Internet Crime Complaint Center warning is a new scam that belongs to the “ransomware” group of infections. This is a desktop locker, as well as the keyboard locker of the infected computer. Users who got this nasty Trojan can’t do anything to get their systems back to work. By the way, all the PC restart attempts turn out to be vain, irrespective of how many times the restart attempts were accomplished. The virus comes as a fake Internet Crime Complaint Center notification that says this:

This virus targets computers located in Finland. It belongs to a special group of computer infections that are categorized as ransomware. From this word one can make the right conclusion that “ransomware” is a desktop-locking program that asks for some ransom to be paid in order to unlock the computer. This infection generally appears out of the blue, without user’s expectation. When one tries to restart the system the same locked status remains, no matter how many restart attempts were applied. So, here is how the Poliisi locker looks like:

The scary warning that says “Komputer został zablokowany z powodu naruszenia prawa polskiego” is another ransomware program that is also described as reveton trojan (ransomware). This is the desktop locker that hijacks the screen of the infected computer and doesn’t let user do anything with it. Restarting the computer doesn’t really help, irrespective of the number of restart attempts. The same locked status and the scary message remains. This message, by the way, is presented as some Polish police alert, but in reality this is the virus that is developed by the team of cyber hackers who want to deceive and trick users of Poland. Here is what the fake police warning message says:

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.

“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:

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.

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:

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?

This is a ransomware application (virus) that today attacks Belgium and its people. Being written in German, this nasty Trojan represents real danger to many computers. This is why you should be extremely careful when you see your PC being compromised with this hoax. Here is what the ransomware actually says once it enters your PC:

The email info@online-cyber-police.com is used by hackers today specifically for the goal of collecting funds from deceived users whose systems got infected with Metropolitan Police ransomware (virus that locks the screen). By the way, this Metropolitan Police scam first appeared long time ago, about 2 years ago, in fact. However, even today it keeps attacking many computers in the world. This is why you should understand that you’re dealing with a serious virus infection that is extremely dangerous for your system. However, it can be removed if you follow our instructions carefully.