EU Police Ransomware

Posted: February 27, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	363

First Seen:	February 27, 2013
Last Seen:	September 19, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Similar to the EC3 Europol Virus and Europol Ransomware, EU Police Ransomware claims to be a police-authorized utility for locking computers that are implicated in criminal activity, but EU Police Ransomware actually locks your computer regardless of whether or not you've committed any type of crime. While doing so, EU Police Ransomware will create a pop-up warning that demands you pay a legal fine for your supposed crimes, but this fine actually is just another way of extorting your money for criminal purposes. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you delete EU Police Ransomware with any anti-malware software that's capable of dealing with such high-level threats to your PC's safety, but you may need to use extra security tactics – such as rebooting in Safe Mode – before you'll be able to remove EU Police Ransomware from your PC properly.

The Cyber-Law Enforcement that the EU Doesn't Need

EU Police Ransomware uses the same basic type of scam that's popular among other Police Trojans and ransomware-based PC threats: by displaying a pop-up that accuses you of very common crimes (such as downloading protected music), EU Police Ransomware hopes that you'll assume that EU Police Ransomware is a real representative of the European Union. EU Police Ransomware asks you to pay a fake fine – easily detected as such by their request to use unofficial payment channels like Paysafecard – and severely impedes your ability to use your PC in the meantime. However, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't seen any examples of EU Police Ransomware accurately detecting criminal activity, alerting authorities to such problems or unlocking victimized PCs once EU Police Ransomware is been paid.

Countries that are under attack by EU Police Ransomware infections haven't been finished being identified, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that most countries throughout Europe have acquired their own variants of Police Trojans. Regardless of whether the specific Police Trojan you get is EU Police Ransomware or a different variant, chances are high that you'll see similar symptoms to those listed here. The same pop-up that makes criminal accusations also may monitor your webcam's input, display regional symbols or list basic PC information (such as your operating system or IP address).

Chasing the Crooked Copper Out of Your Hard Drive

All Police Trojans, including EU Police Ransomware, will block you from using other applications by keeping their pop-up above your desktop and refusing to let you close it. EU Police Ransomware also may make other modifications to your system settings that allow EU Police Ransomware to block other applications in additional ways; security-related programs like Task Manager are common targets of these attacks. SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you restart in Safe Mode or reboot from a backup OS, either of which can block EU Police Ransomware and allow you to proceed with a real solution.

As long as you use appropriate anti-malware products and have taken the steps noted above, deleting EU Police Ransomware should be easy and painless. EU Police Ransomware also may install or be installed with other types of malicious software, but a thorough anti-malware scan should be adequate for removing most PC threats.

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