Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware

The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware Trojan is one more variant of what is ordinarily known as the Ukash Virus. This is an extensive family of Winlockers that make use of misleading messages from the police so it can extract payments from victims through the Ukash money transfer service. Like the many variants that exist of this scam, the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware will claim that your computer has been blocked by the Ecuador's National Police, supposedly because of its involvement in illegal activities. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware belongs to the Urausy family of Police Ransomware Trojans, a variant of this scam that has been responsible for malware attacks all over the world.

How the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware Trojan is Distributed

Criminals can use various methods to distribute the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware. It is possible for the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware to enter a computer after visiting a legitimate website that has been compromised in order to force visitors to download malware. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware and its variants are also often distributed through spam email messages containing malicious email attachments or embedded links. It is also possible for computer users to download the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware manually unwittingly, thinking that they are downloading a legitimate file. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware and its variants are quite prevalent on peer-to-peer torrent networks, often disguised as popular movies or music.

Once the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware has been installed on the victim's computer, the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware uses a Winlockers component to block all access to the infected computer. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware is capable of preventing the victim from accessing their desktop and all files stored on the infected computer. The Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware can block critical Windows components such as System Restore, the Windows Task Manager and even the Start Menu. Basically, the victim will be able to do nothing but view a bogus message from the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware claiming that the Ecuador National Police has blocked the infected computer because of its supposed involvement in illegal activities. As part of its scam, the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware can access the victim's webcam, showing a video and claiming that the Policía Nacional del Ecuador Ransomware has sent its contents to the police.