The warning supposedly coming from West Yorkshire Police about you committing various forbidden things is a fresh ransomware program specifically elaborated by hackers in order to steal money from unwary users. This is why this warning is often referred to by some as West Yorkshire Police virus, even though the well-known and reputable UK’s police isn’t associated with this scam, not at all. So, be not afraid when you get it! This is a deceitful statement that has nothing to do with the real notice from the British law enforcement body. Here is what it says in details, by the way:

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Polisen Enheten for databrott is actually the heading (title) of another ransomware virus that is prepared by online hackers to hijack computers primarily in Sweden and thus to demand money from users deceived by the large volume of untrue information. In particular, typical to all other ransomwares, this pest tells that users were noticed to watch, promote and spread illegal information over the Internet having to do with extremely explicit content, spreading spam and even being engaged in support of terrorist activities. No doubt, such information is quite scary when received by unprepared users (not aware about presence of this type of infection in the cyber world). The malware literally prompts users to pay the forfeit (fine) in the amount of 100 Euro by means of indicating special PIN codes of Ukash or Paysafecard vouchers. As you probably understand, doing so is the waste of funds. There is no guarantee that this scam will unlock your PC, and the chances are that the crooks will simply use your money simply for reaching their covetous plots. Even if the problem can be resolved (desktop unlocked) by means of indicating the Ukash or Paysafecard PIN codes – still, this is not the correct solution of the problem. There are many other wonderful things you could invest your money into, but surely not in favor of the criminals that produced this scareware device. By the way, here is what it says in Swedish language, in particular:

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PRS for Music Your computer has been locked stands for a scam (ransomware) application that aims to collect funds from unwary PC users all over the world. It should be first noted that several weeks ago Performing Right Society organization (abbreviated as PRS) wrote an explanatory notice where they clearly stated that the scam is not associated with PRS for Music and that they are researching this case thoroughly. It is quite logical to ask ourselves why in the world this organization is so concerned about this malicious application. Obviously, this is due to the fact that the online frauds use their trademark and logo, together with Metropolitan police evidently, to design this scareware as the real warning that allegedly appeared in front of your screen, being supposedly originated by the law enforcement bodies of the UK. This badware is especially severe sample and, regretfully, is very persistent at this very present time. Thus, what does this scam perform in particular? As soon as it is successfully implanted into your machine, it obtains total control over your Desktop with quite a professionally designed and written full-screen notice indicating to be originated by PRS for Music and Metropolitan Police law enforcement bodies. Here is how this scam depicts itself on a real computer:

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Tietoverkkorikosten Tutkinnan Yksikko is the title of a new ransomware-type virus that now attacks Finland. Not so many security sites tell about this problem, by the way. Even those that do enlighten this issue often fail to provide good malware removal instructions, thus leaving users without professional help and assistance on restoration of their computers back to the normal, fully-functional mode. Regretfully, quite a large number of computers in Finland and, possibly, some other European countries have suffered from the attack of this serious infection that takes the infected computer hostage and locks it completely, without giving a chance to do anything with it. Here is what the ransomware virus says in Finnish:

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The scary notice that you see at the screenshot is the background of the computer desktop infected and locked with new ransomware that targets users primarily of Belgium and France. Some users also tend to name this cyber infection as eCops virus in their search queries. This is because of eCops logo placed in the very upper part of this scareware notification. We’ve researched about eCops organization. This is a Belgian online reporting service to which the Internet user can report crimes related to Belgium, committed on or by means of the world wide web. The web-page of eCops clearly says that this organization makes sure that all such reports are investigated by the appropriate service. So, this is the authority that helps to prevent sites with misleading information, unwanted advertisement or a fraudulent offers over the Internet. It also fights against child pornography on websites. It is obvious that this is a good company that helps to prevent cyber crimes committed by some users online. However, eCops has nothing to do with this ransomware program you see at the screenshot. On the contrary, this virus was prepared by hackers who want to earn extra money by deceiving users online. As we said, this malware attacks users primarily of France and Belgium, but there are chances that other countries might suffer because of it too. Below please find the quotes of what the ransomware accuses users of:

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Windows a ete bloque

France is being nowadays under the attack of another serious ransomware hijacker that completely disables the infected computer, without giving user the option to enjoy the benefits of using it. It actually locks or blocks the PC and says that this happened because of watching illegal stuff over the Internet and due to malware that attacked your PC after your browsing through such explicit content online. The ransomware then tells users that some kind of security update must be bought and then installed in order to protect your security in the future and to unlock your PC (unblock it). However, there is no guarantee that by doing so the computer would be returned to the normal mode. The application that you see described is a serious virus over the world wide web. It is referred to the category of ransomware tools because it asks for the ransom to be paid on the part of user in order to unlock the hijacked desktop. The ransom amout makes up EUR 50. After purchasing this ransom the malware promises to install the required security updates, to get rid of this virus and to unlock your compuer. Below please find some quotations from what the virus tells users to do:

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