Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware

Posted: April 8, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	27

First Seen:	April 8, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware is a fraudulent Police Trojan that displays child pornography-themed pop-up alerts to encourage victims to pay its fake legal fine and, supposedly, remove the embarrassing 'legal warning.' The Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware appears to be most involved in targeting European victims, with its primary targets including residents of Germany and a variant attack for residents of the United Kingdom. Like any Police Trojan, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware should not be paid to remove its pop-up and cannot penalize you legally for refusing to pay its ransom. To make the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's removal as expedient as possible, SpywareRemove.com malware experts support the usage of Safe Mode, booting from any USB flash drive and similar security techniques for disabling the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware, after which any anti-malware program worthy of the name may delete the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware easily.

The Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware: When Social Pressure is Recruited for Police Trojan Attacks

In a callback to very similar Police Trojan-based PC threats like 'Die offizielle Mitteilung des Bundeskriminalamtes' Trojans and the Metropolitan Police Ukash Virus, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware claims to be from either a German or United Kingdom police agency (depending on your PC's IP address) as the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware blocks your screen with its fake police warning. This warning is similar to that of other prominent forms of Police Ransomware Trojan attacks, and demands that you pay a fine immediately in compensation for your illegal online actions (which, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts stress, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware doesn't try to verify).

For the most part, Police Trojans tend to be content with alerts that display symbolic imagery like a coat of arms, police emblem, a window of your webcam feed or various pseudo-legal statements. In fact, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's warning includes these details, but the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware also goes one step further than similar Police Trojans by displaying pornographic images (supposedly of minors, although SpywareRemove.com malware research team, naturally, has not been able to confirm the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's insistence on this fact). Besides blocking you from using Windows, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware also appears to be relying on the fear of victims of its attacks from being caught with the images on their monitors, thus encouraging innocent PC users to pay a fake legal fine.

Taking Down the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's Unwanted Erotica at the Lowest Price Possible

As of yet, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's family hasn't been confirmed, but prominent Police Trojan collectives include examples like Reveton and Urausy, both of which have been noted for developing a huge lineup of variants for many countries around the world. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also have been unable to confirm the means through which the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware locks infected PCs. However, they can recommend booting from a peripheral hard drive (such as, for instance, your USB drive) as a general cure-all against the startup exploits and system-blocking tactics popular with Police Trojans like the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware.

Anti-malware software generally should be your first choice for disinfection methods to delete the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware, but only after you've prevented the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware from launching. Although the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware's attacks currently target Germany and the United Kingdom, the Bundeskriminalamt Ransomware may, in the future, develop variants for other countries, and residents of Europe are recommended to keep their guards up.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Bundeskriminalamt Pressestelle Ihr Internet Service Provider ist blockiert Die funktionen Ihres Computers wurden wegen unbefugter Netzaktivitäten geblockt […] Bitte machen Sie sich ausführlich bekannt mit den Punkten der Rechtsverletzung Artikel— 183. Pornografie […] Artikel— 184. Kinderpornografie (unter 18 Jahren)
2	Ihr Internet Service Provider blockiert
3	In Übereinstimmung mit dem Regierungsentscheid vom [date] werden alle oben aufgeführten Verstöße im Falle einer NICHTZAHLUNG der Geldbuße als Straftaten angesehen. Die Geldbuße beträgt 100€. Die Strafe muss innerhalb von 48 Stunden nach Sperrung des Computers beglichen warden.