General Information About EUROPOL Mac OS X virus
Type: Ransom virus
Risk Coefficient: Severe
OS affected: Mac OS X
No. of infected files: 10-50 files
Modes of transmission: 1. Social network. 2. Free software downloads. 3. Strange files, email attachments, unknown links, pop ups, and etc. 4. Hacked web sites.
EUROPOL Mac OS X virus is a new-born ransom virus created by hackers to catch penny from British. It targets attack the. It comes all of a sudden. Once installed and executed corrupt files, every time you run the browser of the Mac OS X, it will run automatically. It states that all activities of this computer have been recorded and all the files have been encrypted, you need to pay a fine of 100 Euro to fix the issues. Don’t be taken in, this is a bogus alert. It is a scram used by hackers for money. What you should do is not paying the so called fine, but removing this virus completely. You could follow this post to deal with it.
