‘Cyber Command of North Carolina’ 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 North Carolina' Ransomware, also known as 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Virus, is a PC infection that attacks computer users in the North Carolina state of the United States of America by showing a fake legal pop-up alert 'Attention! Your computer has been blocked up for safety reasons' created and distributed to targeted PCs by the Trojan Urausy. The Trojan completely blocks the attacked PC user from accessing the desktop and the computer system and asks the victim to pay a ransom of $300 via MoneyPak or MoneyGram to unlock the PC. The frightening pop-up warning message of 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Ransomware declares that the computer has been locked because the PC user has violated certain laws. The deceptive alert of 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Ransomware declares that the computer user has been downloading and spreading copyrighted content, such as videos, music or software, watching and dispersing pornographic material and visiting infected websites and, thus, committed cybercrime. The tricky pop-up alert of 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Ransomware is allegedly sent by the legitimate institutions and uses the official name and logo in an effort to trick victims into believing it is a real notification. The falsified pop-up warning message of 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Ransomware accuses PC users of performing illegal activities and, therefore, asks them to pay a ransom to evade custody and restore access to their computers. Do not be intimidated by the pop-up warning message of 'Cyber Command of North Carolina' Ransomware because it is an online scam made by cybercriminals to pilfer money from unwary computer users.
Technical Details
Additional Information
# | Message |
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1 | U.S.A. Cyber Crime Investigations Cyber Command of North Carolina 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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