'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Ransomware

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The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus is not a virus at all, but a malware infection known as a Police Ransomware Trojan. Unlike viruses, which infect files and spread on their own, Trojans like the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus require social engineering or secondary malware threats to infect a computer and do not corrupt files. However, this does not make the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus attack any less dangerous or irritating; this malware threat is designed to infiltrate the infected computer, take it hostage, and then demand payment of a ransom. The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus does this by impersonating a police agency after preventing all access to the infected computer. There are many variants of the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus, all belonging to the Urausy family of Police Ransomware. Each variant, such as the 'Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat' Ransomware, the 'Unité Spéciale de la Police' Ransomware and the 'Kriminalpolisenheten' Ransomware, to mention only a few, is usually specific to a single geographical location. The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus variant is used to attack computer systems located in Mexico. If the targeted computer is located in another country, it is highly unlikely that it will be infected with the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus but, rather, with a variant of this malware threat specific to another part of the world.

How the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus Attacks a Computer

Using a Winlocker, the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus infection blocks the affected computer, effectively taking it hostage. The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus then displays a fake message from the Mexican police. Using this message, the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus accuses the victim of various highly illegal actions, including distributing malware and viewing illegal pornographic material. The 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus message uses threatening language and states that the victim will be jailed and charged with enormous fines unless a fake police 'fine' is paid through an electronic payment service.

Since there is no real connection between the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus and the Mexico's police force, it is extremely important to ignore the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus message and avoid paying its fake police 'fine.' Instead, the 'Secretaría de Seguridad Pública' Virus should be removed with the help of a reliable anti-malware application. To regain access to your security software, ESG malware analysts advise the use of alternate start-up methods to launch Windows or start up the infected computer.