I think my mobile Phone Blocked by Police UK? Jesus Christ! I think I am in trouble with the UK police now. Now my tablet is locked by a message coming from the police, it claims that I have been watching some illegal material like children pornography on my tablet which I didn’t. Honestly, I watched porn last night, but all the video are legal. I didn’t do anything wrong it mentions. I was panicked to cry when saw the warning. What should I do? Is it a real police warning? Will I be caught by the police?

Phone Blocked by Police UK Virus? How to Unlock it?

If you get a warning from Police UK on your Android device, do not be fooled by it. Remember, police won’t give the warning to your device if you have done anything wrong, they will send agents to your location directly. As a matter of fact, this warning is designed by cyber hackers who want to gain illegal benefits. This warning belongs to a kind of scam virus that similar with FBI virus and DOJ ransomware. Cyber hackers use different police authorities to attack innocent people live in different regions. This fake Police UK virus aims to attack the people who live in England. Once your Phone Blocked by Police UK, you will find that your device is completely blocked from using. All you can see is the warning which asking a great amount of money, you can’t exit or close the page, and you can’t even turn off the device.

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By asking a lot of money to unlock the device, cyber hackers can collect a lot of money from innocent people as some people can be cheated by this Police UK message. Cyber criminals can design this fake warning with the real logo of police authority and they will list the articles of laws on the page. Also, cyber hackers can show the specific information about users on the warning. The IP address and location can be accurate which are consistent with users. The page looks really misleading to people and people are threatened that if they don’t pay the money, they will be punished by the police and taken to the prison for 5 to 8 years. Some scared victims can pay the so called fine and think it will help them unlock their devices and avoid further punishment.

However, sending the money on the Police UK warning page cannot help users fix their devices. Instead, users will be charged more by the virus even though it will disappear a few days. The virus can pop up again if people don’t remove it completely. Under no circumstance, should you pay the money from the warning page. It has nothing to do with the police. If you get this warning on your device, you need to calm down first then manage to get it removed in time. If this virus can stay on your device all the time, your device can be totally useless as no matter how many times you restart it, you can always be blocked by this fake virus.

The Traits of the Infection

-Can lock the device and won’t let you do anything on it
-Tells you that you must pay for the violation of law by using MoneyPak or some other ways.
-You are charged for doing something illegal, but actually you didn’t.
-Tells you that your activities in this device have been recorded and your files have been encrypted.
-Your IP address and some basic information are listed on the page.

Finding all or some of these symptoms on your android device, sorry to say that your device is infected by Police UK virus. Please contact YooSecurity Online Experts for manual removal guide.

Manual Removal Guide to Unlock Your Android Phone from Police UK Warning (For Literate)

Phone Blocked by Police UK? There is a removal guide provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Try to access the safe mode on the infected device.

What is safe mode on an android device? Just like the safe mode on Windows computers, the safe mode on android device is a diagnostic mode. It is intended to fix the issues that happen on the problematic device. In safe mode, the phone will reduce functionality. Typically, the safe mode loads as few executable modules as possible and disable all the non-core components to run. In one word, safe mode only runs the system without the third-party software.

How to get the safe mode on an android device?

There are too many brands of android devices in the world, so the way to get the safe mode can be various. We will only take a group of them as examples, if you can’t follow the tips to get the same mode on your device, please go online to find the right way to access the safe mode as the safe mode is premise to remove this infection from your device.

For Samsung Galaxy S4: 1. Power down. 2. Turn on and repeatedly tap the soft-button for “Menu.”

For Samsung Galaxy S3 and others: 1. Power down. 2. Turn on, then press and hold Volume Down (Galaxy S3 and others), Volume Up (HTC One and others), or Volume Down and Volume Up together (various Motorola devices) when the vendor’s logo appears.

If you have managed to select Safe Mode, you will see the text “Safe Mode” at the bottom left corner of the screen.

Step 2: If you can find “Safe Mode” on the left hand corner, that means your device is in safe mode already, please contact our expert for further removal instruction.
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Conclusion:

Phone Blocked by Police UK and it scared you? Don’t be deceived by this Police UK message. It is not a real police warning, rather than that, it is a malicious scam virus that created by cyber criminals which can block your device. There are too many ways for hackers to spread this virus. Once this scam virus sneaks into your device, it will lock your device right away. The message shows that if you want to unlock your device, you need to pay lots of money. Don’t pay the fine required on the message, the whole thing is fake! It is an evil product that helps hackers to steal money from you. What you really need to do is to remove this virus from your device as soon as you can.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide to get out of Police UK virus that mentioned above, a quite level of knowledge is needed. Otherwise, the wrong operating on the safe mode can make the situation even worse. Please make sure you are capable of dealing with this. If not, please Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on May 24, 2016 2:41 am

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