'Procuraduría General de la República' Ransomware

'Procuraduría General de la República' Ransomware Image

The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus is a Police Ransomware Trojan that belongs to the Urausy family of malware. One aspect of this family of malware is that there are countless variants of this threat such as, the 'Dansk Rigspolitiet' Ransomware, the 'Služba Kriminální Policie a Vyšet?ování' Ransomware and the 'Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste' Ransomware, among others, each targeting a specific geographic location. The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus variant of this threat attacks computer systems with a Mexican IP address by impersonating Mexico's Federal police. It is highly unlikely for a computer outside of Mexico to become infected with the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus. Instead, it will likely be infected with a Urausy variant corresponding to its geographic location.

The Nature of the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus Infection

The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus is incorrectly named; the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus is not a 'virus' but, rather, a Police Ransomware Trojan. Viruses are designed to infect files and spread on their own. Trojans, on the other hand, require social engineering or other malware to spread and infect a computer. However, the term 'virus' is often incorrectly used to refer to all kinds of malicious software. The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus is part of a known scam known as Police Ransomware in which malware impersonating the police takes a computer hostage and then demands payment of a ransom.

The Results of a 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus Infection

The most dangerous part of the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus attack is that this malware infection blocks all access to the infected computer, preventing the computer user from accessing their Desktop or files stored on the affected computer. The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus then displays a fake message from the Mexican police. The 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus message is highly threatening and is meant to scare inexperienced computer users into paying a fake police 'fine', claiming that the infected computer was used in illegal activities.

The Safest Way to Remove the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus

Due to the fact that the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus message is not actually part of a police operation, computer users should ignore it and avoid paying the bogus police fine. ESG malware analysts instead recommend removing the 'Procuraduría General de la República' Virus infection with a fully updated anti-malware program. Access to your security software can be restored by starting up Windows from an alternate source such as using Safe Mode or an external drive.