'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Ransomware

The 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus infection is one of the many variants of the Urausy family of Police Ransomware. The 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus targets computer users located in Uruguay and is part of a new wave of Urausy variants. One of the reasons why these threats have caught the attention of PC security analysts is that the newest wave of Urausy variants includes Police Ransomware Trojans such as the 'Arma dei Carabinieri' Ransomware, the 'Poliisihallituksen' Ransomware and the 'Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg' Virus, among others that, like the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus, target parts of the world that had not been targeted by malware developers on such as large scale. Like other variants, the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus is designed to scare inexperienced computer users into believing that their computer was blocked by Uruguay's police. Computer systems outside of Uruguay will usually not be infected with the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus but with a malware variant designed specifically to attack computer users in that computer's location.

Instead of Being a Virus the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus is a Trojan

Despite being referred to as a 'virus', the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus is actually a Trojan infection. Like most Trojans, the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus cannot spread on its own but, rather, requires that the victims download and install the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus. This is usually accomplished through social engineering means. Once the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus has been installed, the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus blocks all access to the infected computer, preventing the computer user from bypassing a full screen ransom message. The 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus message accuses the victim of illegal activities, claiming that the infected computer was used to view illegal pornographic material, launder money and a variety of other illegal activities.

Ignore the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus Message

Since the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus is not really related to the police, it is important to ignore its bogus police message and to remove the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus from your computer at once. To do this, ESG security analysts recommend using a reliable anti-malware application that is fully updated. To access your security software and bypass the 'Dirección Nacional de Policía Técnica' Virus message, use an alternate start-up method to boot your operating system (such as Safe Mode or starting up from an external device).