Australian Federal Police Virus Removal, Assist to Remove AFP Ukash Scam

Australian Federal Police virus is another destructive ransomware infection focusing on attacking PC users whose geographical location is Australia. By using the similar attack techniques as other emblematic ransomware like System Failure FBI scam, Australian Federal Police virus generally hampers computer users by forcibly blocking access to operating system that it infects, and then displays an imaginary pop-up message on the monitor, claiming that the computer has been locked on the ground of illegal behaviors caused by users. To unlock computer, this type of malware will deceive victims into paying a non-existent fine through anonymous payment system such as Ukash, Paysafecard or Moneypak. The ransom commonly is at least $100.

In order to increase its authenticity, the Australian Federal Police virus embezzles the official logos and other pictures from the local law enforcement agency. In reality, the legitimate Australian Federal Police organization is federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, which has the duty to enforce Commonwealth of Australia criminal law and to protect Commonwealth and national interests from crime in Australia and overseas. Certainly, the lawful Australian Federal Police has its legal procedures to deal with various criminal cases. Thereupon it won’t unadvisedly lock a user’s computer while sending a pop-up message demanding for money. The Australian Federal Police ransomware regularly can be propagated onto a victim’s computer through a variety of approaches.

Basically, it may permeate onto a target machine with the help of exploit kits which has the capability to secretly install and execute the components of malware. Meanwhile, the Australian Federal Police scam may arrive as part of another malware’s payload, which may contain Trojan, worm or rootkit. On the other hand, computer users may get infected with Australian Federal Police virus when they utilize some unreliable online resources which may contain the activation of the malware. To be specific, they may be malicious websites, attachments/links in a spam email or some infected freeware/shareware downloads. Once being installed on compromised machine, it would not only render affected computer inoperable but also utilize found system vulnerabilities to drop and install additional threats onto compromised system for further harm.

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How to Remove Australian Federal Police Ransomware

1.    Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Reboot in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt". To do this, restart the computer and before the Windows logo appears, tap the F8 key, a menu will appear, choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt and press the Enter key on the keyboard.

Additional steps for Windows 8 users:

• Press Ctrl+Alt+Del while the PC is starting up, then Press Shift key and click ‘shut down’ icon. After that, click restart and go to the ‘Choose An Option’ screen.
• Choose ‘Troubleshoot’> ‘Advance Options’> ‘Startup settings’>‘Restart’
• Then choose ‘Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt’

2.   When CMD box pops up, type explorer in it. This will show you the desktop of computer.

3.    Show hidden files of Australian Federal Police virus.

• Open Folder Options: clicking the Start button> Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.   After that, click the View tab.
• Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4.    Terminate Australian Federal Police virus’s processes.

5.    Remove Australian Federal Police virus files stored on hard drive:

%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
%AppData%\Protector-.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\ApplicationData\.exe(rnd)

6.    Remove registry files of Australian Federal Police scam:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit”={rnd}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run”"
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun”"

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