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‘Secretaría de Seguridad Pública’ Ransomware

Posted: August 3, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 10,391
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 6,385
First Seen: August 5, 2013
Last Seen: October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Ransomware Screenshot 1The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware is a Police Ransomware Trojan that displays fake warning messages for residents of Mexico, with the contents of is fraudulent pop-ups including references to multiple Mexican law-enforcing organizations along with the stereotypical ransom request. While the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware does its level best to convince you that it's locked your PC to punish you for various Internet-based crimes, the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware is not a legal program, attacks its targets without verifying its claims and should be considered malicious software, like any other Trojan. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider both traditional anti-malware utilities and related security features to be essential for deleting a 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware without paying its ransom.

The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware: the Ransomware That Uses the Authority of Defunct Institutions to Get Its Way

The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware is a classic example of a Police Ransomware Trojan, automatically accusing any PC that it infects of being used for crimes like violating copyright and then blocking your ability to use your PC – supposedly until the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware's ransom fee is paid. The pop-up window the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware uses to display its fake alert references several law enforcement organizations of the Mexican government, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers are most interested in its reference to the SSP... since that organization has been disbanded since early 2013! This pop-up, despite being specifically modified to prevent you from closing it, actually is no different in its basic structure from any other browser pop-up and shouldn't be treated as a message from the Mexican government.

The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware's foremost intent is forcing any victims to pay money through a fraudulent 'legal fee' transaction process involving services like Ukash and Paysafecard. To force you to do so, the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware will attempt to lock Windows and block you from using other programs or the desktop. These attacks are circumventable without paying the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware's ransom, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts do consider any 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware to be a significant security hazard that must be removed immediately.

Guaranteeing Your Private Security from a Public Security Virus

Getting rid of the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware usually must be done after disabling the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware and its pop-up. Some means of doing this without requiring access to advanced security tools include booting your PC through a removable storage device (USB drive, CD, DVD, etc.) or switching to Safe Mode, which disables most applications by default. Anti-malware tools can be used to remove the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware once you've disabled any malware that could prevent you from scanning your computer.

Even though the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware uses warning messages specific to Mexico, other members of the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware's family have been found to attack other countries entirely. SpywareRemove.com malware experts could unfurl an almost limitless list of the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware's clones, but a short series of examples can include the 'Ministerio del Interior de Uruguay' Ransomware, the 'Serviciul pentru Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale' Ransomware, the 'Svensk National Bureau of Investigation' Ransomware, the 'Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police' Virus, the 'Nemzeti Nyomozó Iroda' Ransomware, the 'Agencia Federal de Investigación' Virus, the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus, the 'Arma dei Carabinieri' Ransomware, the 'Dansk Rigspolitiet' Ransomware and the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus.

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