SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado Ransomware

Posted: March 7, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	129

First Seen:	March 7, 2013
Last Seen:	March 24, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware is a fake anti-piracy program that displays an illegitimate warning message to encourage its victims to transfer money to the criminals that are in charge of its scam. 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware is related to previous examples of fake anti-piracy Trojans that have targeted other countries, such as the Ransomlock, Reveton and Ukash Virus families. Although 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware claims that the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores has authorized its ability to lock the PCs of copyright-infringing criminals, 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware is an illegal program and should not be paid for its trouble. Instead, you should seek to use appropriate anti-malware products to remove 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware from your computer.

When Protecting the Rights of Artists Goes Too Far

'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware, like related anti-copyright Trojans, claims to have the authority of a regional copyright-management institution to lock your computer as a punishment for your illegal file-trafficking behavior (such as downloading movies, music or books). 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware's pop-up alert, which blocks your desktop, claims to be authorized by Portugal's Society of Authors, but the actual Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores doesn't have anything to do with 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware.

While 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware locks your PC, 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware asks you to pay a fine to atone for your theoretical misdeeds, after which you supposedly will be given an unlock code. SpywareRemove.com malware experts don't recommend that you financially reward the criminals who infected your PC, and emphasize that, regardless of its threats, 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware cannot harm you or your computer in any legal way, even if you are guilty of the aforementioned crimes.

Protecting Your Right to a PC that's Free of 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware's Fake Copyright Protection

'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware is specific to Portugal, but other anti-copyright Trojans have been at large throughout Europe, in particular, in the past few months. Direct relatives of 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware include Sacem Police Nationale Ransomware, GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware, the Koda Virus, the Gema 'Access to your computer was denied' Virus, the Buma Stemra Virus, the SIAE Virus, the SGAE Virus and the SABAM Virus.

Any of the above PC threats, including 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware, will need to be deactivated before any of them could be removed from your machine. However, this doesn't require you to pay their ransoms. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers usually find Safe Mode to be adequate for disabling basic PC threats like 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware, but, on some occasions, you may need to reboot from a peripheral hard drive (such as the USB thumb drive).

A disabled 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware will be unable to block your access to your desktop or any other programs. With 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware's pop-up taken care of, any anti-malware program worthy of the name should be able to remove 'SPAUTORES O Seu Computador Foi Bloqueado' Ransomware quickly.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

.sasmotia.com

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	SPAUTORES Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores O seu computador foi bloqueado. Foram detetados descarregamentos de pecas musicais ilegais(piratas) no seu computador. Pode ser facilmente identificado através da resolucao do seu endereco IP e nome de host associado. Para desbloquer o seu computador e evitar consequencias legais, e obrigado a pagar uma taxa de liberacao de $ 100.