How To Remove ORX Locker

 

What is ORX Locker? How it came to my PC? It has encrypted my system files and ask ransom to unlock my files. I have scanned my computer twice. My anti-virus is might working or not I don't know. It is not detecting any threat on my system. This dubious ORX Locker show error message every time when I try to access any of my files. I am unable to open my videos, audios, images or any other file. Please help me to recover my files. Is there any method to delete ORX Locker permanently from my computer system.

ORX Locker is a nasty Ransomware virus that can get inside your computer stealthily without your permission and lock your system files. It is a dubious threat created by cyber crooks to invade user's PC without their permission. Once this nasty virus get installed on your machine, it will encrypt your entire system data and make the inaccessible. This notorious ransom virus will scan your system for the files and lock down all your files. ORX Locker can be effective with all kind of files such as videos, audios, images, PDF, word files, presentations, excel and many others. This harmful threat can also disable the anti-virus program of your computer to stay safe. This harmful virus is only meant to extort money from innocent users.

ORX Locker normally intrude your computer when you download bundled freeware application and install on your system. It can also make its way inside your PC via spam emails, suspicious websites or peer to peer file sharing. After getting inside your computer, it will encrypt your files and show ransom message when you try to access your files. It states that your files are locked and only be recovered by private key generated for your PC. ORX Locker will demand for ransom within fixed time to give you the decryption key. Although it doesn't provide any decryption key to the user, so it is not suggested to pay the ransom. You must follow the below guidelines to remove ORX Locker from your PC successfully.

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What To Do If Your PC Get Infected By ORX Locker

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 ORX Locker 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 ORX Locker 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 ORX Locker 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\[ORX Locker]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[ORX Locker]

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 ORX Locker 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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