‘Votre ordinateur est bloque’ Belgium Ransomware

'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware is a Belgium-based variant of what's sometimes referred to as the Ukash Virus, a ransomware Trojan that issues fake e-crime notifications and attempts to extort a ransom from its victims. 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware and the rest of its family have acquired their nickname due to preferential usage of the otherwise legitimate Ukash payment service, although, in some cases, other methods of money transferral (such as Paysafecard) are also accepted. Although 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware attempts to convince you that its warning pop-ups are legitimate and that it's affiliated with such entities as Belgium's federal police and McAfee, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers place high emphasis on both 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware's criminal nature and its inability to detect the crimes that it claims to find on your PC. Hence, 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware's pop-ups should always be ignored, and 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware itself should be deleted by appropriate means (such as an anti-malware scanner).

'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware – the Newest Outcropping of a Family of Scammers That Don't Really Need It

'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware is a semi-redundant inclusion into the Ukash Virus family in that its presentation is almost identical to that of French-localized variants of this Trojan, only with a few differentiating tweaks (such as Belgium's flag). Even though 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware and other members of its family are nicknamed as viruses, SpywareRemove.com malware experts emphasize that 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware isn't able to infect other files or propagate like a virus, and should be classified, technically, as a ransomware Trojan.

What 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware really is capable of accomplishing is blocking your PC via a screen-wide HTML pop-up. This pop-up claims that your PC has been found to be associated with one of the following crimes (translated from its French text):

• Viewing or distributing child pornography.
• Associating with illegal websites.
• Using unlicensed (AKA pirated) software.
• Attempting to steal or serve as an accessory to the theft of private information.

Nonetheless, 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware isn't capable of detecting any of these crimes, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't found any indication that 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware could possibly have actual ties to any type of law enforcement agencies.

Plugging Up the Ransom in 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware's Hoax

While 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware will insist that your only way to unlock your PC is to pay a Ukash fee, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider such a course of action to be both needless and needlessly destructive to your savings. Because 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware's software lock down solely consists of the pop-up that it uses to cover your Windows interface, disabling 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware will end the lockdown and allow you to delete 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware appropriately.

Simple ways of shutting 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware's startup mechanisms down include booting your PC into Safe Mode, booting from removable media or booting from a network-shared location. Once 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware is shut down, any good anti-malware product should experience a minimum of difficulties in deleting 'Votre ordinateur est bloqué' Belgium Ransomware for good.