Effective Tips To Uninstall DoNotChange Ransomware From Windows PC

 

DoNotChange Ransomware Overview

DoNotChange Ransomware is a catastrophic infection for the PC which usually victimizes the computer system having Windows OS installed in it. It has been labeled a severe infection for the PC including potential of ruining it badly upon being intruded successfully inside it. This threat perforates itself silently inside the PC without the user's knowledge. Identical to those of several other menacing ransomware infections, it also includes tendency of encrypting the system's files and then demanding ransom in exchange of the key that can decrypt them. It regarding the implementation of the encryption algorithm, performs a deep scanning of the entire PC in search of the files extensions included in it's target list. Further upon, after finding such files encrypts them and appends “.Do_not_change_the_file_name.cryp” extension at end.

DoNotChange Ransomware following the successful encryption, generates two text files namely “HOW TO DECODE FILES!!!.txt” and “КАК РАСШИФРОВАТЬ ФАЙЛЫ!!!.txt” on the victimized desktop. Likewise the notes generated by several other ransomware infections, in the case of this one also notes includes information about the occurred encryption and states that the enciphered files can only get decrypted or restored via unique decryption tool. Furthermore, victims are informed that for receiving this tool, they are required to make payment of ransom of ~$250 and establish contact with any one of the provided email addresses.

The provided email addresses are :

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected] address
• [email protected]

Now though in the case of DoNotChange Ransomware it is not yet known that which cryptography is been used i.e., symmetric or asymmetric, but in whichever case the decryption of the encrypted files is impossible without the unique key which is purposely stored at the remote server controlled by the cyber crooks for encouraging victims into paying for it. However, analysts strongly recommends not to make any sort of payment as the researches have clearly proven that paying never provided the victims with required decryption tool. Instead it is just a scam designed by crooks to extort illicit revenue from novice PC users.

Potent Sources Leading To The Silent Penetration Of DoNotChange Ransomware Inside PC

• Spam email campaigns and pirated softwares.
• Corrupted hardwares and freeware softwares
• Contaminated external USB drives and suspicious links.
• Existence of older version of OS and antimalware program in the PC.
• Online games and porn sites.

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Remove DoNotChange Ransomware From Your PC

Step 1: Remove DoNotChange Ransomware in Safe Mode with Command Prompt

• First of all disconnect your PC with network connection.
• Click restart button and keep pressing F8 key regularly while system restart.

 

• You will see “Windows Advanced Options Menu” on your computer screen.

• Select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and press Enter key.

• You must login your computer with Administrator account for full privilege.

• Once the Command Prompt appears then type rstrui.exe and press Enter

• Now follow the prompts on your screen to complete system restore.

Step 2: Remove DoNotChange Ransomware using MSConfig in Safe Mode:

• Power off your computer and restart again.
• While booting press the “F8 key” continuously to open “Windows Advanced Options Menu”.

• Use the arrow keys to select “Safe Mode” option and press Enter key.

• Once system get started go to Start menu. Type “msconfig” in the search box and launch the application.

• Go to the Startup tab and look for files from %AppData% or %Temp% folders using rundll32.exe. See an example below:

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Users\username\appdata\local\temp\regepqzf.dll,H1N1

• Disable all the malicious entries and save the changes.
• Now restart your computer normally.

Step 3 : Kill Malicious Process Related To DoNotChange Ransomware

• Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.

• It will open the Task manager on your screen.
• Go to Process Tab and find DoNotChange Ransomware related process.
• Click the End Process Now button to stop the running process.

Step 4 : Remove DoNotChange Ransomware Virus From Registry Entry

• Press “Windows + R” key together to open Run Box.

• Type “regedit” and click OK button.

• Find and remove DoNotChange Ransomware related entries.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

Now hopefully you have completely removed the DoNotChange Ransomware virus from your computer. If you are still get ransom message from the threat or unable to access your files, then it means that virus still remain into your computer. In such situation you don’t have any other option except removing this virus using any powerful malware removal tool.

Whereas if you have any backup of your infected or encrypted files, then you can also reinstall your Windows OS. This will erase all your files and data as along with the DoNotChange Ransomware infection. You will get a completely empty computer system with no files. Now you can use your backup to get your files. If you don’t have any backup then using malware removal tool is a better option for you.

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