Serios Organised Crime Agency ransomware

The Serios Organised Crime Agency virus is a form of dangerous malware categorized as ransomware that locks computer systems and frightens victims into pay a fraudulent fine in order to remove the malicious restriction. Serios Organised ransomware masquerades as the Metropolitan British Police and other departments of the British government, alike the former UK Police virus and e-crime unit virus, and displays a lock-screen that blocks user access and contains content that claims the computer was used illegally and the computer owner must pay a penalty fine of 100€ by use of Ukash Vouchers or the Paysafecard credit services to unlock the computer again. It should be noted that this is a severe computer virus and paying the fine will not remove this infection. This computer virus is in no way associated with the government of Britain, nor any other country for that matter.

The claims made on the block-screen or page displayed by the Serios Organised Crime Agency malware are fraudulent and should be ignored. You are not in trouble with the government if the lock screen appeared on your computer. The content displayed on the lock-screen have been detailed below:

Serios Organised Crime Agency (Soca)
British Metropolitan Police
Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheshire Constabulary 
Interpol

Attention!
Your computer has been blocked up for safety reasons listed below.

You are accused of viewing/storage and/or dissemination of banned pornography (child pornography/zoophilia/rape etc). You have violated World Declaration on non-proliferation of child pornography. You are accused of committing the crime envisaged by Article 161 of Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law.

Article 161 of Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 5 to 11 years.

Also, you are suspected of violation of "Copyright and Related rights Law" (downloading of pirated music, video, warez) and of use use and/or dissemination of copyrighted content. Thus, you are suspected of violation of Article 148 of Kingdom of Great Britain Criminal Law.

Article 148 of Kingdom of Great Britain criminal law provides for the punishment of deprivation of liberty for terms from 3 to 7 years or 150 to 550 basic amounts fine.

It was from your computer, that unauthorized access had been stolen to information of State importance and to data closed for public Internet access.

The penalty set must be paid in course of 48 hours as of the breach. On expiration of the term, 48 hours that follow will be used for automatic collection of data on yourself and your misconduct, and criminal case will be opened against you.

Amount of fine is £100. You can pay a fine Ukash or PaySafeCard vouchers.

As soon as the money arrives to the Treasury account, your computer will be unblocked in course of 24 hours.

Then in 7 day term you should remedy the breaches associated with your computer. Otherwise your computer will be blocked up again and criminal case will be opened against yourself (with no option to pay fine).

As you can see, the allegations detailed on the block page are produced primarily as a scam, in order to scare victims into paying the unnecessary fine. This message is not a message from any United Kingdom agency, therefor these fraudulent message should be avoided and the Serios Organised Crime Agency virus virus should immediately be removed using the removal steps further below.

This computer virus and similar forms of ransomware are dangerous for reasons concerning credit theft, extortion, and identity theft. Even if the lock-screen has subsided, undetected malware and trojan horses (urausy) used to grant access to the computer system may still be present. These malicious files and third-party malware can be used to collect sensitive user information, including your complete computing and internet activity.

How does Serios Organised Crime ransomware infect a computer?

This computer virus and similar forms of malware are often contracted from compromised websites (hacked, drive-by) and downloadable content such as torrents, freeware, and shareware. Furthermore, exploit kits and trojan horses used to spread this ransomware infection may be present in links contained in malicious advertisements, email spam, and compromised social media content.

1. Serios Organised Crime virus removal software

1. Install the free or paid version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware software.

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2. Once Malwarebytes is installed, open the Anti-Malware program. If you are using the free version of Malwarebytes you will be prompted to update the database, please do so.

3. On the first tab labeled “Scanner” select the Perform full scan option and click the Scan button to perform a full system scan (pictured below).

4.  Malwarebytes will automatically detect the Serios Organised Crime Agency virus and third-party malware on your computer. Once the scan is complete, Malwarebytes will prompt a message stating malicious objects were detected. Select (check) the malicious objects in the list and click the Remove Selected button to completely remove Serios Organised Crime Agency malware from your computer (The image below shows a file that is NOT selected for removal – ‘Make sure the box is checked in’).

2. System Restore

A System Restore is an easy solution to restore an infected computer to a date and time before it became infected with Serios Organised Crime Agency ransomware. To learn more please select a link below.

• Windows System Restore Instructions

• Windows 8 Refresh/Reset Instructions

Serios Organised Crime virus removal tips:

If removing the Serios Organised Crime Agency virus and other forms of ransomware is difficult, there are several steps you can use to troubleshoot the removal process:

User accounts

Ransomware often infects 1 user account on Windows systems at a time. Here are some tips to remove this virus using different user accounts.

• Log into an account not affected by malware (with administrative rights) and perform a scan with reputable software to detect and remove malware.

• You can also delete the infected account.

• Other options include creating a new user account to remove malware if only 1 Window’s user account is present on the computer system.

Denying flash

Some variants of ransomware use flash and symptoms of the infection can be halted by denying flash via Macromedia’s real-time options. To learn more and deny flash please visit: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help09.html

Troubleshoot internet/network issues

Safe Mode With Networking can be used to access the Internet for updates, drivers, removal software, or other files if internet and network connectivity is compromised.