I wrote this article to help you remove FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Virus. This FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Virus removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

If you are seeing a notification titled FBI Anti-Piracy Warning, your system has been attacked by an adware program. The message will notify you that your computer has been linked to cyber piracy. It will explain that your activity has been monitored. The statement is that your personal computer has been used to pirate content. The FBI Anti-Piracy Warning clarifies that your device has been locked until you respond accordingly. The message informs users that they are required to pay a release fee. This is an elaborate scheme. The people behind the adware make false claims. Their purpose it to get the victims of the sinister program to pay them. You have not been charged by the legal authorities.

Most adware programs can be ignored. Some are hard to detect to begin with. The insidious program behind the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning is an exception. It intervenes with the operating system (OS) by locking the desktop. With this operation, the adware denies access to the targeted device and the files stored in it. You will be unable to use your computer for any purposes. In addition, the personal files you store on your hard drive will become inaccessible. By locking down the victim’s computer and using the logo of a legislative authority, the shady program makes the described situation seem real.

The adware behind the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning misrepresents the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The message begins with the statement that all activity of your computer has been recorded. This includes the operations you have conducted and data from your external devices. People who use a webcam are notified that videos and pictures of them have been saved for future identification. This would be a privacy breach on the part of the adware, but the statement is not true. The clandestine program does not have the capability to hack webcams. You can rest assured that it has not made recordings or taken snapshots of you.

The next statement of the adware is true. It needs to be, since the user can easily check whether it is. The malevolent program lists the IP address of the computer. After explaining that your machine has been identified as a culprit of illegal activity, the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning message lists the offenses you have been charged with. The statement is vague and unspecified which is not how official legal notifications are formulated. The adware claims that there is illegally download material on the hard disk drive, citing .mp3 files, movies or software as the pirated content. When pressing charges, the investigators should identify the objects which have been pirated.

The FBI Anti-Piracy Warning continues by explaining what the repercussions for this type of crime encompass. The notification quotes paragraphs from United States national legislative documents. If you read the excerpts carefully, you will find a few technical errors. It is unacceptable for an official statement to contain spelling or grammatical mistakes of any kind. The laws the adware quotes state that the perpetrator is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for a time period of up to 3 years or a fine of $400 USD. The goal of the nefarious program is to get people to pay $400 USD to its owners.

The FBI Anti-Piracy Warning message lists a payment platform where the supposed convicts can pay the release fee. The owners of the adware accept payments through the MoneyPak platform. This is a secure payment method. There are instructions on how to complete the transaction. To prevent users from finding out that this is a scam and denying to pay, the cyber criminals have set a deadline of 48 hours. You may not have the time or the resources to do your research. Victims who pay the sum will receive a GreenDot MoneyPak code. The FBI Anti-Piracy Warning instructs people to enter the code into a designated field and provide it as confirmation that the fee has been paid. Upon doing so, your system will be back to normal.

The adware behind the FBI Anti-Piracy Warning uses dark patterns to gain entry into computers. The host can be a program or a file. The technique of using a piece of software to get access to a targeted device is called bundling. Freeware, shareware and pirated utilities serve for this purpose. The host includes the adware as a bonus. You have to find the setting in the terms and conditions and opt out. Always read the end user license agreement (EULA) of the programs you add to your system. Spam emails can merge the executable of the adware with an attachment. The sender will list the file as a document. He can misrepresent an existing organization to give the message legitimacy. To proof the reliability of an email, visit the official website of the corresponding entity and compare the contacts.

FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Virus Uninstall

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must follow to permanently remove from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

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