User talk:Mosessmith922

ICE Cyber crime center virus ICE Cyber crime center virus is a simply another member from the same ransomware family.

This virus much like FBI, department of justice virus and so on takes over access of computer

and displays a screen which looks similar to a legal notice purportedly from police. The ransom

page illegally takes over access of computer and demands ransom to unlock PC. According to

the message the computer is locked because of alleged law violations.

Generally the amount demanded as ransom albeit fine varies from version to version. The

legal notice like looking screen is intimidating because it is full with illegal activities and law

violations. Without any doubt, a novice PC user who is not aware of the fact that the screen is

bogus scam is likely to follow the instructions. Though it is a scam since the interface appears as

a genuine notice many users get scared into believing that the message is genuine.

It is nothing surprising to find that PC users get scared about the warning page because it has

everything to make it look like a legal warning. It can include police seal, name of the legal

institution they are trying to impersonate. There is no reason to believe that the message is

genuine though it bears police logo and name of legal institution. It is not without a reason if

the notice is a fake because police has nothing to do with the warning page.

Hackers are exploiting the name of police to extort money from novice PC users by locking their

computer and displaying illegal activities. The notice claims that the computer is among the

ones found violating laws. It says the user is caught visiting sites categorized as illegal which

is a clear act of cyber violation. Copyright law violation according the notice is because user

downloaded software, videos, music illegally. It is clear that all police virus scam display similar

interface and use similar scary tactics to extort money from victims. Though there is no need to

worry about the warning notice or the so called fine but victims get scared into paying fine to

avoid prosecution. Scam it is, it does nothing even after receiving money from victims.

Ransomware as it is popular termed as gets inside of a computer when a user visits malware

infesting sites or by clicking malicious ads or nasty ads capable of dropping Trojans or

downloading infected attachments. The virus targets computers that run on windows XP, Vista,

windows 7, windows 8 and so on. No sooner virus gets installed onto computer, it modifies

registry files and compromises security settings before displaying the lock screen.

The bogus screen is installed onto startup list to automatically block access to computer and to

prevent other programs from loading. It is not possible to close the screen installed by the virus

because it disables all system tools important to get it off from the screen.