Association of Chief Police Officers virus is one more malicious tool fabricated by cyber crooks to wind the innocent computer user round and rip them off. This badware belongs to well-known Ukash virus family. Association of Chief Police Officers is a British organization that is a part of police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Indeed this good organization has nothing to do with the warning notification that displays on your screen. It squeezes to your vulnerable computer system without being noticed and hijacks your desktop showing just one alert. Association of Chief Police Officers virus states that your Windows system has been blocked because you are spotted in visiting the Web pages with pornographic content. You are warned that your PC in danger and system leakage is possible if not to perform the asked actions. The alert states that you should install some security updates to your computer which will stabilize your system and prevent any data loss.
The victim sees the the following message:
Association of Chief Police Officers Attention! For security reasons, your Windows system has been blocked! The reason can be visiting the infected or pornographic sites. The computer has approached to critical condition because of which the system can break and all data can be lost. For having possibility to restore system, you should install the additional security updates. This paid update is intended for very infected systems. This update completely protects your system from viruses and malware, stabilizes your computer system and avoids data loss. Despite how trustworthy it appears, you can be sure that it has nothing to do with a legitimate institution. Moreover, no such institution would be asking you to make any payment using pre-paid cards. What Association of Chief Police Officers virus does is asking you to transfer 100 GBP via Paysafecard or Ukash payment systems. It is a clear scam that you should never trust!
Now it goes without saying that this message is a well-thought-out trick of cyber hackers and you will not be imprisoned whether you pay the 100 GBP or not. And even if you effect the payment your PC will not be unblocked. You are strongly recommended to delete Association of Chief Police Officers virus without lingering. I am sure you have the question: “How will I remove the virus because my PC is totally hijacked?” Do not worry, will help you in this uneasy task. To get your PC completely cleaned you should do:
- 1. Restart your computer and press F8 while it is restarting.
- 2. Choose safe mode with networking.
- 3. Launch MSConfig.
- Press Start --> Run
- or press [Win]+R on keyboard
- Type MSConfig
- 5. Restart your system once again.
- 6. Scan with http://trojan-killer.net/download.php?trojankiller to identify file and delete it.
4. Disable startup items rundll32 turning on any application from Application Data.
Some versions of these viruses disables all safe modes, but give a short gap that you can use to run anti-malware programs. Then do following:
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