IRMA and BSA Virus

What is IRMA and BSA?

"PC is locked by Business Software Alliance trade group and Information Resources Management Association" is a ransomware infection, which blocks computer users' screens and demands payment of a $250 fine for supposedly viewing or using 'forbidden' and 'pirate' software. This is a scam created by Cyber criminals to trick unsuspecting PC users into paying a bogus fine.

No authorities or other organizations use such methods to collect fines for law violations. These ransomware infections originate from a family called Epubb, the previous versions of which, exploited the name of the FBI and other authorities in order to scare PC users into paying bogus fines.

Note that neither the IRMA nor BSA have any connection with this message. If you pay the fine, you will send your money to cyber criminals and your computer will remain locked. When this ransomware infiltrates users' PCs, it blocks the desktop, with only the deceptive message visible.

Do not trust this scam or pay the bogus fine. If you see a message such as this blocking your screen, your PC has been infiltrated by a ransomware infection.

"PC is locked by Business Software Alliance trade group and Information Resources Management Association" ransomware is proliferated using Trojans and blackhole exploit kits. To prevent security infections such as these, PC users should use legitimate antivirus and antispyware programs.

If your computer screen is already locked with this fake message, use the removal guide provided to eliminate this ransomware from your PC.

A fake message shown by the IRMA and BSA virus:

IRMA Creator of Knowledge.
Information Resources Management Association.
Advancing the Concepts and Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations
Business Software Alliance.
All activity of this computer has been recorded. If you use a webcam. All Activity were saved for identification.
Your personal computer has been noticed in viewing, storing and using of forbidden and pirate software, audio and video content.
Now your PC is locked by Business Software Alliance trade group and Information Resources Management Association. This project was created to struggle for purity of the Internet. You are visiting, viewing and using forbidden content, sponsoring the owners of this content (forbidden and pirate). You are putting yourself and your computer at risk by using this content. Real creators of this content, who are concerned about your security, are loosing billions of dollars. Warning! Do not use pirate (forbidden) content How the pirate (forbidden) content can be dangerous? There are hidden procedures for tracing and transmission your personal data running with this content. Your personal data can be used for fraudulent purposes. Using, watching, saving pirate (forbidden) content you are violating at least one act of the law of our country. In the worst case, you may break up to four acts of pirate content law. If you don't pay the fee, all data about using of pirate (forbidden) content, your personal IP address. webcam data (if you use it) will be sent to the self-government, where your case will be considered on an individual basis and appropriate measures will be taken. How to protect yourself and don't lock your computer again? You have to use licensed only software, store only licensed and legal files and programs on your computer. You shouldn't use any software for downloading audio, video and other types of pirate and forbidden content on your computer. You should avoid any registrations and publications at sites, containing pirate and forbidden content. Your computer shouldn't be used for transmission of forbidden data. How to unlock your computer? You should buy MoneyPack code denominated of 250 dollars. The number of code needs to be entered in the field below. After entering, check correctness of the code number and press "OK" button. Your computer will be unlocked in 1-72 hours. Read attentively! After paying the fee! After paying the fee, this application will unlock your PC for 7 days (168 hours), and will be activated again after this term. You have this time to remove pirate (forbidden) content. After payinselled to pay the fee again. After paying the fee you can get the free consultation at support@irma-international.org, send a fax to +1-253-512-8497 or get a support on the phone calling +1-202-872-5501.

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Quick menu:

• What is IRMA and BSA?
• STEP 1. "IRMA and BSA" virus removal using safe mode with networking.
• STEP 2. Remove "IRMA and BSA" manually editing registry entries.

IRMA and BSA virus removal:

Step 1

Start your computer in Safe Mode. Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press the F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see the Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe Mode with Networking from the list.

Video showing how to start Windows 7 in 'Safe Mode with Networking':

Step 2

Log in to the account infected with the IRMA and BSA 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 entries detected.

After completing these steps your computer should be clean. Reboot your computer in Normal Mode.

Alternative IRMA and BSA virus removal guide:

If this ransomware blocks your screen when you start your computer in Safe Mode with Networking, try starting your PC in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

1. During your computer starting process, press the F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, and then select Safe Mode with Command Prompt from the list and press ENTER.

2. In the opened Command Prompt, type explorer and press Enter. This command will open the Explorer window - do not close it and continue to the next step.

3. In the Command Prompt, type regedit and press Enter. This will open the Registry Editor window.

4. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\

5. In the right side of the window, locate "Shell" and right click on it. Click on Modify. The default value in the Data column is Explorer.exe - if you see something else displayed in this window, remove it and type Explorer.exe (take a note of whatever else was displayed in the Data column - this is the path of the rogue execution file). Use this information to navigate to the rogue executable and remove it.

6. Restart your computer, download and install legitimate anti-spyware software and perform a full system scan to eliminate any remnants of the IRMA and BSA virus.

If you cannot start your computer in Safe Mode with Networking (or with Command Prompt), boot your computer using a rescue disk. Some variants of ransomware disable Safe Mode, making its removal more complicated. For this step, you need access to another computer.

After removing Strathclyde Police ransomware from your PC, restart your computer and scan it with legitimate antispyware software to remove any possible remnants of this security infection.

Other tools known to remove the IRMA and BSA virus:

• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

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