‘The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland’ Ransomware

Posted: August 5, 2013

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Ranking:	8,282
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	3,621

First Seen:	August 5, 2013
Last Seen:	October 4, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware is one of the latest fake Police Trojans to create misleading legal warnings for Irish residents, following in the same vein as the GARDA 'Your Computer Has Been Blocked' Ransomware and 'An Garda Siochana Ireland's National Police Service' Ransomware. While 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware claims to have been forced to lock your PC to prevent its further use in Internet-based crimes like viewing child pornography, 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware will attack any vulnerable PCs regardless of their history and isn't a legitimate utility of the Irish police. As usual, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest taking all steps needed to disable malware like 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware before you remove 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware from your computer with a dependable anti-malware scanner.

When Guardianship Means Highway Robbery Under a False Badge

'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware uses browser pop-up alerts to initiate its ransom requests, with the browser windows being specially modified to prevent you from resizing, closing or minimizing them. 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware's pop-up claims to be authorized by the Irish law enforcement institutions like the Garda Síochána, but 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware actually is an illegal Police Ransomware Trojan. Rather than establishing attacks against criminals, 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware will attack any PC that 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware successfully infects with its pop-up warning, which requests money to be transferred to avoid various legal penalties and return your computer to normal.

The fake legal warnings that 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware relates in Irish, although localized for Ireland, otherwise are copied from previous fake Police Trojans of the same family (currently estimated to be Urausy). More significantly than that, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also warn that 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware's pop-up blocks your Windows desktop and other applications, including those that are essential for maintaining the safety of your PC against 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware and similar PC threats.

Keeping the Peace Insofar as Your Desktop is Concerned

Paying 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware's ransom is, of course, not needed for fixing your PC, but you usually will need to disable 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware to get past its Windows lockdown. SpywareRemove.com malware experts are comfortable in recommending several techniques for doing this, such as utilizing the 'advanced startup options' menu or booting from a separate USB device. Once 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware has been prevented from blocking your other programs, anti-malware tools can delete 'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware safely.

'The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland' Ransomware uses alerts that are intended to be specific to residents of Ireland. However, related fake Police Trojans are well-known for attacking diverse regions around the globe. SpywareRemove.com malware experts can point to a nearly limitless list of such – as exemplified by recent Police Ransomware Trojans like the 'Latvijas Republikas Satversmes Aizsardzības Birojs' Ransomware, the 'Uprava Kriminalistične Policije' Ransomware, the 'Služba Kriminální Policie a Vyšetřování' Ransomware, the 'FEDPOL BundesKriminalPolizei' Ransomware, the 'Police Judiciaire Fédérale' Ransomware, the 'Arma dei Carabinieri' Ransomware, the 'Dansk Rigspolitiet' Ransomware, the 'Unité Spéciale de la Police' Ransomware or the 'Agencia Federal de Investigación' Virus.

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The following URL's were detected:

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