Bkapolice.com is a fake alert which is not associated at all with BKA (Bundeskriminalamt) Police law-enforcement agency of Germany, Austria and other German-speaking countries. If you see this scary warning in your browser from bkapolice.com site remember that this is a fake BKA warning. These instructions will help you get rid of bkapolice.com trojan from your computer and infected browsers (like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox) using Plumbytes Anti-Malware through scanning your computer, removal of all detected infections with the full version of it and after resetting of your infected browsers with this program.
It is a fact that many PCs in Germany these days are infected by a serious virus known as ransomware, which is presented as a a truly fake alert from website bkapolice.com, as clear from the screenshot given above. This infection is classified as ransomware from the family of browser lockers. In other words, the malware blocks the browser with its scary yet fake BKA warning (indeed coming from bkapolice.com site). Surely, this scam is very severe and scares many users in German-speaking countries. The peculiarity of it is that the ransomware prompts users into paying the ransom to unlock it, and the ransom, according to hackers’ motives, should be done via Ukash of Paysafecard online payment systems. This is why some users of locked computers think that this scam is elaborated by Ukash or Paysafecard, the well-known online payment companies in Europe. This is not exactly so, of course. This virus is the browser locker developed by the pack of online crooks who deserve to be put into jails for their many crimes they’ve actually committed. So, how to get rid of this locker off your system and remove scary bkapolice.com alert?
Bkapolice.com ransomware comes to computers without user’s consent, of course. This may happen when you download and install some software from unsecure resources, click malicious links on Skype, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thus, the infection may come into your computer and lock it completely, saying that you’ve done some evil things online. So, users are being accused of many bad things, which in reality they haven’t ever done. Generally, certain logo of the BKA police is used to make users scared to death. As we’ve said already, hackers tell that users must pay the fine (ransom) for doing the crimes they’ve never committed. Of course, paying this fake fine (but real money) is a serious mistake on user’s part.
To delete bkapolice.com scam and unlock your browser we strongly recommend you to follow the tips below. Please don’t pay any money in favor of the crooks who have developed this scam. There’s no guarantee that your browser will be unlocked, whereas you will simply waste your money. Please, hurry up to unlock your browser as explained below.
Bkapolice.com trojan removal tool:
Detailed instructions to reset your browser settings for browsers in Windows operating systems:
- Via your browser download Plumbytes Anti-Malware via https://www.system-tips.net/download.php or directly via the download button above.
- Scan your system and delete all detected infected files and registry entries by clicking “Apply” at the end of scan.
- Shut down all your infected browsers.
- In Plumbytes Anti-Malware click “Tools” tab and select “Reset browser settings“:
- Select which particular browsers you want to be reset and choose the reset options:
- Click “Reset browser settings” button.
- You will receive the confirmation windows about browser settings reset successfully. When you reset your browsers through restarting them you will see that bkapolice.com warning (fake BKA Police alert) has been successfully removed.
Instructions to reset Safari browser in Mac OS:
- Open Safari browser.
- Click on the Safari menu and then choose “Reset Safari”:
- It is obligatory to mark all items and hit the “Reset” button afterwards: