Instructions To FakeCry Ransomware Removal From Windows PC

 

Complete Information About FakeCry Ransomware

Being labeled as a copycat of the WannaCry (WannaCrypt0r) ransomware, FakeCry Ransomware has been declared a disastrous infection for the Windows PC including potential of disseminating itself silently inside the targeted PC without being acknowledged by the users. Now though the infection seems very similar to the WannaCry in terms of characteristics, but yet researchers have notified it quite distinct from the original ones i.e., according to them the FakeCry Ransomware is actually an independent project which do only copy the ransom notifications of WannaCry and the method Petya 2017 Ransomware utilize to propagate itself over Russia, Ukraine and several other countries in Eastern Europe.

FakeCry Ransomware has been reported developed in .NET programming language. The threat similar to those of numerous other perilous malware infections of the same category, generates numerous hazardous issues in the system upon acquiring successful intrusion in it. This ransomware infection generally begins the conduction of unethical practices via initially grabbing complete control over the entire PC and then bringing alteration in it's preset registry settings. This alteration is basically brought for the purpose of gaining automatic activation in the system with each Windows reboot. The threat moreover besides from this, executes a deep scanning of the PC for data and then make a list of the targeted files. It then later on upon finding files matching with it's target list, encrypts them via a strong encryption algorithm.

FakeCry Ransomware, after this generates a ransom notification as a program namely '@[email protected]', showing a window titled 'Wanna Decrypt0r 2.0'. Experts have reported this program located in the set forth mentioned location :

Moreover, a very simple text version of the aforementioned window has been notified in '@[email protected]'.

 

The message displayed by FakeCry Ransomware reads the following :

This threat unlike various other menacing ransomware infections furnishes the victims with a countdown timer of five days. Furthermore, in the case of this one initial ransom fee has been notified set to be at 300 USD in Bitcoins in a manner that on every two days,will get automatically doubled so that the victims would required to pay 600 USD on the second and 1200 USD on the fourth day. Additionally finally on the sixth day, ransomware operators scare victims via promising them of deleting the decryption key required regarding data recovery. However, analysts strongly recommends neither to trust any message nor to make any payment as it is almost guaranteed that offenders after getting the payment will not provide the users with decryption key, instead will exploit their credential stuff to earn more illicit profit from them. Thus, if has unfortunately got FakeCry Ransomware infection in your PC, kindly only focus on it's uninstallation from the PC as it is the only way possible of retrieving the PC back in it's default form. 

Causes Resulting In the Silent Proliferation Of FakeCry Ransomware In PC

• Accessing spam emails and then downloading their malicious attachments.
• Downloading freeware and shareware programs.
• Transferring data from one PC to another through infectious external USB drives.
• Sharing files in networking environment.

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How To Remove FakeCry Ransomware Virus Manually

Step 1 : Restart your computer in safe with networking

• Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key continuously.

• You will find the Advance Boot Option on your computer screen.

• Select Safe Mode With Networking Option by using arrow keys.

• Login your computer with Administrator account.

Step 2 : Step all FakeCry Ransomware related process

• Press the Windows+R buttons together to open Run Box.

• Type “taskmgr” and Click OK or Hit Enter button.

• Now go to the Process tab and find out FakeCry Ransomware related process.

• Click on End Process button to stop that running process.

Step 3 : Restore Your Windows PC To Factory Settings

System Restore Windows XP

• Log on to Windows as Administrator.
• Click Start > All Programs > Accessories.

• Find System Tools and click System Restore.

• Select Restore my computer to an earlier time and click Next.

• Choose a restore point when system was not infected and click Next.

System Restore Windows 7/Vista

• Go to Start menu and find Restore in the Search box.

• Now select the System Restore option from search results.
• From the System Restore window, click the Next button.

• Now select a restore points when your PC was not infected.

• Click Next and follow the instructions.

System Restore Windows 8

• Go to the search box and type Control Panel.

• Select Control Panel and open Recovery Option.

• Now Select Open System Restore option.

• Find out any recent restore point when your PC was not infected.

• Click Next and follow the instructions.

System Restore Windows 10

• Right click the Start menu and select Control Panel.

• Open Control Panel and Find out the Recovery option.

• Select Recovery > Open System Restore > Next.

• Choose a restore point before infection Next > Finish.

Hope these manual steps help you successfully remove the FakeCry Ransomware infection from your computer. If you have performed all the above manual steps and still can’t access your files or cannot remove this nasty ransomware infection from your computer then you should choose a powerful malware removal tool. You can easily remove this harmful virus from your computer by using third party tool. It is the best and the most easy way to get rid of this infection.

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