Category Archives: Ransomware

Australian Communications and Media Authority Ransomware Removal instructions

Australian Communications and Media Authority Ransomware

The Australian Communications and Media Authority ransomware Ransomware from the Urausy family is a very common ransomware infection that will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $300 fine within 48 hours to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Australian Communications and Media Authority” ransomware pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), AFP. Crime Commission (ACC), Royal Australian… Read More »

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ransomware (Removal Guide)

Canadian Association of Chefs of Police

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ransomware Ransomware from the Urausy family is a very common ransomware infection that will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $300 fine within 48 hours to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ” ransomware pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by the Ministry of Public Safety Canada, and Interpol that… Read More »

FBI Ransomware Now Targeting Mac OS X Users

For now only Windows user have been attacked by ransomware demanding several hundred dollars to unlock their computers. The malware writers / cybercriminals know there is a growing market of Apple consumers who, for the most part, feel pretty safe about browsing the Internet on a Mac without the need for any security product or virusscanner. Cyber-criminals, well known for not re-inventing the wheel, have ‘ported’ the latest ransomware to… Read More »

BundesKriminalamt (GVU) trojaner Removal Guide

BundesKriminalamt (GVU) trojaner

The Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Gesellschaft Zur Verfügung Von Urheberrechtsverletzungen BundesKriminalamt (GVU Trojaner) belongs to the Flimrans family of ransomware, which will lock down your computer and will display a fake notification, that pretends to be from the Gesellschaft Zur Verfügung Von Urheberrechtsverletzungen BundesKriminalamt (GVU) trojaner. If your computer is blocked, and you are seeing a message like “WARNUNG Zugang von Ihrem persönlichen Computer wurde vorläufig aus den… Read More »

Serious Organised Crime Agency (PCEU) Ransomware Removal guide

Serious Organised Crime Agency (PCEU) Ransomware

The Serious Organised Crime Agency Ransomware from the Urausy family is a very common ransomware infection that will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $300 fine within 48 hours to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Serious Organised Crime Agency” ransomware pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), the British Metropolitan Police, Police Central e-crime Unit, Cheshire… Read More »

Mandiant USA Cyber Security Ransomware Removal Instructions

Mandiant USA Cyber Security Ransomware

The Mandiant USA Cyber Security Ransomware from the Urausy family is a very common computer infection that will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $300 fine within 48 hours to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Mandiant USA Cyber Security” ransomware pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by Mandiant, the FBI, USA Cyber Crime Center, Department of Justice, and Interpol that states that… Read More »

PUM.UserWLoad – Trojan.Ransom removal instructions

PUM.UserWLoad - Trojan.Ransom

PUM.UserWLoad is a difficult to remove remnant of the Trojan.Ransom infection. PUM.UserWLoad is a register reference which the permissions are modified so that they can not be removed in the normal way. When you run a scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and over again the same items are detected, when PUM.UserWLoad and Trojan.Ransom should be deleted on restart then will have to be removed in a different way. PUM.UserWLoad is the malicious… Read More »

You steal music I lock your pc [hoax]

You steal music i lock your pc ransomware

After some reasearch this whole case is nothing but a “hoax” of someone who apparently like to spread such kind of messages. 🙁 I have also post a Dutch message at PC Web Plus. You steal music i lock your pc virus [hoax] Today I came across a new malware (ransomware) variant in the Netherlands, and this variant is no ordinary ransomware like, Reveton, Urausy, Kovter or similar well known… Read More »

Remove Everything on your computer has been fully encrypted Ransomware

Everything on your computer has been fully encrypted Ransomware

The Everything on your computer has been fully encrypted Ransomware is a very common computer infection that belongs to the Trojan:Win32/Harasom.A Ransomware family and will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $100 fine to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Everything on your computer has been fully encrypted Ransomware” pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by the Department of Justice that states that… Read More »

Your computer has been locked Ransomware Removal Instructions

Your computer has been locked

The Your computer has been locked ransomware is a very common computer infection that will completely lock you out from accessing your computer until you pay the $300 fine to the malwarewriters (cybercriminals). The “Your computer has been locked Ransomware” pretends to be a lock screen placed on your computer by the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI that states that it has detected that your computer… Read More »