Europol virus. European law enforcement agency ransomware removal

Europol is a good European Law Enforcement Agency that protects the legal rights of European residents. Today, regretfully, hackers user its good name for reaching their evil goals. They developed a new ransomware program, the virus that locks the desktop of the infected computer and asks for a ransom to be paid in favor of its developers. For this reason this ransomware is referred to by some users as Europol virus, even though it has nothing to do with development and distribution of this scareware around various European countries.

Data recovery after virus attack

How to restore missing and hidden files after you successfully removed malware from your system? This is surely a challenge and sometimes even a problem for many PC users. Why is it so? First of all, let us tell about this problem in more details. There are many virus programs in the cyber world today that can cause this problem. We can tell of the latest among them – File Restore, File Recovery, Data Recovery, Data Restore & Data Repair. All these programs surely have good names, but, in fact, these are malicious applications that cause danger to your file integrity. These viruses belong to the group of fake hard drive defragmenters (fake HDDs), also being referred to as bogus system optimizers. There have been many of such fake HDDs since probably the end of the year 2010, and today they are still persistent in attacking many computers all over the world, irrespective of country, gender, nationality or wealth status of active PC users.

Your computer has been locked. International ransomware virus removal

“Your computer has been locked” is a scary notification that is represented in the form of a fake police warning. This is the virus that acts like a desktop (screen) locker. It blocks the entire desktop of the infected computer and doesn’t allow user to do anything with it. When one tries to restart the PC the same locked status will remain. And it doesn’t really matter how many times the computer is restarted – the system remains locked. Unlocking the PC is a challenge for many security blogs and online malware removal platforms. Today we will review the most spread variations of this international ransomware application that has the same warning “Your computer has been locked”, but being specifically translated into other world languages for the purpose of scaring more and more users. Here are the examples of the same ransomware virus that specifically attacks various countries of the world today:

Váš počítač byl uzamčen. Fake warning from Česká Republika Policie (Ústav Počítačové Trestné Činnosti)

Do you believe that your system has been locked by Česká Republika Policie? Please, do not make quick and poorly grounded resolutions yet. If you think your system has been blocked by Česká Republika Policie warning based on the information similar to the one depicted at the screenshot – then you may sigh with relief. This alert isn’t connected to Česká Republika Policie and Ústav Počítačové Trestné Činnosti. Instead, this is the virus that locks the desktop and asks for a ransom to be paid by you in order to unblock it. Such type of virus is often referred to in many security blogs and sites as ransomware, even though not so many PC users in the world realize what exactly this is. Ransomware is a special type of malware that blocks the desktop of the infected computer, asking for certain amount of money to be paid in favor of its developers in order to unlock the screen. Today ransomwares are becoming more and more widely spread in the cyber world, and it seems that they have replaced another type of malwares known as rogues (rogue antiviruses). Who knows the fate of these two types of infections in the future, but as per now we can see that ransomwares are gaining a good niche in the entire cyber malware attack.

secure.file-restore-software.com – malicious site to avoid

secure.file-restore-software.com is actually a fraudulent page that doesn’t exist in Google index. This is a fake site, however, it is widely used to steal money from deceived users who got File Restore malware on their computers. Without any doubt, you need to avoid this page when you see it. Even though it isn’t a real page it is still widely used by hackers as a platform for online payments for the fake system optimization tool named File Restore virus.

File Restore virus removal. How to recover hidden files

The presence of File Restore malware on your system is a bad sign, the proof of your security protection system being weak. Thus, it allowed this fake hard drive defragmenter to enter your system without your consent or approval. This malware is the direct successor of File Recovery virus that has been on the lips of many users while they searched for the answer on how to remove it effectively. Today it is quite obvious that File Restore is the next scareware that wants to attack your machine, and it comes with the cruelest of intentions. The goal of this hoax is to convince users to pay money for its fake and helpless (useless) licensed version which is not able to do any single good thing for you and your system.

Tá do ríomhaire cosc curtha ar shárú ar dhlíthe na tíre Éirinn virus. How to unlock your PC

Do you see a strange warning coming supposedly from the Irish police? It says the following phrase “Tá do ríomhaire cosc curtha ar shárú ar dhlíthe na tíre Éirinn”, meaning that your computer has been locked for violation of the law of Ireland. This is not a police warning. This is a fake warning from police, being developed by the team of cyber hackers and online frauds. Be careful with this virus, since it locks your computer screen and wants you to share some of your earnings with the crooks. Here is the extract of what this locker says:

Koda virus (ransomware). How to unlock your PC

The scary warning allegedly coming from KODA organization is a virus developed by hackers to steal money from unwary users. This malware is classified by us as ransomware because it locks the desktop of the infected PC and asks for certain amount of ransom to be paid in favor of the crooks who developed it. What is KODA, by the way?

System Progressive Protection virus. Uninstall guide

Remove System Progressive Protection malware immediately when you see it on your PC! Be not deceived by this malicious utility when you face it on your computer. This hoax rightfully belongs to the category of fake anti-virus programs that are extremely dangerous and hunt for your money, without giving anything else in response. So, the program prompts you to buy its so-called licensed version which is not able to delete real infections. On the contrary, during the fake scan the rogue tells of many fake threats that aren’t real but simply invented.

How to remove byshcdzyuhso.exe Ransom Trojan

byshcdzyuhso.exe is a serious trojan horse with a random name that is extremely dangerous for your computer. This guide is meant to give clear and up-to-date removal instructions on successful elimination of this scam from your system. Please be careful while you read this post, make sure you follow these tips carefully, with implementation of each recommended step.

Win 7 Home Security 2013 virus. Removal guide.

Win 7 Home Security 2013 is a new rogue that can infect your system nowadays. As always we tell our users to be very careful inside the web and pay more attention to the links and sites you enter and to the program you work on the internet with.

Vista Antivirus 2013 (Win 7 Internet Security 2013) rogue. Removal guide.

Vista Antivirus 2013 (Win 7 Internet Security 2013) is a rogue that penetrates inside your system with one main goal - to steal your money. It can fool you into the purchasing of its product. How can it do that?

XP Defender 2013 Removal Guide

XP Defender 2013 is a form of a rogue antivirus program, which includes Win7 Defender 2013 and Vista Defender 2013. It imitates a real security program – it pretends to scan your computer for security infections and after the imaginary scan this bogus software generates a fake list of supposedly detected security threats. All of the processes which imitates a legitimate security program are displayed with a purpose of tricking unsuspecting PC users into purchasing a licence key for XP Defender 2013. This malicious software originates from a family of fake antivirus programs called Braviax, previously released rogue programs from this family were named Win7 Security 2012, Win7 Antivirus 2012 and many other. This family or rogues were inactive for about 6 months, but apparently Cyber criminals decided to renew the development and distribution or fake antivirus programs from this family.

Win7 Defender 2013 removal guide

Win7 Defender 2013 is a representative of a family of rogue antivirus programs which also include Vista Defender 2013 and XP Defender 2013. They imitate and behave like a real security program – it pretends to scan your computer for security infections and after the imaginary scan this bogus software generates a fake list of supposedly detected security threats. All of the processes which imitates a legitimate security program are displayed with a purpose of tricking unsuspecting PC users into purchasing a licence key for Win7 Defender 2013. This malicious software originates from a family of fake antivirus programs called Braviax, previously released rogue programs from this family were named Win7 Security 2012, Win7 Antivirus 2012 and many other. This family or rogues were inactive for about 6 months, but apparently Cyber criminals decided to renew the development and distribution or fake antivirus programs from this family.

International Police Association (I.P.A.) virus removal

International Police Association (I.P.A.) is not associated with the malware you see depicted at the screenshot. This is a fresh ransomware application that was developed by the team of online hackers specifically to collect money from various users around the globe, in particular, in the European region. This is a regional-type ransomware, i.e. it modifies its name and language depending on the target country. The contents of the message user gets are quite scary, no matter what language is used in the very ransomware message. In all cases users are being accused of downloading illegal information over the Internet, watching illegal and adult information and spreading such data among other PC through Internet channels. However, this notice allegedly from I.P.A. has nothing to do with International Police Association.