Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Removal of Buma Stemra Politie copyright virus that claims 50 Euro penalty in the name of the Dutch copyright authority dealing with music authors benefits

Buma Stemra virus has nothing to do with a legitimate portal dedicated to the copyright of music authors, bumastemra.nl, an official website for relevant Dutch copyright organization.
The infection is spread through hacked websites, introduced by droppers, other sneaky approaches are used to infect computers worldwide. However, it is understood that the target audience chiefly includes residents of the Netherlands.
The virus blocks computer system popping up an alert that accuses user of copyright violation in the name of the above authority and the Police. It demands a forfeit of 50 Euro to b paid with Paysafecard.
Please note you must not pay the amount, it is a scam by hacker!
To get rid of Buma Stemra, victims of the ransomware typically performed system restore to the date before the popup loaded their computers. That resulted into elimination of important data loaded between the restore point date and the date of the virus introduction.
Fortunately, there is an option: click here to run free scan and remove Buma Stemra virus as one of the infections detected by the threats recognition facility. Please clean all the infections to be detected by the free scanner to ensure the ransomware extermination is complete.
By the way, true Buma Stemra warned users against the blackmailing by scammers on its website. It strongly suggested in no event to pay the amount claimed in the tricky popup.

image from www.pcwebplus.nl


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