Dec 23, 2017

How Do I Get rid of Accusations of Viewing Porn?

Hey. I am in big trouble. A FBI message popped up on my Samsung S8, accusing me of viewing illegal porn. It said I have to pay $ 500 via vanilla card within 3 working days. Otherwise, I would be sentenced to 5 to 7 years in jail. It’s crazy. I swear I didn’t view any illegal porn. I was searching for information for my report when the FBI warning appeared. I don’t think it’s illegal. I went to the police. They said they could not help me because the warning was fake. Luckily, I read your blog and found out that it is a virus. However, I can’t turn off the phone. I tried everything. Please help me get rid of accession of viewing porn on Samsung S8. Thank you.

What is Accusation of Viewing Porn from FBI on Mobile Device?

Do you receive accusation of viewing porn on mobile device from FBI? Is your device locked by FBI warning for watching porn? If your answer is “Yes”, your device has been attacked by a piece of dangerous ransomware. This FBI warning has nothing to do with the real police notification. This is a fake alert which is issued by the hackers. They developed and spread virus to attack and display fake police threat to scare innocent users into paying non-existed fine. This kind of ransomware infection is an international one. No matter which country or region you are located in, there is always a chance to be attacked this virus. The police alert is written in different languages in different countries. It pretends to be the local law enforcement agency and accuses you of performing illegal activities on the mobile devices, claiming that all activities on this device have been recorded.
In order to avoid trouble, you need to pay a fine to unlock the device. Otherwise, you will receive more serious punishment. Do not trust accusation of viewing porn from FBI on mobile device. It is a phony warning. Do not try to unlock the device by paying the fine. The hackers will not help you unlock device though you paid the fine. Lots of victims paid the fine. However, the FBI alert still locked their devices. Paying the fine does not help you get rid of accusation of viewing porn. Therefore, you have to remove the FBI virus manually instead of paying the fake police threat.

What FBI Ransomware can do on Your Mobile Device?

The cyber criminals use FBI ransomware to grab money from Internet users. According to IT expert, it performs activities that its owners want it to do to collect valuable information and money. FBI virus is very aggressive. It blocks security program and checks for illegal files on victims’ devices, such as pornographic content or unlicensed program versions. Once related files are detected, the virus blocks the whole screen and disables all of the functions of device. You can’t make or receive a call. It does not allow you to text or browse. Some victims said that they even couldn’t turn off the device. It seemed that the power button did not work anymore. Also, some victims told that they still could use the device while the Internet was completely blocked. They could use other apps except for browser app. The FBI virus is able to infect Google Chrome, Safari, Samsung Internet app and HTC browser app etc. It hijacks users’ browser and displays misleading alert. No option is provided to close the accusation of viewing porn warning page. You only can type in prepaid card code to the warning’s owner as it requires on the warning screen. No matter the FBI ransomware blocks everything or only Internet, you can’t get rid of the police warning by restarting the device. Every time you turn on the device, the accusation of viewing porn from FBI appears soon and takes over the screen.
As it detected pornographic content, histories of viewing adult content or unlicensed program versions, it accuses you of viewing and storing illegal porn and violating copyright laws etc. Thus, the FBI blocks your device as a punishment. It claims that the payment should be made to avoid the punishment of the governmental authority (usually, FBI, Cyber police or local law enforcement agency). A $ 500 of fine must be paid via Vanilla card, iTune gift card, MoneyPack and other prepaid card within 24 or 72 hours. It demands that payment should be made via prepaid card because it is difficult to trace where the money is going to. It threatens that the fine will be doubled or tripled if you don’t pay the fine in time. Besides, it states that your profile is collected and uploaded to the FBI criminal database center, taking a picture of your face and displaying your basic information on the screen. It uses a countdown to urge you to pay the penalty. It seems that everything on the screen is so real and horrible. In fact, this alert is made up by the hacker to scare you. You are in trouble with the FBI or police, but the hackers. The hackers use virus to take your device hostage and demand a penalty. Do not trust it and pay the penalty. In order to get rid of accusation of viewing porn, you have to remove the fake FBI virus completely.

What’s The Best Way to Remove FBI Virus?
The Cyber Police virus is believed to be from the Internet, spreading for illegal purpose. It is a ransomware created and controlled by cyber criminals who are qualified with certain levels of tech knowledge and skills. Since almost every single android device has an authentic virus protector, cyber criminals must make this virus quite smart in order to escape from the detection and auto removal by legitimate antivirus programs. That’s why smart device with antivirus protections still get infected by this FBI Vanilla virus. As the virus block the anti-virus programs, virus manual is the most effective way so far. That will make sure that the FBI Vanilla virus will not come back again.
Manual removal process, which requires advanced computer knowledge and abilities as well to deal with the virus manually, is suggested here as the most efficient way of unlocking android mobile from FBI Vanilla Virus. Due to the changeable characters of virus files and associated settings, we suggest you contact computer experts for help.

How get rid of accusation of viewing porn? Since paying the so-called fine won’t help you remove this scam virus, manual removal is an effective solution for this. Processing manual removal is supposed to have a certain level of tech skill. If you are not sure how to start and are afraid of making any critical mistakes damaging the cellphone, please live chat with YooCare Expert now.

Screenshot of similar fake police Warning Virus





How Your Device Got Infected with police-theme Warning Ransomware?

The criminals spread scam virus via various ways. Your device will be infected easily before you can react. Let’s talk some of the situations.
Situation 1: Viewing suspicious sites. Virus on malicious sites and legal sites that have been compromised can catch you and block the device immediately when you visit them.
Situation 2: Opening corrupted attachment or click on malicious links in a spam. The cyber criminals dispatch tons of spams with virus to worldwide users every day. Sometimes, virus is embedded in attachment. Sometimes, it hides on site that the malicious link redirects you to. Once you click on them, virus sneaks into your device quickly.
Situation 3: Downloading unknown software that includes malware. Sometimes, you may be convinced that a piece of certain software is useful and meet your needs very much. After you see description of the software, you may think that you will not lose anything after you install it even if it is not as useful as it says. You are totally wrong. Once you download software with virus, your device will be blocked. You are putting your device at risk.

Step-by-step Guide to Unlock Your Android mobile from this scam virus

Step 1: Please try to put the infected android device into Safe Mode at first to unlock the screen temporarily from the powerful scam virus

(1). For various android phones: hold down the power button to bring out the menu with Power Off and Reboot option—-hold down the Power Off option (If nothing happens, please tap and hold the Reboot option instead)—-click OK on the pop-up box asking if you want to access safe mode

(2). For Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy S5: power off the device first. Press power button to power it on and tab the soft-touch Menu button repeatedly

(3). For Samsung Galaxy S3 and other phones with similar customized android system: power off the device—-turn on and hold down the Volume Down button (try Volume Up or Volume Down and Volume Up together if Volume Down does not work) when the brand logo shows up

You will see “Safe mode” at the lower left corner of the screen if you access safe mode successfully
Android-Device-Safe-Mode

Step 2: Search and remove suspicious files which are related to the virus
Step 3: Reboot the device to get out of safe mode.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that the accusation of viewing porn from FBI on your mobile device is unreal. The accusation popped up and took over the screen because a malicious virus infiltrated your device. The police threat is brought by the virus but not the police. Some victims might be downloading free version of software or viewing pornography when the accusation of viewing porn appeared. Hence, many victims believed the accusation was legit and they did violate the laws. They chose to pay the fine to end this scary trouble. You should know that the FBI and police will not inform your illegal actions and punish you by locking mobile device for a fine. When seeing accusation from the police and being fined on the screen of mobile device, calm down and do not pay the fine in a rush. Google around and you will know that it is only a piece of ransomware. As we know, the ransomware is interested in victims’ money, bank card detail and other confidential information. It is very necessary to remove the dangerous FBI ransomware. We suggest you remove the virus manually to make sure that no leftover of malicious files will exist on the device. Locate and remove harmful files related to FBI virus completely. After finishing the virus removal, you will be able to get rid of accusation of viewing porn from FBI on your mobile device.

Suggestion: How to get rid of accusation of viewing porn? Manual removal is a skillful and risky job, if any mistakes are made during the removal process, you may damage your phone immediately. If you are not sure how to start, please contact YooCare PC experts 24/7 online for help right now.

Published by & last updated on December 23, 2017 5:18 am

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