‘Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit’ Virus

Posted: August 9, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	9

First Seen:	August 9, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

One of the most recent examples of criminals shamelessly pillaging an already-pillaged nation, the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus is a new variant of an ongoing series of Police Ransomware Trojans with attacks that have been reconfigured to target residents of Cyprus. Despite that the nation’s current headline-grabbing financial woes, the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus continues in the stereotypical attacks of its kin by accusing random PC users of committing online crimes and demanding that they pay money or face other problems besides a locked computer. SpywareRemove.com malware experts stress that the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus is not a real police-authorized program and does not need to be paid. As long as you have access to basic security features and software that are suitable for combating malicious software, you can disable and then remove the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus without needing to give in to its ransom.

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus: Plundering the Poor without Any Qualms

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus merely is a Cypriot clone of past fake Police Trojans from the same family, each of which specialize in a particular nation. While the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus's warning message makes references to Cyprus's police force and largely is translated into Greek, it is identical to the same fake pop-ups of other fake Police Trojans in all other details. The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus ensures that this pop-up warning is displays whenever Windows starts and also uses it to block you from accessing the rest of Windows – a state of affairs that SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn is a distinct PC security hazard.

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus justifies its Windows-locking attacks by claiming that your computer has been involved in illegal acts (copyright law and underage pornography both are referenced for this purpose) and demands that you pay a ransom fee to get your computer back. However, the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus doesn't detect such crimes in the first place and does not have the authority of the Cypriot police to conduct its attacks, leading to the obvious conclusion that paying this ransom isn't legally required and will not help your PC.

Effectively Responding to the Emergency of a 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus Infection

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus isn't a real virus and can't infect other files, but the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus may use sophisticated techniques like memory process injection to conceal its components. For this reason, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest using appropriate anti-malware tools to delete a 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus. In the very probable case of the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus blocking any needed software, you can disable the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus beforehand with basic security features like Safe Mode or by booting your computer from a removable hard drive.

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus delivers attacks designed for residents of Cyprus, but its family as a whole is substantially more far-ranging than any individual member. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have observed attacks by clones of the 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus that have targeted many other countries – as shown in Police Ransomware Trojans like the 'Policajny Zbor Slovenskej Republiky' Ransomware, the 'Medestelle Cybercrime und Kinderpornografie' Ransomware, the 'Ravnateljstvo Policije' Ransomware, the 'Nacionalni Preiskovalni Urad' Ransomware, the Ministrstvo Za Notranje Zadeve Policija Virus, the 'Latvijas Republikas Satversmes Aizsardzības Birojs' Ransomware, the 'Uprava Kriminalistične Policije' Ransomware and the 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware.

‘Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit’ Virus

Threat Metric

The 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus: Plundering the Poor without Any Qualms

Effectively Responding to the Emergency of a 'Cyprus Police Emergency Response Unit' Virus Infection

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