It has come to our attention that there’s an evil new sheriff in town and he comes from yonder — across the Atlantic and is galloping across the USA and Canada.
The Police Trojan is a particular vile piece of Malware that, once installed, can freak out users with its official looking U.S. Department of Justice shield. Well, read about it for yourself in this article from the MSNBC Website:
“Long deployed by Eastern European cybercriminals, phony police Trojans are now hitting U.S. shores and, when successful, tricking victims into forking over their cash out of fear.
The criminal campaign starts when the user receives a rigged email or lands on a compromised Web page containing the Trojan. From there, the “Police Trojan,” as researchers at the security firm Trend Micro call it, locks infected computers and displays a banner informing victims they’ve violated federal law by visiting child por**no**graphy websites and must pay to have their systems unlocked.
Below a legitimate-looking logo from the United States Department of Justice, the fraudulent message says, “To unlock the computer you are oblige to pay a fine of $100,” adding that victims must pay through Paysafecard or Ukash vouchers. Any payments made go to the criminals behind the scam, who Trend Micro said are possibly located in Russia or Ukraine…”
Thank you EB & TC for this very invaluable information; and too, about the desktop side gadgets! Damn to [all] those evil doers!!!