West Yorkshire Police Virus

If you are aware that your PC could be infected with different types of malware, you should note that ransomware is at its peak. West Yorkshire Police Virus is just one of many ransomware infections that disable access to the system’s program and the Internet. It is essential not to panic as the computer becomes non-responsive to commands to open a program or access the Internet, because this is how West Yorkshire Police Virus wants to scare you. Additionally, it is vitally important to ignore a message reporting that the PC is blocked by the police of West Yorkshire, because the computer is blocked by cyber criminals waiting for you to pay a ransom payment so that you can unlock the machine.

To make you think that you need to liberate the computer from the control of the police, the message provides the user with the imaginary causes of the lock down of the PC. It claims that some prohibited material is stored on the machine. Moreover, the computer’s IP address is claimed to be detected during illegal visits to pornography and child abuse related websites. Below, you will find how the developers of West Yorkshire Police Virus put it into the message:

Your Windows license number was involved in violation of the UK laws. Your IP address was used for the following illicit activities: visiting webpages of pornographic nature, including child pornography, sadomasochism and child abuse. As it has been determined that your computer contains video of pornographic nature, and child abuse, it is being blocked to prevent further violation of law. You will regain access to your computer after paying a fine of 100 pounds.

We highly suggest ignoring the message, because you do not have to pay £100 to unlock the computer. If you want to restore the system’s settings and use the machine as you did before, remove West Yorkshire Police Virus with a reliable spyware/malware removal program. Therefore, pay no attention to two electronic paying options which are Ukash and Paysafecard. Criminals will not be able to access you bank account, but you will be unable to regain your money.

It may seem that it is impossible to download a spyware removal tool and remove West Yorkshire Police Virus; however, you can trick the infection and reboot the system in Safe Mode with Networking so that you will be able to access the Internet. Below, you will find what you should do to download SpyHunter, which will take care of West Yorkshire Police Virus’ removal:

For Windows 7 & Vista:

1. Press the restart button and hit F8.
2. Log into Safe Mode with Networking.
3. Download SpyHunter (go to http://www.pcthreat.com/download-sph)
4. Install removal software and remove infection.

For Windows XP:

1. Repeat step 1-2 from instructions above.
2. Open Run (in the Start menu) and enter “msconfig”, then press Ok.
3. Click on Startup Tab and disable all programs then press Ok.
4. Download SpyHunter removal.
4. Restart the computer and load it in Normal mode.
6. Restart the computer normally, install the software and launch a scan in order to detect and remove Police Virus.

Install the program and launch a scan during with the obnoxious threat’s elements will be removed without any chance of regeneration in the future.