Currently, ICSPA Virus has blocked my android phone and tablet! I got a police warning from International Cyber Security Protection Alliance on my smart phone when i was watching videos. First, I don’t know if it is real or fake and I’m really scared as it is telling you watch child porn and have to pay the fine 300$ to unlock the mobile devices. I think police is on the way to my home. I don’t want to go to the jail. I can’t do anything on my phone now because when I turn on my phone, this warning appears. It explains that I can pay amount of fine to avoid the further punishment and unlock my phone. Also I turned on my tablet yesterday and said that i had to pay $100 AUD. I was shocked when i saw it and a little scared. The first thing i did was turn my tablet off but a while later i hopped back on to see if virus or what and it was gone. I also deleted search history, but it is still there. How do I remove the ICSPA virus scam from my Samsung tablet? I have it in Safe mode and found the application but it is grayed out so I can’t uninstall. If I pay, can I be safe from the police or government? My girlfriend’s phone was blocked and is not able to be used in any kind of way. I looked up the hacker on a laptop and it sure is a scam from a cyber police and if i was to pay $500 to them through pay pal i can use my phone again. Will u please help me fix this issue?
ICSPA Virus Locked Out of Android Phone or Tablet – What to DO?
International Cyber Security Protection Alliance virus (we will take ICSPA virus as abbreviation) is an authority that monitors online activities and investigates the cyber crimes. When you receive a warning from this organization on your tablet or your smart phone, it doesn’t mean you have violated the law by done something wrong on the Internet. It has been reported as a computer virus which just abuses the name of this organization to hoax computer users for a long time since 2013. With the technology development, mobile device has become a part of people’s life and there are several mobile operating systems have been created. Smart phone or tablet is able to handle some basic works just like computer does, so many people prefer to use mobile devices (smart phone or tablet) for some work and entertainment instead.
Similar Scam Viruses Screenshots On Android Phone or Tablet
With the rapid increasing number of mobile device users, cyber hackers take the opportunity to make this notorious International Cyber Security Protection Alliance virus is able to infect smart phone with Android systems. Just like what it can do on the infected computer, once this ICSPA virus sneaks into the target phone and tablet, it can block the whole screen by showing a fake warning from this organization and will not allow phone user to close or minimize the page. Users can’t even turn off the phone by pressing the power button, the only one method to shut down the infected mobile device is to take out the battery which can harm the hardware on the infected phone if this method has been taken too often. People may wonder how this thing happens on their phones. Usually, cyber criminals can make this virus hiding on some corrupted websites which have already been hacked by these bad guys, especially porn websites, some famous web pages can even be invaded if those crooks get the loopholes of them. Also, this thing can come when people download some unknown or malicious applications from some unreliable resources.
After blocking the whole screen to prevent people access the phone, people are forced to read the information on the ICSPA Virus blocked page. It tells that due to some reason, the infected phone is locked. And it can list the penalties of different crimes. When seeing those things happen, phone user can be scared and get a blank mind. No one will like to get into trouble with the police. By taking advantage of this psychology, cyber hackers provide a solution on the block page, that is to pay a so-called fine to escape from the further punishment, and there is a timer counting on the page as well which is a trick to urge phone user to pay as quickly as possible. In fact, the whole thing is a scam. The message has nothing to do with this organization. If people can calm down, they would figure out the police won’t do that on the Internet as their styles of dealing illegal activity are come to arrest the person who execute the crime directly. From some victims’ reports, even though the fake fines have been made, their phones are still locked.
The Traits of the Infection
-Can lock the phone 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 phone 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 phone, sorry to say that your phone is infected by ICSPA virus. Please contact YooSecurity Online Experts for manual removal guide.
Manual Removal Guide For Unlocking Your Android Phone or Tablet From Fake Police Warning (For Literate)
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 phone.
What is safe mode on an android phone? Just like the safe mode on Windows computers, the safe mode on android phone is a diagnostic mode. It is intended to fix the issues that happen on the problematic phone. 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.
Step 2: How to get the safe mode on an android phone to remove ICSPA virus pay fine scam?
There are too many brands of android phones 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 phone, 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 phone.
For Samsung Galaxy S5 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 3: If you can find “Safe Mode” on the left hand corner, that means your phone is in safe mode already, please contact our expert for further removal instruction.
Conclusion:
International Cyber Security Protection Alliance virus now aims on computers with Windows and Mac systems, smart phone or Tablet with Android systems have become the third target of this infection. It can generate the same problem on the infected mobile device that is it will block the whole system which make the user won’t able to do anything on the infected machine. To get the infected device unlocked, a fine is needed to be made. This is the same character that all the ransomware have. People should not pay to the virus as it is not the way to get rid of this virus completely. Please just get it removed manually, but follow the manual removal guide above to get rid of ICSPA virus, a quite level of tech 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.
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Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on February 16, 2016 2:22 am
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