Kindest Ransomware Removal & File Restoring Techniques

Main Objective of Kindest Ransomware

 

Kindest Ransomware is a file-encrypting program created for educational purposes and it is detected in the wild. After invading your machine, it displays an educational video which contains the information what really happened to your system's files. The ransomware does not demand any kind of ransom money in order to decode infected files. In such circumstances, you just only need to watch the video carefully and the virus will decode your files for free. In order to educate the computer users, the developer of this ransomware distributed a virus to infect their machine and provides information related to how ransomware threat works and how to protect your system from the infiltration of ransomware viruses like Kindest Ransomware.

Technically speaking, this ransomware is based on the HiddenTear ransomware project, which is reported as open-source ransomware threat that was published back in year 2015 on Github.com platform. According to the cyber security analysts, this threat may have been especially programmed to encipher the files stored on infected machine and instruct PC users to watch the provided video to decode their files, but it does not mean that Kindest Ransomware should be categorized as a WhiteHat ransomware infection. This threat is equipped with a strong but custom RSA and AES encryption algorithm, which prevent the reverse engineering of the decryptor and it might be possible that its operators start asking for Bitcoins as a ransom money in order to provide a decryption tool.

Why Kindest Ransomware Should be Removed From Your PC?

Based on the research report, the spam campaign which is used to spread this ransomware to the user's system is paid for and it is not likely that the creators of Kindest Ransomware paid for this spam campaign out of their goodness. Although, it may be possible that the initial release of this ransomware was just a trial run for a separate version which comes with support for C&C servers and the ransom fee in Bitcoins. Furthermore, the video links associated with this threat was brought down soon after the infected computer users reported about the virus to the computer security vendors. The displayed ransom notification is comes as an image, which shows white skull on its left side. Besides, several anti-virus softwares may detect Kindest Ransomware in different names and some of them are mentioned below:

• TR/FileCoder.yecpg
• Ransom_HiddenTearKINDEST.A
• W32/Diztakun.AXVZ!tr
• SCGeneric_c.OY
• Win32.Trojan.Agent.FQY0CX
• Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

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What To Do If Your PC Get Infected By Kindest 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 Kindest 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 Kindest 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 Kindest 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\[Kindest Ransomware]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[Kindest 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 Kindest 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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