Threat Database Ransomware GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware

GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware

By ESGI Advisor in Ransomware

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A malware attack known as the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware is part of a relatively recent batch of Winlockers that claim to be associated with numerous copyright-related organizations in the European Union. Basically, the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware is cause by a Trojan infection which will enter the victim's computer and then change its settings so that GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware will display a fake alert and prevent the computer's users from gaining access to their files.

The GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware message claims to come from GVU, a German institution that is charged with defending artists' rights and reporting copyright infringement. While this authority is real, it has absolutely no connection to the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware message or with the Trojan that causes it. Criminals use malware like the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware to scare inexperienced computer users into paying a ransom by locking down the victim's computer system. It is important to remember that the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware message is a scam that should be dealt with the help of a reliable anti-malware application.

How the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware Scam Works

The GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware infection will basically prevent the computer user from gaining access to their own files. It will prevent access to the Start Menu, Task Manager and other Windows components on the infected computer system. Due to the free availability of copyright-protected content on the Internet, most computer users have at some time come into contact with media that is not entirely legal. Because of this, the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware message can effectively scare a computer user into thinking that they have unknowingly violated the law.

The GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware messages uses official, but threatening, language which claims that the victim must pay fifty Euros in order to regain access to the infected computer system. However, paying this amount does not guarantee that the Trojan that causes the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware message will be removed from your computer system. Rather, ESG malware analysts recommend circumventing the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware infection by starting up in Safe Mode or from a removable memory device, and then removing the GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung Ransomware infection with your anti-malware application of choice.

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