'POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department' Virus (Ransomware)

The POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus is a Police Ransomware Trojan that affects computers located in Germany. The POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus is one of the dozens of variants of the Reveton police ransomware infection. Like its many clones, the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus is designed to scare inexperienced computer users into paying a fake police fine. The POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus does this by blocking all access to the victim's computer and displaying a fake message from the German police department's cyber-crime investigation department. If you cannot access your Desktop or files and a message from the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department is displayed on your computer on start-up, then your machine has been infected by the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus.

The POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus uses a message that accuses its victims of viewing forbidden pornographic material, distributing malware and other online infractions. The POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus lists the penalties according to German law for these infractions, which include jail time and fees of thousands of Euros. Then, the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus claims that it is possible to avoid these penalties if one is willing to pay a one-time fine through the Ukash money transfer service. ESG security researchers strongly advise computer users against paying the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus' 'fine'; this is nothing but a scam meant to steal your money. There is no connection between the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus' message and real law enforcement agencies, despite this malware infection's claims to the contrary.

The main difficulty when trying to remove the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus is that the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus blocks access to the infected computer. Because of this, it may be problematic to run a reliable anti-malware application on the infected computer. Fortunately, it is possible to bypass the POLIZEI Cyber Crime Investigation Department Virus's blockade with the help of alternate start-up methods. ESG security researchers advise running security software that is fully up to date either by accessing it through Safe Mode with a Command Prompt or starting up the infected computer from an external memory device.