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Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Ransomware Virus

Posted: October 18, 2012

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 71
First Seen: October 18, 2012
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus is one of several ransomware Trojans that focus on stealing money from the pockets of residents of the United Kingdom. To achieve this unsavory goal, the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus claims to be authorized to lock your computer and even threatens you with further legal penalties if you don't pay its fine posthaste. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers are confident in declaring Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus as a malicious and illegal program that has no affiliations with the UK's law enforcement, and suggest using the anti-malware strategies noted below to remove the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus for free.

When Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus Pops Up Your Bank Account Goes Down

The Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus is closely-related to similar ransomware Trojans that use its methodology with slightly different details on their pop-ups. Relatives of Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus that SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have surveyed include, but aren't limited to Police Central e-crime Unit (PCEU) ransomware, 'The Great Britain Police Central e-crime Unit' Ransomware, the Strathclyde Police Ukash Virus, the Norsk Politi Institutt for Cybercrime Virus and Trojan.Ransom Fake Federal German Police (BKA) notice variante. The Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus and its relatives also may be detected as variants of the Reveton family of Trojans.

The Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus begins its attack by restarting your computer and displaying an HTML message that takes over your screen. This message claims to be a legal alert due to pornography or copyright media-related crimes that have forced the local authorities to lock your PC. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize that the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus doesn't have any legal authority and that all of the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus's threats should be ignored as both fraudulent and illegal.

You may also experience difficulty in accessing other programs or the Windows interface while the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus is open. Some of the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus's attacks can induce an unsafe environment that makes your PC vulnerable to future attacks, particularly through Internet Explorer.

Hoisting Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus Off to Quarantine

The Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus may not be able to send you to jail, but using your PC while a Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus is open is unlikely to be a simple task. Due to the interferences that the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus can cause with respect to accessing necessary security programs, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest shutting Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus down prior to trying to get rid of Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus.

Booting your computer through a USB device can be considered a relatively surefire way of blocking the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus's startup exploit. Deleting a Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus once the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus is disabled also is trivial if you have access to suitable anti-malware products. However, since SpywareRemove.com malware experts have observed the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus using techniques like malicious DLL injection and unwarranted changes to the Registry, they warn that manual means of removing the Northern Constabulary E-Crime Unit Virus can risk harming your PC.

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