The FBI virus which is also referred as FBI money-pak virus is a very dangerous virus or we can say malware which block each and every item of your computer this malware is also categorized as a ransom-ware. It was discovered in 2012 that some cyber criminals use it to portrait themselves as FBI. The FBI virus uses Trojan horse techniques to gain access and lock computer systems. The FBI virus plays a variety of unethical strategies to convince or scare computer users or victims to pay an unnecessary penalty by making fraud claims that the user or the computer has been involved in some illegal activity. Then, this scam locks the computer and ransoms a penalty fine of $200, $300, or more to be paid in order to unlock the computer system with the help of Moneypak cards (Ultimate Game Card Virus, Ukash Virus).  The FBI virus also shows a fake screen on the computer that to pay for the demands and threaten the owner that he will face jail time and other consequences if the fine is not paid in time.

How to remove the FBI virus

Victims of FBI virus can perform several methods to remove this malware from their computer. Here we are providing a few steps to remove FBI virus from the computer:

Malware Removal Software – if you are able to get in the computer then you can use different malware removal software like Malware bytes which Automatically detect and remove the FBI virus.

Manual Removal (Advanced) – Remove associated files

System Restore– you can also restore your computer to an earlier date, the date when your computer was working perfectly fine or Restore PC to a date and time before FBI virus infection
Safe Mode With Networking (Troubleshooting) – if you are not able to get in the computer in normal mode than you should try accessing your computer with safe mode with networking and then you can Manually remove files and/or scan and remove malware with the help of an anti malware or you can also remove by searching some unwanted files or files with unusual names (reset proxy settings if needed)

Flash Drive Option – Load Antivirus or anti malware software to a flash drive, scan for and remove malware

Optical CD-R Option – Load Antivirus malware software to a Compact Disk (CD), scan for and remove malware.

Removal tips:

The safest method to remove FBI virus is with help of different anti malware softwares like Malware bytes Norton etc, these programs will help you in removing FBI virus without any loss of data.

Secondly, if you go for a system restore then you should know that is there any restore point available then select it. And if you go for restoring your computer to an earlier time make sure that there might be a possibility of some data loss

Tip: Always create restore point on your computer for your own safety.

The FBI monepak virus uses flash, and in some cases denying flash can stop or freeze the virus so that you can perform proper removal methods.

In most of the cases user have multiple accounts on computer system having administrator rights, so you can also go ahead remove the virus with the help of other account.