's grip, but Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus and its relatives are unable to stay true to these threats and cause any additional harm to your computer. Hence, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers note that the only reason you need to fear Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus lies in its ability to freeze out your ability to access and use other programs, a problem that can be circumvented by disabling the Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus.

Escaping Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's Indefinite Lock-Down

Once you realize that there's no point in paying Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's ransom fine, the next step, intuitively, is figuring out how to disable Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus so that you can remove the Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus via application of strong anti-malware software. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have found the following techniques to be effective against ransomware Trojans such as Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus:

  • Booting directly to the Command Prompt – since Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus can only attack the Windows OS, skipping Windows to launch anti-malware software from your Command Prompt will also deny Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus the ability to launch itself and stop your efforts.
  • Booting to Safe Mode, a security feature that's provided in most versions of Windows. Ransomware Trojans without rootkit components may be disabled by Safe Mode, which can be accessed by hitting F8 before Windows begins to load.
  • Booting an operating system from a secondary source (such as a USB drive) which will grant you to scan your PC without triggering with Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus's startup settings.
  • Booting into a non-Windows operating system.


Cuerpo Nacional de Policia Virus Screenshot 2

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