Policie Ceske Republiky Ransomware

Police Ransomware attacks have greatly increased around the world in the last years. They have become one of the most widespread online scam due to the fact that organized crime gangs can generate huge profits from these kinds of malware threats. The Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware infection is one of the many variants in a malware family that has targeted computers in Europe since at least 2009. The Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware Trojan blocks access to the infected computer and then threatens the victim with a fake message from the police.

The Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware Trojan Impersonates the Czech Republic Police

These kinds of ransomware attacks tend to be targeted to specific geographical locations. They will often detect the victim's IP address and then display a message that is specific to that region of the world. The Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware Trojan will only infect computers with a Czech IP address. If the malware attacker determines that the targeted computer is in another part of the world, it will display a different variant of this threat, written in the victim's country's language and impersonating that country's police force. The Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware uses a malicious message that is written entirely in Czech and claims to be sent by the Czech Republic police force. However, it is actually part of a well known scam and has no real connection to the Czech police, or any other police agency for that matter.

Police ransomware attacks like the Policie ?eské Republiky Ransomware are often known as 'scareware' because they rely on scaring inexperienced computer users into paying a fine. This is done through a threatening message that claims that the victim is liable for thousands of Euros and possible jail time for having viewed copyrighted material or been exposed to illegal pornographic material. These claims can be used to scare inexperienced computer users who may believe that the police patrols the Internet and that blocking computer users' computers in this way is a normal police enforcement operation. There are numerous variants of these scams, all relying on a Winlocker component that blocks access to Windows. Other reasons given for blocking the victim's computer include a fake message from Windows claiming a pirated version of Windows and a fake message from anti-virus software claiming that the victim's computer is infected with malware. In all cases, the goal of the scam is to extract a fee from the computer user.