Tips & advice to prevent police ransomware infecting your computer
7 May 2012
If a message claiming to be from a law enforcement agency pops up on your computer screen and accuses you of having visited illegal websites, then you have been infected by “Police Ransomware”. This is malicious software which locks your computer and then demands that you pay a fine in order to get it unlocked.
This type of demand will never be issued by a law enforcement agency. It is a scam designed to generate huge profits for organised criminal groups.
In order to prevent and minimize the effects of Ransomware Europol’s Cyber Crime Centre download the PDF brochure below.
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