International Police Association (I.P.A.) Ransomware

International Police Association (I.P.A.) Ransomware Image

The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus is a variant of a widespread ransomware Trojan commonly referred to as the 'Ukash Virus'. The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus scam is not particularly sophisticated. It will basically lock access to the infected computer and then demand payment of a ransom in order to allow the computer user to regain control of the infected system. Referred to by various computer security professionals as Trojan:Win32/LockScreen.CI, this malware infection belongs to a family of malware commonly known as Lockscreen. Variants of the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus have been detected in most countries in the European Union. The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus and its variants are characterized by their ability to change depending on the infected system's IP. For now, variants of the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus have not attacked computers in the United States or the United Kingdom, although it is probably only a matter of time.

The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus Attack

If your computer is infected with the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus, you will not be able to access your computer's desktop or any of your files and applications. Instead, the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus will display a bogus warning message claiming that the I.P.A. blocked access to your computer because it was involved in illegal activities. The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus is very similar to other common ransomware infections, and they can often be difficult to differentiate from one another. The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus attack is characterized because International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus uses a very realistic threatening message that can easily scare inexperienced computer users. The fines that the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus demands will usually range anywhere from fifty to one-hundred Euros.

Fortunately, the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus is not a particularly sophisticated ransomware infection. Unlike some of the other nasty ransomware variants, the International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus does not encrypt the victims' files or disable system restore and Safe Mode. The International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus simply detects the infected computer's IP address, makes changes to the Windows Registry to ensure that International Police Association (I.P.A.) Virus loads automatically and blocks access to Windows components, and then displays a full-screen message that is downloaded from a remote web server.