Policía Nacional de Uruguay Virus Removal Guide

Policía Nacional de Uruguay Virus is a ransomware which has been created to deceive computer users in Uruguay. If your screen is covered with a message saying that you are dealing with Uruguayan Police (Policía Nacional de Uruguay), keep in mind that your computer is infected with a Trojan horse called Urausy. This threat has a lot of various interfaces each of which is created in an attempt to attack as many computers around the world as possible. For example, the Trojan has attacked such countries as Slovakia, Spain, Finland, Norway, U.K., and so on.

Just like Politiet Norge Virus or any other variant, Policía Nacional de Uruguay Virus seeks to convince you that you have to pay a release fine in order to unlock the PC. Why then has the computer been locked down? The Trojan wants you to think that the police have charged you with the use and distribution of copyrighted and pornographic material. In order to avoid further legal prosecution, according to the warning, you are supposed to pay a fine:

El importe de la multa es de UYU $2,000 (Peso) o USD $100 (US Dólar).

Usted puede pagar esta multa por Ukash.

We guarantee you that you do not have to pay the money which is required in the warning as the money will be received by cyber criminals. The coat of arm of the country and the logo of Microsoft do not mean that you have to give your money up. The truth is that you should react immediately in order to delete the virus which prevents you from using the computer properly. Do not run the risk of getting the PC infected with new malware and remove Policía Nacional de Uruguay Virus as soon as you can.

The easiest way to remove the virus is by using a reliable spyware removal tool. Our advice is to use SpyHunter as this application is powerful enough to fully terminate the infection and protect the computer against malware attacks. All that you have to do is to follow the instructions given below so that you install the anti-spyware tool properly.

Policía Nacional de Uruguay Virus removal

Windows Vista/7

1. Restart the computer.
2. When the BIOS screen loads, tap the F8 key. If the Windows logo appears, restart the PC and try again.
3. Using the up/down arrow key, select Safe Mode with Networking.
4. Press Enter.
5. Go to http://www.411-spyware.com/download-sph and download our spyware removal tool.
6. Install the application and scan the PC to detect and remove the virus.

Windows XP

1. Restart the computer.
2. Wait for the BIOS startup screen to load and tap the F8 key to access the Windows Advanced Options Menu.
3. Use the up/down arrow key to highlight Safe Mode with Networking and press Enter.
4. On the dialog box, click on Yes.
5. Go to the Start menu.
6. Launch Run.
7. Type msconfig in the Open box and click on OK.
8. Click on the Startup tab.
9. Uncheck all startup entries and click on Apply.
10. Close the window and download SpyHunter.
11. Reboot the computer.
12. Install the tool and scan the PC.

Windows 8

1. Press the Windows key to access Metro UI.
2. Click on the Internet Explorer tile to open the browser.
3. Type in http://www.411-spyware.com/download-sph and press Enter.
4. Click on Run to install the application.
5. Scan the PC to have the infection detected and removed.