Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware

The Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware is a confirmed member of the CashU family, a close group of related Police Trojans that previously have targeted primarily Middle Eastern countries. With the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware's attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Morocco, but otherwise being identical to past examples of related Police Ransomware Trojan attacks, the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware only exemplifies how far abroad criminals are willing to look for new victims. Since the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware attempts to pose as a legitimate police-authorized utility and will block you from using Windows, SpywareRemove.com malware experts stress the importance of identifying the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware and then using traditional anti-malware strategies to remove the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware safely.

When Countless Emblems of Legal Authority Just Are Masks to Hide a Robber

The Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware claims to derive its authority from the Sûreté Nationale, but actually is malware that's similar to any virus, backdoor Trojan or rogue anti-malware product. After being installed through methods that usually include the exploitation of malicious website content (such as drive-by-download attacks from other PC threats like the Blackhole Exploit Kit), the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware creates a fake police warning in the format of a borderless HTML window. Along with its warning message, the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware blocks you from accessing the Windows interface and, SpywareRemove.com malware experts sadly note, various other applications – including security software.

The Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware's message states that your computer has been used for crimes that may range from visiting terrorist websites to downloading copyright-protected data, with the implication being that the system lockdown was initiated to stop your criminal behavior. This fake pop-up warning also includes such basic information as your computer's IP address, the Interpol logo and various trappings of the Moroccan government, all of which are intended to make you think that the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware is more legitimate than the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware actually is.

Like other members of the CashU Virus family, the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware recommends paying an apparent legal fine through CashU, but this money never enters the possession of Morocco's national police. Because paying the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware's ransom will not unlock your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage you from such payments as a response to an attack by the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware or any other members of the CashU Virus family.

Treating Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware the Same as Its Fraudulent Fellows

The Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware's pop-up does its best to look like a real police warning, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers must emphasize that the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware isn't affiliated with the Moroccan government and cannot harm you or your computer for failing to pay its ransom fee. Rather than letting criminals profit from such attacks, you should disable the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware by booting your computer through a clean flash drive that's loaded with a backup OS. After achieving this action, you will be able to remove the Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware by running whatever anti-malware software you trust for the job.

The Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware may attack residents of Morroco, but Police Trojans from the CashU family are also well-known for targeting the Middle East – just as related Police Trojans already have worked their way through Europe and the Americas. Police Trojans closely related to Morocco Sûreté Nationale Ransomware that should be treated just as harshly include the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Virus, State of Qatar Ministry of Interior Virus, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Ransomware, Lebanese Internal Security Forces Virus, the Public Security Directorate Ransomware, the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Ransomware, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ransomware and the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus.