“Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus - How to remove

“Notice of Imposition of Fine” is supposed to serve as an informative message to Internet users that they have went beyond the bounds of established rules. The report suggests that a recipient has been found guilty of having material that roughly breaks the intellectual property rights and other activity punishable by law. Even though the notification is made in an extremely convincing wrapper, you should question its nature because of a couple peculiar statements. No reliable authorities would be suggesting you to pay a sum of money as a settlement via the Internet. The fear of getting imprisoned or paying larger amounts of cash is stronger than rationality. If you do receive “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus, please remember that this message is rogue and your violations of law have not been detected. DO NOT pay the required 505 dollars as a settlement simply because there is no reason to do this. This is merely a scam to trick people into paying ridiculous sums of money for problems that are completely made up.

About “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus

“Notice of Imposition of Fine” can be regarded as a ransomware since its main features are very similar to these type of infections. It locks users screens in order to create tension and then demands a ransom, or in this case, a settlement in order to avoid trials and more severe punishments. Trustworthy agents would not advise you to “settle the case out of court” by sending them money. Such online scams are clearly a product of imagination and we worry that some people will actually be deceived. Please bear in mind that your participation in this scam is discouraged and you should not react to these allegations. Bizarre statements of you breaking the law should be supported by reliable lawyers and authorities, not by a random lock screen and a message that urges you to pay a 505 dollars.

In addition to being unreliable, it also tries to intensify the situation by giving a limited amount of time to send the settlement to the creators of “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus. You are required to pay the settlement in 24 hours time. If you do not, the described repercussions are intimidating to say the least. You are either threatened to end up in jail or to pay a massive amount of money (150,000 dollars or more). These statements are extremely nauseating. Apparently, there are two versions of “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus. One of them locks the entire screen, the second one only freezes your actions in browsers. Either way, this infection is a rather sneaky one and you are awfully discouraged from following the terms that it implies. Even though the indicated source Bailiffs Service actually exists and is reliable, these viruses are not created by them. Impostures attempt to trick you into paying an impressive amount of money to keep this thing quiet and to protect your reputation from being spoiled. It also gathers certain information about the recipient which is threatened to be exposed, together with the committed crimes. Some people that actually have violated the law, can pay the demanded sum of money without even considering the reliability of “Notice of Imposition of Fine” message.

Version 1:

Notice of Imposition of Fine
Bailiffs Service
Dear ——
You are herby notified that on you PC found:
1. Materials that violate the intellectual property rights
Pursuant to the provisions of 17 U.S. Code 504 wilful copyright infringements carries a penalty up to $150,000 per instance.
2. Suspicious activity
Pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S. Code 1030 any person shall be fined up to $100,000, imprisoned for not more that 10 years, or both.
In the course of pre-trial settlement in case of removal of all detected violations and payment of the fine within 24 hours since the receipt of this notice, all actions will be stopped and the proceedings will be ceased! All money will be refunded to you if you are not caught again within 180 days.
You must pay penalty within 24 hours to settle the case out of court. In case of failure to comply claims. ALL COLLECTED DATA WILL BE MADE PUBLIC AND THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL!
PAY A PENALTY OF $505 TO SETTLE THE CASE OUT OF COURT

Version 2:

Bailiffs Service
Department of pre-trial settlement
PENALTY NOTICE
Penalties Details:
Amount: $100
WE HERBY INFORM YOU THAT ON YOUR PC FOUND
1. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS
We would like to inform you the pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S. Code 1466A and 18 U.S Code 2252A any person shall be fined up to $200,000 and imprisonment for not less that 15 years not more than 40 years.
2. MATERIALS THAT VIOLATE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
We would like to inform you that pursuant to the provisions of 17 U.S Code 504 wilful copyright infringement carries a penalty up to $150,000 per instance.
3. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
We would like to inform you that pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S Code 1030 any person shall be fined up to $100,000 imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
In the course of pre-trial settlement in case of removal of all detected violations and payment of the fine within 2 hours since the receipt of this notice,
ALL ACTION WILL BE STOPPED AND THE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CEASED!
(ALL MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED TO YOU IF YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT AGAIN WITHIN 180 DAYS)
You must pay penalty within 3 hours to settle the case out of court. IN case of failure to comply claims.
ALL COLLECTED DATA WILL BE MADE PUBLIC AND THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL!
PAY A PENALTY OF $100 TO SETTLE THE CASE OUT OF COURT

How is “Notice of Imposition of Fine” Virus Distributed?

“Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus might be distributed in email letters that reach Internet users’ inboxes. Since this is a virus with a very specific theme, it is not arguable that crooks can design corresponding emails to spread it. For example, you might receive messages with titles “Urgent: Notice of imposition of Fine” and you are doing to be advised to follow a link which will secretively install a malicious executable. Then, the sneaky infection will display a lock screen and provide you with a notification full of threats and accusations. In order to escape this threat, you should reboot your computer in a Safe Mode and move on to the elimination of “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus. For this task, you will have to run a full security scan in order to find all of the traces of the ransomware. Spyhunter or Malwarebytes can help you there.

How to recover “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus encrypted files and remove the virus

Step 1. Restore system into last known good state using system restore

1. Reboot your computer to Safe Mode with Command Prompt:

for Windows 7 / Vista/ XP

• Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK.
• Press F8 key repeatedly until Advanced Boot Options window appears.
• Choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

for Windows 8 / 10

• Press Power at Windows login screen. Then press and hold Shift key and click Restart.
• Choose Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Startup Settings and click Restart.
• When it loads, select Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt from the list of Startup Settings.

 

2.Restore System files and settings.

• When Command Prompt mode loads, enter cd restore and press Enter.
• Then enter rstrui.exe and press Enter again.
• Click “Next” in the windows that appeared.
• Select one of the Restore Points that are available before Ransoc Ransomware has infiltrated to your system and then click “Next”.
• To start System restore click “Yes”.

 

Step 2. Complete removal of “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus

After restoring your system, it is recommended to scan your computer with an anti-malware program, like Spyhunter and remove all malicious files related to Ransoc Ransomware. You can check other tools here.  

Step 3. Restore “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus affected files using Shadow Volume Copies

If you do not use System Restore option on your operating system, there is a chance to use shadow copy snapshots. They store copies of your files that point of time when the system restore snapshot was created. Usually Ransoc Ransomware tries to delete all possible Shadow Volume Copies, so this methods may not work on all computers. However, it may fail to do so. Shadow Volume Copies are only available with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. There are two ways to retrieve your files via Shadow Volume Copy. You can do it using native Windows Previous Versions or via Shadow Explorer. a) Native Windows Previous Versions Right-click on an encrypted file and select Properties → Previous versions tab. Now you will see all available copies of that particular file and the time when it was stored in a Shadow Volume Copy. Choose the version of the file you want to retrieve and click Copy if you want to save it to some directory of your own, or Restore if you want to replace existing, encrypted file. If you want to see the content of file first, just click Open.

b) Shadow Explorer It is a program that can be found online for free. You can download either a full or a portable version of Shadow Explorer. Open the program. On the left top corner select the drive where the file you are looking for is a stored. You will see all folders on that drive. To retrieve a whole folder, right-click on it and select “Export”. Then choose where you want it to be stored.

Step 4. Use Data Recovery programs to recover “Notice of Imposition of Fine” virus encrypted files

There are several data recovery programs that might recover encrypted files as well. This does not work in all cases but you can try this:

• We suggest using another PC and connect the infected hard drive as slave. It is still possible to do this on infected PC though.
• Download a data recovery program.
• Install and scan for recently deleted files.

Note: In many cases it is impossible to restore data files affected by modern ransomware. Thus I recommend using decent cloud backup software as precaution. We recommend checking out Carbonite, BackBlaze, CrashPlan or Mozy Home.