'Council of Europe' Ransomware
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The 'Council of Europe' Ransomware, also known as the Linkup Ransomware, is a ransomware Trojan that uses a novel attack to block the victim's access to the Internet and use the affected computer to mine Bitcoins. The 'Council of Europe' Ransomware presents a significant peril to your machine and to your privacy. Because of this, PC security researchers strongly recommend that computer users remove the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware at once from the affected computer. It is important to remember that the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware is not associated in any way with any official or government institution and that the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware is actually part of a known tactic used to steal money from inexperienced computer users.
What the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware Does to Your Computer
Most ransomware will block access to the infected computer, preventing computer users from using the affected machine. In fact, the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware uses a different approach. Although the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware displays a full screen ransomware message and claims that the 'Council of Europe' blocked the infected computer (up until then, the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware behaves like a regular ransomware Trojan), the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware does not block access to the infected computer. Instead, the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware will change the infected computer's DNS settings, blocking all access to the Internet. Once the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware has done this, the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware will try to use the infected computer for its own means, as well as demanding a ransom from the victim in order to unblock the infected computer.
Most ransomware Trojans will limit their harmful actions to blocking access to the infected computer and asking for payment of a 'fee' in order to restore access. However, the 'Council of Europe' Ransomware puts the affected computer to work while it is blocked. The 'Council of Europe' Ransomware will download and install a threatening BitCoin mining program. What this program will then do is collaborate with numerous other infected computers to use the infected computers' resources to mine Bitcoins and generate revenue at the expense of computer users.
Messages
The following messages associated with 'Council of Europe' Ransomware were found:
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Council of Europe Virus
Internet access is temporarily blocked. The Provisions of the fight against sexual exploitation of children and child pornography on the Internet complies with the provisions of a EU Council decision from December 2003. It gives the police powers to arrest those who are responsible for child online pornography, calls for the creation of the National Centre to combat child pornography on the Internet and establishes the Internet Service Providers have a legal obligation to adopt a filtering system to avoid access to sites censored by the Centre. To unlock access to the Internet, we need to establish you identity and submit your personal information to the registry. |
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Internet access is temporarily blocked.
To verify your identity we need more information. Please enter your credit card information, we will deduct from your credit card 0.01 EUR and return them back within an hour. With this verification procedure, we can identify you and add your personal information to the registry, access to the Internet will be unlocked. |
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