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PC users who stand accused of a crime against Copyrighted and Related Rights Law by Metropolitan British Police do not have to be afraid of being arrested and being deprived of freedom for several years, simply because the loc !down message is forged by cyber criminals aiming at large amount of easy money" Metropolitan British Police virus was firstly detected in the year of #$%%" &ere's its first version(
)he refined interface with simplicity added with famous anti!virus programs such as *aspers y, bitdefender, +vira, together with the displayed ,P address, browser version and so on reinforce the
authenticity of Metropolitan British Police message" Most law!abiding citi-ens would definitely submit the non!e.istent ransom which is %$$ pound, without e.cluding the possibility that victims are threatened to fulfill the submission simply due to the reluctance to lose the data stored on the target machine as what Metropolitan British Police virus claims that if the penalty is not paid, all the data will be removed from your PC!" )he amount of different version of Metropolitan British Police virus can be different" /ust ta e the most three flagrant versions for e.ample(
0rom the above attached screenshots, it is clear that more titles of national departments are added onto the loc !down message, namely Police Central e!crime 1nit, Cheshire Police +uthority, 2erios 3rganised Crime +gency, ,nterpol, to convince PC users that it is actually issued by the related department and it is obligatory to
hand over the re4uired ransom" 5reedy as its cyber criminal is, the amount of ransom increases when each new version released" +s a matter of fact, those multiple titles happen to reveal its real property as a virus for it is not clear as to which department ta es responsibility of the violation and ambiguity is not allowed in the law processing" Common feature of various versions of Metropolitan British Police virus can be also found that first payment method is always 1 ash, an electronic money system offering convenient money transfer online" 6ith its conveniency and security, 1 ash was awarded 7ueen's +wards for 8nterprise" 9evertheless, it has been ta en advantage by cyber criminals li e the one who created Metropolitan British Police virus to ensure the money will be collected in a 4uic manner" )here is another benefit for adopting 1 ash to commit cyber crime is that such payment doesn't support the reimbursement" 8ven when victims finally reali-e the loc !down message is a virus after the submission, the only chance to get bac their hard!earned money is when the cyber criminal being arrested" But in fact, few cyber criminals were nown to be successfully put into prison"
6ith computers connected by networ s nowadays, spreading Metropolitan British Police virus through networ s is the most efficient way to gain huge fortune" Besides, little attention has been attached on good PC practice, coupled with the unawareness of reinforcement on website, Metropolitan British Police virus manages to gain the chance to initiate its aggressive infiltration when accident clic is made on spam commercial advertisement to automatically download virus or downloading vicious applications< programs without nowing the malicious property" &ere's the conclusive list of dissemination routine that Metropolitan British Police employs for its infiltration(
8.ploiting vulnerability on installed programs, open resource code, browsers, web applications and so on" +ffecting or paying porn sites to load the malevolent code of Metropolitan British Police virus" +ffecting emails to distribute a mass of letters that encompass lin < attachment directing to download Metropolitan British Police virus to contacts of the victim"
Modify registry entries in the database? randomly add< delete values under directories concerning system configurations of, such as startup, 6indows protected -one, firewall, anti!virus program, 2afe Mode, etc"" 9umerate all detected catalogues and overwrite the mostly used item with its malicious code after transferring the original content to its self!made file, convincing that the important data is gone but can be retrieved as soon as the submission is complete"
+ll these result in unmanageable situation where some 2afe Mode cannot be enabled, 2ystem Restore and Repair My 2ystem are disabled, 0@ functional ey become inaccessible" +part from the damages that are seen when Metropolitan British Police virus is loc ing up the whole computer, there are damages that will be seen even after the successful removal of it due to the randomly modified database giving rise to vulnerability that can be easily e.ploited by today's virus" )he truth is the residual virus can also be introduced in by Metropolitan British Police virus after it resells the collected information to other spammers for lucrative profit" )o remove Metropolitan British Police virus before it disables all build!in functionality that are supposed to assist in the 4uic removal and before it causes more virus affections, the manual steps below will be helpful" Be noted that computer nowledge as well as s ills are re4uired to go through the instruction hereinafter"
Mac
Prompt%
Please press +lt,Ctrl and delete ey together to get into another blue screen with options" Please hold shift ey and clic on power button at the same time"
2elect )roubleshoot with arrow eys" )hen select +dvanced options" &it Restart button at the right bottom of the screen" )ap 0A to get into safe mode with command prompt"
6indows B<CP<Dista
+s the computer is booting but before 6indows launches, eep tapping 0@ ey continuously" Eou will get into 6indows +dvanced 3ptions Menu" &ighlight 2afe Mode with Command Prompt option with arrow eys and press 8nter ey"
Eou will see a flashing slash<line behind 2ystemF#G" )ype He.plore' there followed by 8nter ey" Eou will then be ta en to a new des top" Created a new user account with administrator right"
!tep &hree" Remove Metropolitan British Police virus in the newl' create user account( start with isa)lin$ relate startup items 6indows @
Restart the computer normally and log into the newly created user account" 8nable 2earch Charm bar to type H)as ' followed by 8nter ey" 0ind and tic related items" Press H=isable' option to remove Metropolitan British Police virus"
6indows B<CP<Dista
Restart the computer normally and log into the newly created user account" &old 6in ey and R ey together to launch 2earch< Run bo."
)ype Hmsconfig' followed by 8nter ey" 0ind and tic related items" Press H=isable +ll' option to remove Metropolitan British Police virus"
!tep *our" Mo if' ata)ase to help remove Metropolitan British Police virus% 6indows @
)ype Hregedit' in 2earch charm bar followed by 8nter ey" Press and hold CtrlI0 to search for 6inlogon" Locate ey labeled 2hell in the right pane" Right clic on it and replace it with He.plorer"e.e'"
6indows B<CP<Dista
Put Hregedit' in Run bo. followed by 8nter ey" Press and hold CtrlI0 to search for 6inlogon"
Locate ey labeled 2hell in the right pane" Right clic on it and replace it with He.plorer"e.e'"
3pen 6indows 8.plorer by clic ing on 6indows 8.plorer application from 2tart 2creen"
2elect Diew tab on 6indows 8.plorer window to tic H0ile name e.tensions' and H&idden items' options"
9avigate to Roaming folder and )emp folder respectively in =rive C to remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with random letters"
6indows B<CP<Dista
3pen HControl Panel' from 2tart menu and search for H0older 3ptions'"
)ic H2how hidden files and folders and non!tic &ide protected operating system files :Recommended;' item under Diew tab and then clic H3*'" 9avigate to Roaming folder and )emp folder respectively in =rive C to remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with random letters"
Macs
3pen safari even when it still displays the counterfeit message by Metropolitan British Police virus" Clic on 2afari menu to choose HReset 2afari'"
)ic all given options when another window pops up" Press HReset' to confirm the change"
Clic on the search icon on the right!up corner of the screen" )ype safari :the browser that has Metropolitan British Police virus; on the search bo." Choose safari by clic ing on it once" 1"2"+" Cyber Crime ,nvestigations virus will be gone by now"
Attention" Most of the information given on Metropolitan British Police loc ! down message is fa e" &owever, that the data will be removed is real" =on't submit the money for this reason, because, according to the reports by numerous victims, the cyber criminal will not unbloc the computer after receiving money" +nti!virus programs are unable to remove Metropolitan British Police virus, which should draw the attention to victims since it employs the advanced )ro>an technology to bind its fatal components to system items? which is why Metropolitan British Police virus eeps coming bac regardless of the fact that some detected infections have been removed by security utilities" Manual removal way is the most efficient way to help regain operational computer though, it re4uires computer s ills, e.perience as well as circumspection to avoid any deviation and mista e that would also impose damage to computers" ,f there's no better choice has been found than manual removal way and no professional s ills, use the recommended professional services to regain bac a clean and functional computer in a few minutes"