‘Cyber Command of Georgia’ Ransomware
Posted: October 17, 2013
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 4 |
First Seen: | October 16, 2013 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware, also known as 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Virus, is a PC threat identified as ransomware, which is created by scammers to extort money from trusting computer users in Georgia, USA. Georgia is distributed via a ransomlock Trojan that locks the targeted computer by covering the desktop with a fake pop-up image/security alert 'Attention! Your computer has been blocked up for safety reasons'. The falsified pop-up notification of 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware uses the name and logo of the governmental institution or police to intimidate PC users into thinking that it is a legal warning message. The bogus warning message of 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware speaks on behalf of the official authority and accuses the victim of committing the certain crimes. The false message of 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware claims that the computer user has been downloading and storing copyrighted content and spreading it to other PCs, sending spam to other computer users or visiting forbidden websites. The notification of 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware contains instructions on how to pay the supposed ransom of 300 dollars via MoneyPak or MoneyGram to unlock the computer and avoid imprisonment. Do not pay the supposed ransom for imaginary illegal actions because this won't help you to restore access to your computer. You should remove the ransomlock Trojan with a legitimate anti-malware tool to rid the computer system of 'Cyber Command of Georgia' Ransomware.
Technical Details
Additional Information
# | Message |
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1 | U.S.A. Cyber Crime Investigations Cyber Command of Georgia Attention! Your computer has been blocked up 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 United States of America criminal law. Article 161 of United States Of America 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 United States of America Criminal Law. Article 148 of United States of America 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. <…> |
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