United Kingdom Police - Your PC is Blocked (Ukash Virus)

United Kingdom Police "Your PC is blocked" Ukash Virus - how to remove?

United Kingdom Police message which blocks computer user's screens and demands to pay a fine of 100 Pounds for supposedly made copyright law violations is a scam. This message is created by Cyber criminals who are making money from every PC users who falls for such trickery and pays this non existent fine. Notice that real authorities from United Kingdom doesn't use such messages to collect fines for any law violations - names of Cheshire Police Authority, PCeU, Metropolitan Police and ICSPA are exploited by Cyber criminals to make their fake message appear more legitimate.

This ransomware infection originates from a family of screen lockers called Urausy - infections from this family are localised and PC users from different countries are presented with different messages which are designed to appear like they were send by local authorities. For example: PC users from USA will see this message as if it was send by FBI Cyber Crime Division and computer users from Australia would see this message as a warning from Australian Federal Police. PC users should know that none of the authorities around the world are using such messages to collect fines - if you see such message asking you to pay a fine you should ignore it - it's a scam.

United Kingdom Police ransomware is just a scam which shouldn't be trusted - paying this fine would equal to sending your money to Cyber criminals. As other ransomware infections from Urausy family this screen locker is being spread using Trojans and drive-by downloads. To extort the fake fines from unsuspecting PC users Cyber criminals are using Ukash and PaySafeCard pre-paid card services - this makes the tracking of their illegal activity more complicated for the real authorities. If you see United Kingdom Police message which blocks your desktop you can be sure that your PC is infected with a ransomware infection - use this removal guide and eliminate this scam.

Ukash (Smart Voucher Limited) is a legitimate company and it's not related to ransomware viruses - Cyber criminals are using this service to extort money from unsuspecting PC users.

Fake message presented in United Kingdom Police ransomware:

ATTENTION! Your PC is blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below. You have been violating. Copyright and Related Rights Law. (Video, Music, Software) and illegally using or distributing copyrighted content, thus infringing Article 128 of the Criminal Code of Great Britain.
Article 128 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of 200 to 500 minimal wages or a deprivation of liberty for 2 to 8 years.
You have been viewing or distributing prohibited Pornographic content (Child Porn/Zoophilia and etc). Thus violating article 202 of the Criminal Code of Great Britain. Article 202 of the Criminal Code provides for a deprivation of liberty for 4 to 12 years. Illegal access to computer data has been initiated from your PC, or you have been... Article 208 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of up to £100,000 and/or a deprivation of liberty for 4 to 9 years.
Illegal access has been initiated from your PC without your knowledge or consent, your PC may be infected by malware, thus you are violating the law On Neglectful Use of Personal Computer. Article 210 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of £2,000 to £8,000. Spam distribution or other unlawful advertising has been effected from your PC as a profit. seeking activity or without your knowledge, your PC may be infected by malware.
Article 212 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of up to £250,000 and a deprivation of liberty of up to 6 years. In case this activity has been effected without your knowledge, you fall under the above mentioned article 210 of the Criminal Code of Great Britain.
Your personality and address are currently being identified, a criminal case is going to be initiated against you under one or more articles specified above within the next 72 hours. Pursuant to the amendment to the Criminal Code of Great Britain of February 04, 2013, this law infringement (if it is not repeated - first time) may be considered as conditional in case you pay the fine to the State.
Fines may only be paid within 72 hours after the infringement. As soon as 72 hours elapse, the possibility to pay the fine expires, and a criminal case is initiated against you automatically within the next 72 hours! The amount of fine is £100. You can pay a fine Ukash or PaySafeCard. When you pay the fine, your PC will get unlocked in Ito 72 hours after the money is put into the State's account. Since your PC is unlocked, you will be given 7 days to correct all violations. In case all violations are not corrected after 7 working days, your PC will be blocked again, and a criminal case will be initiated against you automatically under one or more articles specified above.

United Kingdom Police virus removal:

Step 1

During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then select Safe mode with networking from the list and press ENTER.

Step 2

Log in to the account that is infected with United Kingdom Police virus. Start your Internet browser and download a legitimate anti-spyware program. Update the anti-spyware software and start a full system scan. Remove all the entries that it detects.

remover for United Kingdom Police virus

Can't boot in Safe Mode with Networking? (United Kingdom Police virus blocks Safe Mode with Networking)

If you have more than one user account in your operating system - please log-in to the clean account and download the recommended anti-spyware software, install it and run a full system scan, remove all the security infections it will detect, however if you have only one user account please follow this guide (this guide will show you how to create a new user account using safe mode with command prompt - using this newly created user account you will be able to remove United Kingdom Police ransomware.

If United Kingdom Police scam also blocks your operating system's Safe Mode with Networking follow these removal instructions:

1. Start your computer in Safe Mode with Command Prompt - During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then select Safe mode with command prompt from the list and press ENTER.

2. When command prompt mode loads enter the following line: net user removevirus /add and press ENTER.

3. Next enter this line: net localgroup administrators removevirus /add and press ENTER.

4. Finnaly enter this line: shutdown -r and press ENTER.

5. Wait for your computer to restart,  then boot your PC in Normal Mode and login to the newly created user account ("removevirus"). This account won't be affected by the ransomware infection and you will be able to download and install recommended anti-spyware software to eliminate this virus from your computer.

6. Download and install recommended anti-spyware software to eliminate this ransomware infection from your computer:

remover for United Kingdom Police virus

If the newly created user account is also affected by the ransomware infection try doing a System Restore:

1. Start your computer in Safe Mode with Command Prompt - During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then select Safe mode with command prompt from the list and press ENTER.

2. When command prompt mode loads enter the following line: cd restore and press ENTER.

3. Next type this line: rstrui.exe and press ENTER.

4. In the opened window click "Next".

5. Select one of the available restore point and click "Next" (this will restore your computer's system to an earlier time and date, before the ransomware infiltrated your PC).

6. In the opened window click "Yes".

7. After restoring your computer to a previous date download and scan your PC with a recommended anti-spyware software to eliminate any left remnants of United Kingdom Police ransomware.

Other methods which can be used to eliminate this ransomware infection from your PC:

Remove United Kingdom Police ransomware using a Rescue Disk.

Manual United Kingdom Police scam removal:

If you were unable to remove United Kingdom Police scam using the steps above, you can use this manual removal instruction. Use it at your own risk. If you don't have strong computer knowledge you could harm your operating system. Be careful and use it only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

End these United Kingdom Police virus processes:

random.exe

Delete these United Kingdom Police virus files:

%Temp%\<random>.exe
%StartupFolder%\ctfmon.ln