European Law Enforcement Agency Virus Removal Guide

European Law Enforcement Agency Virus is a computer threat aimed at deceiving computer users into believing that their computers are locked by Europol, which is an institution that helps the Member States deal with international crime. When the infection gets in the system, the screen is locked so that the user will star to think that the accusations presented in the message displayed by the virus are serious.

Every computer user should know that legal authoritative institutions do not charge computer users through the Internet. Therefore, it is important not to panic whenever a suspicious message asking to pay through a particular service appears on the screen. This is a typical characteristic of Uhash viruses such as IRMA virus, Magyar Rendorseg Virus, Bundesamt für Polizei virus, Canadian Security Intelligence Service Virus and others. Interestingly, instead of a 100 euro ransom fee, European Law Enforcement Agency Virus demand 250 dollars which, according to the notification, should be paid through the Ukash or Paysafecard electronic payment system. Keep in mind that the computer is paralyzed by Reveton Trojan which is responsible for keeping the system inoperable; hence you should not pay Trojan-developers but remove the infection from the system.

Your PC is blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below:

Your computer has been trying to download and/or to install pirated software or multimedia files protected by international laws and has been blocked.

We advise you against trying to remove European Law Enforcement Agency Virus manually, because many malicious functions are being performed by the infection in the background. Instead, you can download a reliable spyware removal program which will remove the infection. If you want to have a powerful tool which will safeguard the system against different threats, use SpyHunter. The application has to be downloaded when the computer is booted in Safe Mode with Networking; if your operating system is Windows XP, pay close attention to the instructions below to install the tool properly:

Windows Vista/7:

1. Restart the computer.
2. Hold down the F8 key while the system is loading up.
3. Navigate to Safe Mode with Networking with the arrow keys on the keyboard and press Enter.
4. Go to http://www.411-spyware.com/download-sph and download SpyHunter.
5. Install the file downloaded and scan the computer for the virus.

Windows XP:

1. Restart the PC.
2. Hold down the F8 key while the PC is rebooting.
3. When boot options appear, move to Safe Mode with Networking with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
4. Press Enter to confirm.
5. Click on Yes when a dialog box appears.
6. Open the Start menu.
7. Launch the Run console.
8. In the Open box, enter “msconfig” and click OK.
9. Click on the Startup tab.
10. Uncheck all startup entries and click on Apply.
11. Download SpyHunter and restart the computer.
12. Let the machine reboot normally and then install the software.