'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus Ransomware

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Criminals use the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus to scam computer users in New Zealand. The 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus is just one of the many variants of the Urausy malware family. The 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus is not actually a virus but a Police Ransomware Trojan. These types of infections are usually distributed through malicious email messages, attack websites or social engineering scams, and unlike viruses, are not capable of corrupting files or spreading on their own. What the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus is capable of doing is blocking all access to the infected computer. This is done as part of a scam designed to convince computer users that they need to pay a fake police fine. If your computer has been blocked by the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus, ESG security analysts recommend the use of a strong anti-malware program that is fully up to date.

The Well Used Techniques of the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus

The 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus carries out a well known scam meant to scare inexperienced computer users. After blocking all access to the infected computer, the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus as well as its many clones that include the 'Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)' Virus, the 'Internet Police Department' Ransomware and the Rikspolisstyrelsen Ransomware displays a fake message from the police that claims that the victim viewed illegal pornography, distributed malware and a variety of other crimes. In fact, there is no relationship between the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus and the real New Zealand Ministry of Public Safety. It is important to ignore everything contained in the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus message and to avoid paying the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus fine.

How to Access the Programs Blocked by the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus

The main difficulty in dealing with a 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus infection is actually accessing the infected computer. It is first necessary to bypass the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus message through the use of alternate start-up methods such as Safe Mode or the use of an external memory device. Once access to the infected computer is restored, a reliable, fully updated anti-malware application should be capable of removing the 'Ministry of Public Safety New Zealand' Virus entirely from the infected computer.