Delete [email protected] Ransomware and Recover File

[email protected] Ransomware – Latest Report

 

Recently, In Brazil and neighboring countries footprints of [email protected] Ransomware have been seen and reported on virustotal.com by thousands of Windows users. The ransomware didn’t take a long time to be famous. At the time of writing, the ransomware has been compromised over 10,000 windows computers. Though, security analysts studied the ransomware behaviors and found some interesting facts like the cryptomalware features basic obfuscation layers and evasive methods. So that, they think, the ransomware is yet either in development phase or developed by inexperienced money extortionists. They also revealed that [email protected] Ransomware and other identical ransomware especially target Windows users in specific countries. Though, we can say that such ransomware doesn’t leaves global impacts.

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Indeed, [email protected] Ransomware employs the usages of an advanced AES-256 open source cipher for encoding the most commonly used data containers and secretly send per PC based private key (aka decryption password) to C & C server being operated by cyber extortionists. On the compromised computer, ‘HOW_OPEN_FILES.html’ gets opened each time you restart your computer. It contains phishing text in Portuguese and English as follows:

Todos os seus arquivos estão criptografados!
Ali your files are encrypted!
Abra o arquivo “HOW_OPEN_FILES” no seu desktop para mais informações.
Open icon from desktop: “HOW_OPEN_FILES” for more information.”

This ransom note encourages you to purchase decryption key which is priced at 1 BTC (equivalent to 896 USD). However, even if you pay off ransom, there is no guarantee that you will be offered a correct decryptor. Though, security experts advise against contacting cyber extortionists. When you contact them, you loss a whole lot of your credentials because they are professionals in the field of deceiving inexperienced computer users. Once, your credentials went in their hands, it won’t take more than few minutes to empty your bank accounts and other financial wallets.

[email protected] Ransomware – Distribution

Apparently, [email protected] Ransomware isn’t smartly developed but speaking of its distribution method bring a whole lot of strings. First of all, the ransomware is mostly transferred to targeted Windows via spam campaigns. It including spam emails attachments, malicious links sharing on social media sites or public forum or misleading users into loading and executing exploit kit or payloads. Even, there are few pirated copies of games and applications that delivers [email protected] Ransomware on your computer without any consent. Besides, double clicking suspicious files may activate installer of the ransomware as well.

What should you do next then?

First of all, you should get rid of [email protected] Ransomware and then you should make use of backup drive or Data Recovery software or System Restore Point in order to recover your files. Since, the ransomware doesn’t delete shadow volume copies from local disk, file recovery could be easy. For complete protection against latest threats, keep a licensed Antivirus software installed and up-to-date on your each computer.

 

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What To Do If Your PC Get Infected By [email protected] Ransomware

The ransomware infection has been mainly designed with the purpose to scare users and trick their money. It take your files on hostage and demand ransom to return your important data. But now the question is what you can do when your system got infected by [email protected] Ransomware virus? Here are some option that you can use to get rid of this nasty infection.

Don’t Panic – Well the first thing is Don’t panic and then completely check out your system for any working files. If you got any working files then copy it to USB drive.

Pay Ransom – Other option is you can pay the ransom and wait to get your files back. (really a bad option)

Use Backup – Clean you entire system files, remove the infection completely from your PC and restore your files with any backup.

Remove Infection – You can also delete [email protected] Ransomware virus using malware removal tool and remove all the infected files. You can later recover all your data by using any data recovery tool. (In case you don’t have backup of your files.) – Recommended Method.

Reinstall Windows – The last option is reinstall your Windows OS. It will completely remove all your data as well as infection. You will get a completely new infection free PC.

How To Remove [email protected] Ransomware Virus From Your PC

Step 1Boot your computer in Safe mode.

Step 2 – Remove the infected registry entry files.

  • Click Windows Flag and R button together.

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  • Type “regedit” and click OK button

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  • Find and delete following entries.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[[email protected] Ransomware]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[[email protected] Ransomware]

Step 3 – Remove From msconfig

  • Click Windows + R buttons simultaneously.

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  • Type msconfig and press Enter

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  • Go to Startup tab and uncheck all entries from unknown manufacturer.

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Step 4 – Restart your computer normally.

Check your computer now. If the virus has gone then you can start using your computer. If the infection still remains then head to the next step.

Step 5 – System Restore

  • Insert Windows installation disk to CD drive and restart your PC.
  • While system startup, keep pressing F8 or F12 key to get boot options.
  • Now select the boot from CD drive option to start your computer.
  • Then after you will get the System Recovery Option on your screen.
  • Select the System Restore option from the list.
  • Choose a nearest system restore point when your PC was not infected.
  • Now follow the option on your screen to Restore your computer.

If the above manual methods didn’t removed [email protected] Ransomware virus then you have only option to remove infection using a malware removal tool. It is last and the only option that can easily and safely remove this nasty threat from your computer.

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