Payment Ransomware : Effective Methods To Remove Ransomware From PC

Payment Ransomware Is Still In development Phase

 

Malware researchers recently dubbed a new file encrypting malware called Payment Ransomware. This ransom virus has been intentionally designed specially to attack on Spanish speaking PC users. Malware developers uses "PAYMENT.exe" file to drop the infection of ransomware on the targeted systems. Once it getting inside of your system then it start performing anonymous activities that is enough to make your files and system completely useless. After infiltration it uses AES cryptography to make your files completely inaccessible. At the time of writing there is not any complain against it related to encryption. But it does not mean that it can not encrypt data, later on it may upgrade to follow encryption routine. As mentioned above the malware is activated through an exe file which might get delivered via various infection distribution methods. Then it can cause many of alteration inside of compromised system.

The file encrypting malware make changes into the registry editor to make itself system StartUp to initiate automatically with every boot of the compromised system. In addition to it can also disable system security and legitimate running processes to affect the PC performance badly. After infection attack PC becomes vulnerable and your privacy might be on exposed online. One of the most important task of the ransom malware is to encrypting your targeted files such as images, documents, videos, music, spreadsheets and similar others. After following successful encryption it delivers a ransom note on victims computer screen in Spanish language to give data recovery and payment related information similar to the most of the crypto-virus do. If you choosing the payment option then it will lead to some serious problems.

Payment Ransomware : Short Summary

Name	Payment Ransomware
Type	Ransomware
Risk	High
File extension	Not yet follow encryption
Ransom demand	Not defined
Distribution	Spam emails attachments, corrupt or bad scripts, infectious websites etc.
Infected systems	Windows OS

However if you got infected by the Payment Ransomware then you should not follow the suggestions of malicious hackers use you brain and not get ready to pay the ransom. You can remove it easily by following a correct path only. So you should use a strong anti-malware to remove Payment Ransomware from infected system and then run stored backup to restore lost files. You can also do the removal by following below given manual method but you should be extremely careful because any minor mistake will lead to permanent damage of system.  

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Remove Payment Ransomware From Your PC

Step 1: Remove Payment 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 Payment 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 Payment Ransomware

• Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.

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

Step 4 : Remove Payment Ransomware Virus From Registry Entry

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

• Type “regedit” and click OK button.

• Find and remove Payment 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 Payment 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 Payment 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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