‘[email protected]’ Ransomware : Ransomware Removal Guidance

 

Brief description on ‘[email protected]’ Ransomware

‘[email protected]’ Ransomware is a malware that encrypts users files which has been detected on 23 February 2017. Many of the PC users reported against this ransomware appearance as ransom message on their screens to pay the extortion money from using the wallet address which has given on the ransom note and pay the money using Bitcoin wallet. They also provide a communication medium via email account that is [email protected]. It is a file encrypting ransom virus that encode the users files using a sophisticated cryptografic encryption engine to lock the users files and enforce them to pay the money in order to offer a decryption toolbar to get back access of the files. According to various cyber security experts this ransom threat has been delivered via spam emails which carries a corrupt documents or files into their attachments. It also follows the same installation technique just like TrumpLocker Ransomware and Barrax Ransomware. One of the bast actions that can reduce its threat activity is to disable macro of the Word documents. It is a method that can save your system from self exploit of files.

Name	‘[email protected]’ Ransomware
Type	Ransomware
Discovered	23 February 2017
File extension	“.lfk”, “..cfk”
Ransom demand	0.2 Bitcoins
Attacked OS	Windows OS

How does ‘[email protected]’ Ransomware operate on your PC?

According to the latest published report by the malware researchers noted that ‘[email protected]’ Ransomware is premier Crypto threat that uses standard encrypting mechanism of AES-256 and RSA-1024 ciphers to perform the encryption process and lock the users files. It encode the files that is stored on local drives and also from the removal storage locations that is associated with the system. It mainly targets the commonly used data containers like images, word documents files, audio, videos, spreadsheets, and presentations for encryption. Some files types can be look as :

After following encryption routine it attached a new “.cfk” or “.lfk” file extension names with the infected files and then ask money from the users by sending a ransom note on their desktop. The hackers generally demand 0.2 Bitcoin from the victim to remove the extension.

One thing is you have to be very clear that if you are ready to pay the ransom to the attackers then it is really a very foolish decision because it is not been guaranteed that they will provide the decryption tool to remove the extension even after the payment it looks so doubtful. Hence you should use a strong anti-malware on the system to remove ‘[email protected]’ Ransomware and then after removal run the backup to restore lost files.  

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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 1 – Boot your computer in Safe mode.

Step 2 – Remove the infected registry entry files.

• Click Windows Flag and R button together.

• Type “regedit” and click OK button

• 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.

• Type msconfig and press Enter

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

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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