'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware
The 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware Trojan is the Italian variant of the infamous Reveton Trojan family. Like most police ransomware Trojans, the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware Trojan blocks access to the victim's computer and display a bogus message from the police, in this case targeting computers located in Italy. This particular brand of police ransomware Trojans have been active for at least a year and are variants of a malware that has been carrying out its bad deeds since at least 2009 – in fact, PC security researchers suspect that variants of Police ransomware Trojans can be traced as far back as 2005 targeting computer users located in the Russian Federation. Slowly but surely, variants of these fake messages from the police have spread throughout Western Europe and, towards the Summer of 2012, variants of this scam have started to target computers in the United States of America and Canada.
How the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware Scam Works
The 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware scam is not terribly complicated. Basically, criminals create malware infections that are designed to prevent a computer user from gaining access to Windows, freezing the victim's screen on a fake message from this police. The contents of this message are the crucial social engineering part of this scam – the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware message claims that the victim's computer was used in outlawed actions and demands the payment of a supposed 'fine' in order to avoid jail time and fines of thousands of Euros. However, the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware Trojan is in no way associated with the Italian police and is rather part of a scheme to steal money from inexperienced computer users.
To remove the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware Trojan, it is necessary to first bypass its Winlocker component, skipping the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware message and actually gaining access to your computer. To do this, ESG security analysts advise computer users to utilize an alternative boot method for Windows. These include using Safe Mode or an external source to start up Windows. Bypassing the 'Il vostro computer è stato bloccato' Ransomware message is the hardest part of dealing with this particular threat, which can be removed relatively easily once this is accomplished.
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