Remove FBI Department of Defense Virus (Android Phone Tips)

FBI Department of Defense sealed screen message is displayed by one sort of Android virus. Usually, it is seen to go with other tiles like Mandiant U.S.A. Cyber Security and U.S.A. Cyber Crime Center. FBI Department of Defense virus is programmed to locks up browsers (e.g. IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome) that demands $300. To make it more genuine, the Android malware would normally appear after one visiting pornography web sites, which is the reason why many victims are convinced that they have breached the statutory laws of the United States to hurry up to submit the stipulated amount of money. According to reports from wide range of victims, hardly did they get their sealed browsers unlocked.

One should always bear in mind that no officials would collect ransom by suddenly locking up browsers or the whole computer or Android screen like this and should search for information on similar situation to see what is exactly happening before handing over such large amount of money. Once the money is transferred, there’s no hope to get it back.

What Is MoneyGram

MoneyGram is the payment method that helps consumers to pay online in a convenient and instant way. Consumers simply need to load money from debit card, credit card or even prepaid-card before paying bills, auto or mortgage even without taking a stack of cards around.

But MoneyGram has been suspected of being involved into money laundering and widely used by ransomware like FBI Department of Defense virus. Actually, government has taken actions to require MoneyGram company to enhance fraud detection and warning capacity. Failure to do so will end up with a forfeit up to $100 million and the charges of aiding and abetting wire fraud executed by Department of Justice in 2018.

Best Way to Remove FBI Department of Defense Virus

Given the fact that FBI Department of Defense virus blocks up browser, one can use desktop. However, we have been told by clients that removing malicious detections by installed anti-virus programs will not help prevent the ransomware from coming back after every reboot.

Given the fact that FBI Department of Defense virus is geared by Trojan, FBI Department of Defense virus is capable of binding itself to build-in system service when committing harmful conducts, such as modify database to its satisfactory to consolidate the changes on browsers; overwrite some source files referencing personal data and system service in a bid to intimidate victims to hand over money quickly and the like. In such case that security utilities will not delete system files even the ones resemble them, we have to remove FBI Department of Defense virus manually.

To do so, one should be well equipped with computer knowledge and technology to distinguish the genuine system files and the fraudulent ones so as to avoid any mistake that might trigger cumbersome computer issues. If you know little about computers, it is advisable to consult VilmaTech online computer experts here for one-to-one assistance.

 

User Guide to Remove FBI Department of Defense Virus

One should not be optimistic over the situation when “Safe Mode with Networking”, “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” or another user account is workable as, we have learned from the preceding paragraphs that FBI Department of Defense virus the Trojan supportive, it is capable of spreading its vicious codes to other places that may contain your personal information which is what it aims at. Therefore, one should follow the manual way offered below to remove FBI Department of Defense virus before it disables more services and brings more troubles.

Try to log into “Safe Mode with Networking”.

Windows 8:

• When the computer is on, press Alt,Ctrl and delete key together.

• Please hold shift key and click on power button together to select Restart when you get in a blue screen with options.

• Select Troubleshoot with arrow keys .

• Select Advanced options.
• Hit Restart button at the right bottom of the screen.

• Please hit F5 to get into safe mode with networking.

Windows 7/XP/Vista:

• Keep tapping on “F8 key” continuouslyas the computer is booting but before Windows launches.

• Highlight “Safe Mode with Networking” option with arrow keys when “Windows Advanced Options Menu” screen appears.
• Press Enter key.

If you are able to enter into “Safe Mode with Networking”, please follow up the steps here to remove FBI Department of Defense virus.

One: Disable related startup items to stop FBI Department of Defense virus from popping up automatically.

Windows 8:

• Type ‘Task’ on Charms bar and hit Enter key.
• Find and tick the boxes next to FBI Department of Defense virus or items with names composed of random letters and numbers.
• Press ‘Disable’ option to save changes.

Windows 7/XP/Vista:

• Press Win key and R key together to launch Search/ Run box.

• Type ‘msconfig’ and hit Enter key.
• Find and tick the boxes next to FBI Department of Defense virus or items with names composed of random letters and numbers.
• Press ‘Disable’ option to save changes.

 

Two: Re-manage database (registry editor)

Windows 8:

• Type ‘regedit’ in Search charm and hit Enter key.
• Press and hold Ctrl+F to search for Winlogon.
• Locate key labeled Shell in the right pane.
• Right click on it and replace it with ‘explorer.exe’ to help disable FBI Department of Defense virus.

Windows 7/XP/Vista:

• Click “start” and put  ‘regedit’ in Run box the press Enter key.
• Hold Ctrl+F to search for Winlogon.
• Locate key labeled Shell in the right pane.
• Right click on it and replace it with ‘explorer.exe’ to help disable FBI Department of Defense virus.

Three: Show hidden files to remove vicious items of FBI Department of Defense virus in C Disk.

Windows 8:

• Open Windows Explorer by clicking on Windows Explorer application from Start Screen.

• Select View tab on Windows Explorer window to tick ‘File name extensions’ and ‘Hidden items’ options.
• Navigate to Roaming folder and Temp folder respectively in C Disk to remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with random letters.

Windows 7/XP/Vista:

• Open ‘Control Panel’ from Start menu and search for ‘Folder Options’.
• Under View tab to tick ‘Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’ and then click ‘OK’.
• Navigate to Roaming folder and Temp folder respectively in Drive C to remove files with abnormal name, such as serial numbers with random letters.

 

Four: Manage browser add-ons to rectify back browser configurations.

Internet Explorer:

Open Internet Explorer to click on Tools menu. Then enter into “Manage add-ons” section to find any unwanted and unfamiliar items and delete them. Finally get into ‘Toolbars and Extensions’ and ‘Search Providers’ sections respectively to make everything back to normal.

Mozilla Firefox:

Open Mozilla Firefox to click on Tools menu. Then click on “Options” and select ‘Add-ons’. Choose ‘plugins’ panel there. Check the boxes next to unwanted and unfamiliar items and select ‘Never Activate’ in its drop down menu to save changes.

Google Chrome:

Open Google Chrome to click on the spanner icon in the top right of the browser. Point to “Tools” and choose its sub-option ‘Extensions’. Find and select unwanted and unfamiliar items to hit the dustbin icon to finish the procedure.

Try “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” when  “Safe Mode with Networking” is not working.

One: Boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Windows 8:

• Please press Alt,Ctrl and delete key together.
• Please hold shift key and click on power button together to select Restart option.
• Please select Troubleshoot with arrow keys.
• Select Advanced options next

• Hit Restart button at the right bottom of the screen.
• Please hit F6 to get into safe mode with command prompt.

Windows 7/XP/Vista:

• Keep tapping “F8 key” continuously as the computer is booting but before Windows launches.
• Bring up “Windows Advanced Options Menu” to highlight “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” option.
• Press Enter key.

Two: Create a new user account from cmd.

• Type ‘explore’ when you see a flashing slash after “System32”.

• Hit Enter key to enable another desktop.
• Created a new user account with administrator right.

Due the the limited space, the steps to create new user accounts will not be shown here. It can be easy to create a new user account in Windows 7/XP/Vista, but the procedures to create new user account with admin right can be cumbersome in Windows 8. Should one do not know the steps, feel free to contact VilmaTech online support for man-to-man help.

Three: Remove FBI Department of Defense virus from the newly created user account.

• Restart the computer normally and enter into the newly created user account.
• Follow step One to step Three offered in the ‘Safe Mode with Networking’ section.

 

Since FBI Department of Defense virus locks down browsers, it stands a chance to show up on Mac. If one unfortunately suffers from it one Mac, feel free to follow up the steps here to remove FBI Department of Defense virus.

• stay on safari displaying FBI Department of Defense virus.
• Go to Safari menu.
• Choose ‘Reset Safari’.

• Tick all given options.
• Press ‘Reset’ to confirm the change.

• Click on the search icon on the right-up corner of the screen.
• Type safari (the browser that has Information Security and Control Act virus) on the search box.
• Choose safari by clicking on it once.
• U.S.A. Cyber Crime Investigations virus will be gone by now.

 

Tips:
Optimization is always necessary since FBI Department of Defense Android malware manages to incur residual damages on a target machine because of the backdoor it opens up at the background invisible to victims. The commonly seen residual damages are:

• Countless popup advertisements flooding browsers when surfing the Internet.
• Search results being redirected to unrelated ones.
• Homepage being changed to unknown programs.
• Unknown programs being installed onto computer without knowing when.
• Computer performance is generally slow.
• Security utilities, especially anti-virus programs being disabled to some extent to work improperly.
• Additional virus are seen on the same computer.

Since registry entries of FBI Department of Defense Android system are being injected into the kernel part of a machine, lose security would make the computer become susceptible to deadly virus. One should run powerful anti-virus programs to remove any vicious detection; reset browsers or to manually modify back browser settings; clear up disk defragments; uninstalled unwanted programs; disable unnecessary startup items. Should one be overwhelmed by other unexpected Android virus, one may want to go and find out correspondent solutions here, or start a live chat with VilmaTech online professionals for real-time help.

 

Published & last updated on September 11, 2014 by Erik V. Miller