‘You have 72 hours to pay the fine’ virus

There are many ransomware virus infections in the cyber world today that scare users with this indeed horrifying message “you have 72 hours to pay the fine”. The fine for committing what crimes, by the way? The ransomware warning is often presented as some fake warning from the police, however, it has nothing to do with any of the law enforcement bodies. The fact is that this locker is the direct product of hackers who want to scare you into paying funds in their favor. This “fine” is not the fine, this is the ransom that hackers want you to pay in order to have your system unlocked.