Reveton is the family of ransomwares that impersonate legal institutions. Most often it impersonates local police, though sometimes it might impersonate companies, related to music or movie industries. The ransomware is quite aggressive, and blocks one's PC completely. In many cases, it is still possible to eliminate Reveton without reinstalling windows. Note, that some of the ransomware families might have same design but belong to completely different malware families. Full analysis of the trojan behind Reveton is available here.

ANSSI virus

ANSSI virus is a ransomware that infects computers randomly using Trojan viruses. The infection is also known as Office Central de Lutte contre la Criminalité virus. The main goal of this malware is to make computer users believe that they were included into some illegal business and then steal money from them. Basically, the program … Continued

Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti virus

Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti virus is a ransomware program that blocks computer systems and displays bogus message accusing you for some violations of law and making you pay a fine for that. Actually the program was designed by cyber criminals in order to get money from computer users. The program completely locks the infected … Continued

United States Courts virus

United States Courts virus is a ransomware application that gets into random computers and tries to makes its users pay a fine pretending that this fine has been imposed by police. The program comes inside systems secretly with a help of Trojan viruses so it is impossible to track it straight away. Once inside, United … Continued

POLIISI Tietoverkkorikos Tutkinnan Yksikkö virus

POLIISI Tietoverkkorikos Tutkinnan Yksikkö virus is antoher Ukash related computer ransomware that was designed to steal money from computer users who are not aware of this type of infections. It’s one of those programs that locks your system claiming that you broke a law and asks to pay a fine in order to get back … Continued

Magyarország Rendőrség Police Virus

Magyarország Rendőrség Police Virus is a ransomware program that belongs to Ukash related viruses that use a name of police institutions to scare computer users and steal money from them. This time, the program attacks Hungarian computer users. The program spreads on computers through malicious websites and can infect any computer system. It comes bundled … Continued

Latvijas Valsts Policija virus

Latvijas Valsts Policija virus is a a virus that belong to a group of Ukash payment related viruses that uses a name of some police institution to scare computer users into thinking that they have done something illegal and make them pay a fine for that. This time, the program targets users from Latvia. The … Continued

Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section Virus

Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section virus is another ransomware program that has been developed by cyber criminals in order get money from you. The program uses a name of police institution although it has nothing to do with it. It blocks infected computer and displays one message claiming that you have done something illegal … Continued

Decrypt Protect Virus

Decrypt Protect virus is a program classified as a ransomware. It’s a scam application that tries to scare computer users that they have violated the law and asks to pay a fine of $200 dollars. Basically Decrypt Protect virus accuses you of using and distributing copyrighted material and pornographic files. It completely blocks your computer, … Continued

White Screen Virus

White Screen virus is an annoying issue with half-working computer parasites or malfunctioning programs that cause a white full screen window to block user PC. This scares many computer users. Basically, it’s a huge white screen that appears on your computer out of nowhere and blocks all your programs. White screen happens when ransomware control … Continued

Moneygram Virus

Moneygram virus is a ransomware application that uses a name of FBI in order to get computer users’ trust and steal money from them. It’s a program that comes from the same family of ransomware like infamous FBI Moneypak virus. Thanks for Kafeine for uncovering this version. The program is distributed through compromised websites, spam email … Continued

Serviciul De Combaterea A Criminalităţii Informatice virus

Serviciul De Combaterea A Criminalităţii Informatice virus is a ransomware that targets computers i Romania. The program uses the name of Romanian Police (Poliţia Romana) and tries to scare the users of infected machines that they have done something illegal and attemots to make you pay a fine for that. Serviciul De Combaterea A Criminalităţii … Continued

AKM virus

AKM virus is a ransomware program that locks your computer system and blames you for using copyrighted content illegally. The program uses a name of AKM (Autoren Komponisten Musikverleger ) which is an Austrian institution that takes care of music rights copyrighted content. However, the program does that illegally as it is not related to this … Continued

Uw computer is vergrendeld virus

Uw computer is vergrendeld virus is a ransomware program that was designed by computer hackers to gain money from random users. The virus locks an attacked computer and displays a bogus message in the middle of the screen. The program comes in Dutch and imitates a notification from Dutch Police. Basically, it states that you … Continued

Policia Federal Argentina virus

Policia Federal Argentina virus is a ransomware program that displays a bogus message warning about some criminal offense. The program blocks targeted system completely and does not allow to perform anything there. It only shows one message saying that you have been involved into distribution of pornographic content and for this reason you must pay … Continued

EC3 Europol virus

EC3 Europol virus is a malicious program that belongs to one of the most popular ransomware family. It is a program that spreads to computers through email attachments or comes bundled with some software that you are downloading by yourself. Once inside, the program locks your computer immediately, displaying one message on your computer screen … Continued

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