FormalPolice.org

Is your browser locked up and you only see a full screen message brought by FormalPolice.org domain? Calm down, this message is fake and it is only displayed for you in order to extort money. FormalPolice.org is designed in such a way that it would make you believe that your computer is infected with various threats. You might encounter this malicious domain if you use Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox; thus, if you notice the FormalPolice.org in your address box, you should know that it is only a webpage with a fake message which you have to get rid of.

The appearance of this domain might differ depending on your location. For instance, if you are a resident of the United States, it is very probable that you will see a fake message supposedly displayed by FBI. You should not believe any word of it because the main aim of this malicious domain is to earn as much money as possible. In order to convince computer users that the message is genuine, the publishers created FormalPolice.org to look very persuasive. There are various logotypes of governmental institutions presented, pictures of authoritative people included as well as the laws that you have ostensibly broken are stated. The fake message which is displayed on your browser definitely tries to convince you that you are accused of keeping and viewing pornography, spamming, and downloading pirated music, video, and other data. Do not believe any of this and remember that governmental institutions do not block browsers in order to inform you that you have broken several laws.

As you already know, FormalPolice.org seeks to scare you into paying a particular sum of money. For this reason, it is not easy to close FormalPolice.org window and it also tends to show pop-ups if you try to do that. Thus, if you see similar pop-up notifications (see below), you should ignore all of them and definitely not pay money because you will reveal your credit card details to cyber criminals and it is very probable that you browser will not be unblocked.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO LEAVE THIS PAGE?

YOUR BROWSER HAS BEEN BLOCKED UP FOR SAFETY REASONS.

ALL PC DATA WILL BE DETAINED.

ALL YOUR FILES ENCRYPTED.

What is more, computer users often think that the message which is displayed have to be authentic because such legitimate money-transfer services as Ukash and MoneyPak are used. They are chosen not without a reason – scammers know that it would be basically impossible to trace them if the payment will be made via these money-transfer services. What you can do the most, is to ignore all the warnings and remove FormalPolice.org from your browser as quickly as possible.

If you are ready to remove this domain, you should know that you can do this manually if you use the instructions which we have kindly shared with you. However, you should also scan your computer with a reliable antimalware tool, for instance, SpyHunter which will be able to remove all other threats and keep your computer safe in the future.

How to remove FormalPolice.org

Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome

1. Click X as if you want to leave this fake message.
2. When the pop-up appears, select Leave this page.
3. Do not let your browser open the last viewed page the next time you launch it.

Internet Explorer

1. Press Ctrl+Shif+Esc.
2. Select the Processes tab.
3. Mark Show processes from all users which you will find at the lower-left part of the Task Manager.
4. Find the iexplorer.exe process and click on it.
5. Click the End Process button and then click the End process button again when the dialog box appears (click OK if you are using Windows XP).

Safari

1. Press Command+Option+Escape keys one after another.
2. When the Force Quit Applications window appears, select Safari or other browser on which you are seeing FormalPolice.org malicious domain.
3. Click the ForceQuit button which will close your browser.
4. Make sure that your browser does not open the last opened page.