Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus Removal

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus
What is a Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus?

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus is a 'ransomware' or 'scareware' that targets Canadian PCs and displays an alert claiming that your system has been locked as a consequence of "child pornography" or "illegal cyber activity". Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus's pop-up or wallpaper insists that you pay fine of $100 via a Ukash payment service provider so their computers can be unfrozen or unlocked. The scam is a variation of an online extortion that involves ransom ware. Even if the fee is paid by a credit card, the scammers rarely unlock the computer. These types of messages, known as Ransomware or Scareware, are intended to cause shock and anxiety making victims respond by sending money quickly.

Where did this come from?

This virus is targeting Canadian users, mostly infected via websites. It threatens users for violating law, your IP address is displayed and one of the government organizations (Ministry of Public Safety Canada) or Chiefs of Police has lock your PC. The message is completely fake. None of Government of any country that we know lock PC for violating copyright law. So do not panic.

Once infected, in some cases, the virus will exploit the Java or Flash vulnerabilities to load the malicious code. Your web cam will be taken control to threaten you by showing your face or capture a photo.

Deny your Flash player to prevent the hack

Possible Solution (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus Removal)

Power down the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Virus infected computer and wait for 30 Seconds before you turn on.

Now please turn ON the computer and immediately keep hitting F8 until you see WINDOWS ADVANCED OPTIONS MENU.

Select SAFE MODE

When you see the desktop, press WINDOWS KEY + R.

Enter rstrui.exe in the text box.

Use the System Restore to restore back to the earlier restore point BEFORE the infection. Restart the computer. Once the computer restarted, your computer should be cleaned without the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police pop-up.

Possible Solution #2 (When system restore failed or did not work properly)

Now please turn ON the computer and immediately keep hitting F8 until you see WINDOWS ADVANCED OPTIONS MENU.

Select SAFE MODE with networking

When you see the desktop, try to download the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. After the installation, run the Malwarebytes and update if needed. Perform a quick scan to remove the infected objects.

Note: This trojan has various type. If you experienced the same problem in Safe Mode, your computer's boot sector may be infected and required further assistance.

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