Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware

The Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware Trojan is one of the Police Ransomware infections. Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware carries out a typical version of this well known scam that is used to exploit inexperienced computer users and steal their money. One particular characteristic of Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware's family of malware is that these Police Ransomware Trojans target specific geographical regions. The Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware variant will only be installed on computers with an IP address and system settings corresponding to Croatia. Computers located in other parts of the world will be infected with a Police Ransomware Trojan corresponding to their particular country. Some aspects of the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware infection that make the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware specific to Croatia include the following:

• Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware uses Croatia's flag and national colors in its ransom message in order to make the PC user to believe that the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware is affiliated with this country's police force.
• Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware will also use the emblem of Croatia's national police force, claiming in its message that the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware is associated with this police organization.
• Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware's message is written entirely in Croatian, although the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware's message is replete with grammatical and spelling mistakes, almost as if an automated translation has been used.

Variants of Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware targeting other countries will adapt the above elements to the particular region that is the target of the attack.

The Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware scam consists in convincing computer users to pay a fine of one hundred Euros through an online payment service (typically through Ukash). To do this, the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware Trojan claims that the victim's computer has been blocked by Croatia's police force because of its involvement in illegal activities. It then uses a Winlocker to prevent the computer user from accessing the infected computer until a 'fine' is paid. However, paying this fine will do nothing to unlock your computer or remove the Ured Za Posebne Poslove Sigurnosti Ransomware Trojan infection from the affected machine.