Politie Virus (Free Guide) - updated Apr 2021

What is Politie Virus?

Politie virus is a computer virus that displays bogus notification pretending to be the alert form Police or any other government agency

Politie virus is the cryptovirus that demands a ransom for alleged distribution of illegal material. Politie virus is the ransomware that states about cybercrime and illegal activities on fake alerts that ask to pay up. This is a virus that infects various devices on countries in Europe mainly and demands euros for the alleged help or dismissed charges for illegal activities like pornographic content distribution or cybercrime.

These alerts stating about Police or FBI interference are fake and created to scare people into paying the demand. You haven't violated any laws, so don't pay the fine because this can lead to permanent money loss or even installation of other malware if you contact these people behind the fake alerts.^[1] There is nothing legal, and authorities are not involved in this Politie ransomware attack. However, when the screen gets locked and the message alerts about various law violations and involvement in illegal activities, people get scared and don't think twice before paying the demanded amounts.

Politie virus belongs to a category of ransomware that is one of the most dangerous cyber threats because it involves money and direct extortion from victims. You should never pay the ransom demanded from you because there is no need to trust those promises that criminals state on their messages and fake alerts, in this case.

The message delivered by Politie virus can differ from country to country, but it sounds similar and every time claims that you have been involved in illegal activities. This is a scammer method used to trick people, so criminals can make a profit from all those fines.

Politie ransomware virus also can disable function on your machine and lead to the damaged device due to such alterations. Besides the lock screen and messages, this threat can install trojans, worms, and viruses with the particular purpose of running other processes in the background.

To end all of them, you need to get professional tools, and clean the system fully, remove Politie virus alongside other trojans or malicious programs. This is crucial because scammers may lure you into revealing information or use different tactics in the future if you leave the payload or any other related file on the system.

Rely on tools like SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner or Malwarebytes and perform the full Politie virus removal during a full system scan. When there is more damage ake on your computer, you can also try to use the System Restore or Safe Mode features listed below that help to achieve needed results. You should also check tips and tricks below the article, where experts^[2] make a guide for malware removal.

Politie virus is the ransomware that demands to pay a 200 euro fine.

Politie virus is a dangerous cyber threat, a screen locker, that seeks to make users pay the invented fine for their 'illegal' crimes. This threat is designed for the Netherlands, so it uses this country's language. Note that there are many other Politie Virus versions that all belong to a widely-known group of ransomware, which called Ukash.

As soon as they get inside the system, they take over the whole computer's system and lock it down with their misleading alert, which includes the names of governmental organizations, shows victim's IP address and gives the misleading information.

It claims something like that: “Uw computer is vergrendeld.” Instead of falling for Politie Virus or other Ukash virus, keep in mind that they have nothing to do with Netherlands police and must be ignored. You must remove Politie Virus as soon as you start seeing its misleading alert.

Since the Politie virus is spreading all over the world it can present the message in various languages like “Uw computer is vergrendeld. Illegaal gedownloade muziek stukken.” Typically, to other Ukash threats, it uses the language of the victim in order to make the user think that he truly has a deal with a local governmental authority.

Politie virus is the ransomware that can access your web camera and disable various functions on the machine.

Ransomware spreading methods include spam email campaigns

Ransomware in most cases gets distributed by trojan horses^[3] or other malware that takes advantage of every security vulnerability it finds. Typically, it comes inside the PC via spam emails and other files that have been infected with the trojan or worm. Once inside and active, it starts its activity or ransomware payload dropping immediately. Sometimes such malware is designed only to infect the machine further.

However, those spam email campaigns that deliver malware and viruses also spread cryptovirus directly on the computer once the malicious file gets downloaded and opened on the machine. It happens when the email received looks legitimate enough to get opened without paying attention.

Emails have either hyperlinks or file attachments with a malicious script or direct ransomware payload.^[4] Make sure to delete any emails that raise questions or seem not genuine immediately and don't download or open any files from such notifications.

Removing Politie virus includes cleaning the machine fully from other malware

When trying to remove Politie virus, you may find that you are blocked from getting on the Internet and that's the most important thing because you won't be capable to download the anti-malware program and remove infected files from the system. However, if you have the connection download SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner or Malwarebytes that will remove infected files from your computer or try to get this tool on another PC and scan the machine via an external drive.

Another tip for Politie virus removal is a system cleaning and various functions of the device itself. You can rely on FortectIntego tool for the system performance improvements. Also, the ransomware changes a lot on the machine and even disables some programs like antivirus tools. Entering the Safe Mode before scanning the machine can give the advantage of fully eliminating ransomware from the PC.