Dirección General de la Policía - Cuerpo Nacional de Policía is an authority from Spain, which has no connection with the screen locker displayed in the screenshot below. The message demanding payment of a 100 Euro fine for law infringements is generated by a ransomware infection. This type of inf
Polizia Penitenziaria is a ransomware infection targeting computer users from Italy. This screen locker originates from a family of ransomware called Reveton. This family of rogues is infamous for its capability to localize deceptive messages that lock computer users' desktops. When infected with
POLIISI Osasto Tietoverkkorikollisuuden is the name of a legitimate Finnish authority that has no connection with the screen locker shown in the screenshot below. The name of this authority is exploited by cyber criminals in order to make their deceptive screen locker appear authentic. The messag
MINISTÈRE DE L'INTÉRIEUR is the name of a legitimate authority that is being exploited by cyber criminals in order to trick computer users into paying a bogus fine for supposed copyright or other law violations. This fake message specifically targets computer users from France. Cyber criminals us
GVU Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) scam is a ransomware infection, which attempts to trick PC users into paying a bogus fine of 100 Euro for supposed copyright law violations. This deceptive message completely locks u
Norsk Politi Institutt for Cybercrime Scam is a security infection originating from a family of ransomware called Reveton. This particular security threat targets computer users from Norway. The Reveton family of ransomware is infamous for its capability to localize deceptive messages, which lock
The Claro-search.com website presents users with a customized Google search engine. Commonly, users are redirected to this website having installed the Claro LTD toolbar on their Internet browsers. Whilst this website alone is not malicious, its promotion methods are clearly deceptive.The browser
iask123.com is a website using deceptive methods to generate traffic - it is a browser hijacker. Many computer users complain that their Internet browsers are redirected to the iask123.com website without their consent. This is a clear indication that users' computers have been infected with a Tr
Cougar Systems Support Center is a malicious website used by Cyber criminals. It is a fake support website to which computer users are redirected if their computers become infected with fake antivirus programs from the WinWebSec family. When creating rogue security programs, cyber criminals attemp
"Your Computer is Inactive - System Cleaner is in Progress" is a ransomware infection, which locks computer users' screens and demands payment of a $200 fine to unlock it. The deceptive message within the screen locker states that it was applied due to the computer user downloading copyrighted mus