'Guardia Civil' Ransomware

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The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware Trojan is a threat used to attack computer systems located in Spain. The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware is used to carry out what has now become a very well known online scam. Essentially, the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware takes the victim's computer hostage, demanding payment of a ransom in exchange for returning access to the victim's files and operating system. It is important to note that paying the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware's ransom will not unblock your computer. The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware will try to make computer users believe that their computer was blocked by the Spain's civil guard, a national police agency. It is also important to note that there is no actual connection between the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware and any legitimate police agency. It is common for ransomware Trojans to impersonate the police agencies of targeted countries, including Spain's Guardia Civil. If your computer is blocked and displaying a message associated with the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware, it is important to remove this threat from the infected computer with the help of a strong anti-malware program and use alternate start-up methods to launch Windows.

What the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware Can Do to Your Computer

The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware, as well as its many variants that include the 'Comandancia General de Policía' Ransomware, the 'Grupo de Delitos Telematicos' Ransomware and the 'Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat' Ransomware, is used to steal money from inexperienced computer users, making them believe that they have become the targets of a police agency. The following are the steps involved in the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware scam:

1. The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware enters a computer after the victim's computer is exposed to various threat distribution methods, such as spam email attachments, attack websites and social engineering scams.
2. Once the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware has been installed on the infected computer, the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware uses a Winlocker component to block all access to the victim's computer. This prevents the computer user from accessing files and applications on the infected computer. Essentially, the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware takes the infected computer hostage.
3. The 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware then displays a full screen message threatening the victim with jail time and enormous fines of thousands of Euros unless a one-time fine of a few hundred Euros is paid using Ukash or other money transfer or online payment services. This message cannot be removed or bypassed due to the fact that the 'Guardia Civil' Ransomware prevents access to Windows components and services such as the Windows Task Manager or the Windows Explorer.