‘Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos’ Ransomware
Posted: April 14, 2014
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 75 |
First Seen: | April 14, 2014 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware is a Police Trojan that feigns to have blocked your PC's software usage for legal reasons, such as preventing you from accessing illegal pornography. In actuality, this Trojan commits its attacks against random, innocent computers and does not have any legal backing to justify its system lockdowns. Criminals use pop-ups from the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware and related variants of the Ukash Paysafecard Virus to demand cash ransoms to restore your computer. However, malware researchers prefer to encourage disabling and deleting the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware through standardized anti-malware techniques.
The Ransoware that 'Arrest' Your Monitor
The 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware is a continuation of the development of ransomware campaigns stretching throughout the world, but especially in Europe. Targeted at Lithuanian residents, the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware displays fake legal warnings for that region that are crudely translated from previous, identical PC threats, such as the 'Policija un Drošības Policija' Ransomware and the 'Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik' Ransomware. Like its forebears, the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware uses these pop-ups to block your entire window and prevents you from closing them, under the pretense that your PC has been used to commit online crimes.
Once the victim's panic over being accused of such acts as viewing child pornography fades, it should be simple to identify the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware as threatening software. Unsurprisingly, the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware has been verified to lack the endorsement of the Lithuanian police (or any of the other, numerous organizations referenced in its pop-up). The 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware uses the questionable transaction method of Paysafecard for demanding its ransom payment, after which the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware claims the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware will unlock the affected machine. Since the persons pretending to be police officials do not have any reason to honor their already dishonest word, malware researchers find no benefit to paying this fee.
Unlocking a Set of Cuffs that a Trojan Put on Your PC
The 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware shows just how specialized criminals can get while developing their regional hoaxes, although Lithuania is far from the most obscure country that's had the disadvantage of having ransomware aimed at it. Meanwhile, outside of Lithuania's borders, malware researchers also have seen identical types of fake Police Trojans around the world, including Brazilian, American, Italian, British, French, German, Japanese and Australian variants. Distribution for the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware and its kin has been known to abuse exploits, as well as Trojan droppers that are distributed in e-mail attachments.
Blocking the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware by one means or another is the first step along the way to removing the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware from your computer and doesn't require any payment of its fraudulent legal fine. By using Safe Mode and other anti-malware features, you can block the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware and its pop-up to re-access your desktop. As a high-level PC threat, the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware should be deleted only by proper anti-malware utilities. Malware experts also note high rates of additional threats being found next to the 'Policijos Departamentas Prie Vidaus Reikalų Ministerijos' Ransomware, which may require general anti-malware scans to detect and delete.
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