Trojan.Ransom.AB

Posted: February 22, 2013

Threat Metric

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The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	16

First Seen:	February 22, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.Ransom.AB is a generic detection for variants of Police Trojans and other forms of ransomware that display misleading legal warnings and request a ransom fee before they'll allow you to use your computer. Variants of Trojan.Ransom.AB also may install other malware, redirect your browser, capture your webcam input or take special efforts to block specific security-related applications. SpywareRemove.com malware experts never recommend giving in to the ransom demands of Trojan.Ransom.AB or similar PC threats, but they do suggest removing Trojan.Ransom.AB with an anti-malware application as soon as you can get one functional (via the means noted later in this article).

Being Alert to the Fake Alerts from the Trojan.Ransom.AB Police

Trojan.Ransom.AB is used to identify any Police ransomware Trojans or similar PC threats that display legal warnings. Although these pop-ups often are retooled to specialize in specific countries, sometimes cite various regulations and may even reference law enforcement officials by name, they aren't affiliated with any type of law enforcement agency. Besides this, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also stress that Trojan.Ransom.AB Police is installed automatically, and without any effort to detect any type of criminal activity. Nonetheless, Trojan.Ransom.AB Police's alerts usually will accuse their victims of any of several computer-enabled crimes, such as downloading copyright-protected files or viewing child pornography.

These accusations are simple lead-ins to a request for money, which usually is instructed to be transferred through a voucher system like Ukash or Paysafecard – in one unusual case, SpywareRemove.com malware experts even saw victims being instructed to send money to the 'FBI' through an Ultimate Game Card. Naturally, this money doesn't land in the hands of law enforcement officials, but actually is sent to malware-developing criminals like those who distribute Trojan.Ransom.AB Police. Paying the fine of a Trojan.Ransom.AB Police infection always is discouraged, and, in most cases, will not do anything to help your PC recover from a Trojan.Ransom.AB Police-related lockdown.

Switching the Trojan.Ransom.AB Police's Fraudulent Siren to 'Off'

Trojan.Ransom.AB often uses spam e-mail links to exploit kit-hosting sites to install itself. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also emphasize the cultural details of Trojan.Ransom.AB variants, which may display the coat of arms and other national symbolism of different countries and, in particular, are noted for switching the languages of their warning messages as is appropriate. Examples of some of the numerous variants of Trojan.Ransom.AB Trojans include Politie Nederland Ransomware, The Policia Federal Virus, Dirección General de la Policía Ransomware, Politiet Kongeriget Danmark Ransomware, 'Metropolitan Police Total Policing' Ransomware and Malta Police Force MPF Ransomware.

Because Trojan.Ransom.AB often will block other programs or prevent you from accessing basic parts of the Windows interface, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts usually recommend that you disable Trojan.Ransom.AB before you try to delete Trojan.Ransom.AB. Booting your PC through an emergency recovery OS or booting into Safe Mode can disable Trojan.Ransom.AB. Any competent anti-malware application should be able to detect and delete Trojan.Ransom.AB once the latter is disabled. However, due to the ongoing updates that Trojan.Ransom.AB-based PC threats often receive, you should also try to keep your anti-malware applications updated (with respect to threat databases and other components).

Trojan.Ransom.AB

Threat Metric

Being Alert to the Fake Alerts from the Trojan.Ransom.AB Police

Switching the Trojan.Ransom.AB Police's Fraudulent Siren to 'Off'

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