'Direccion General de la Policia' Ransomware

Posted: February 15, 2013

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Ranking:	10,378
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	1,403

First Seen:	February 15, 2013
Last Seen:	October 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware is ransomware that's derived from the Urausy family – a family of Trojans noted for locking compromised PCs and displaying fake police notifications. Pop-ups from Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware attacks will claim that your PC has been used to distribute copyright-protected material and request a fine, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts quickly concluded that Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware is unable to detect such crimes and doesn't have any right to your money. Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware and similar ransomware should be disabled before they're removed, and deleting Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware can be simplified by resorting to a good anti-malware application.

Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware: a Spanish Shakedown for What Euros the Country Has Left

Although Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware is directed at Spain, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have confirmed Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware's close resemblance to many similar Trojans that have been seen on both sides of the Atlantic – particularly in reference to European-targeted PC attacks. Some other cases of Trojans engaging in attacks all but identical to Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware's own include the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance Virus, Suomen Poliisi Ransomware, 'Landespolizeidirection Ransomware, Rikspolisstyrelsen Ransomware and Politiet Kongeriget Danmark Ransomware.

As is the case with its kin, Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware begins its attacks by displaying a pop-up that covers your screen and threatens you with fake legal penalties (such as several years of imprisonment) as a potential consequence of common computer-based crimes. Although other Urausy ransomware are localized to other countries, Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware displays its pop-up alert in Spanish, with accompanying imagery that's meant to imply that Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware s linked to the government.

Regardless of this display, SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware isn't a legal program and doesn't have the power to penalize you any more than Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware already does in its initial attacks. Besides this warning message, Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware also will prevent you from accessing any other applications on your PC, which makes Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware a meaningful security threat.

Escorting the Imposter DGPR Out of Your Desktop

Since Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware isn't affiliated with Spain's real DGPR and can't penalize you for refusing to pay its fake legal fine, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers strongly recommend that you avoid Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware's recommendation of a Paysafecard/Ukash money transfer. Although Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware will prevent you from accessing a variety of applications and even the basic Windows desktop, Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware is incapable of enacting additional penalties as a consequence of your refusal to pay its fine.

Given that Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware blocks you from using anything else on your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you deactivate Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware's startup exploit before you do anything else. One of the most direct methods of doing this is to use Safe Mode, an alternate system boot option that blocks most unnecessary applications.

If you can prevent Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware from launching itself, any competent anti-malware application should be able to remove Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware with nothing more than a simple system scan. Urausy-based PC threats like Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware Trojans often use misleading file names or code-injection exploits, and trying to get rid of Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware without any automated assistance usually is discouraged as needlessly risky.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

https://search.safe2search.com/query

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	¡ATENCIÓN! Su OP (ordenador) está bloqueado debido a al menos una de las razones especificadas siguientes. Usted ha violado <> (video, música, software) y ha utilizado de una manera illegal con la distribución de contenido los derechos de autor, infringiendo así el artículo 128 del Criminal Code del Reino de España. El artículo 128 del Criminal Code prevé una multa 200 a 500 de los salarios mínimos o la privación de la libertad a 2 a 8 años.

Message

¡ATENCIÓN! Su OP (ordenador) está bloqueado debido a al menos una de las razones especificadas siguientes.
Usted ha violado <> (video, música, software) y ha utilizado de una manera illegal con la distribución de contenido los derechos de autor, infringiendo así el artículo 128 del Criminal Code del Reino de España. El artículo 128 del Criminal Code prevé una multa 200 a 500 de los salarios mínimos o la privación de la libertad a 2 a 8 años.