Remove CryptoKill Ransomware And Restore “.Crypto” Files

 

If you are infected with CryptoKill Ransomware and your files been encrypted and appended with ".Crypto" file extension and if you are looking for a removal guide then the below given article will help you to remove this malware and restore your files back on your system.

Investigation Report Based on CryptoKill Ransomware

A new variant has been emerged into the very wide family of file encrypting ransomware family which is named as CryptoKill Ransomware. It is yet another ransom threat that enciphers your files and appends a new file extension of ".Crypto" with them and then after send or drop a ransom note on the infected system's desktop screen and demand a sum of money from the victims in order to provide the decryption tool to them to remove the extension and unlock their files from malicious extension. These types of programs has been programmed by the cyber criminals to extort money from the user by terrify them to delete their files permanently and it has been delivered to their system's through malicious attachments that is specially crafted to cheat you to download it on your system using spam emails which looks very genuine to the users.

Technical report on CryptoKill Ransomware

Name	CryptoKill Ransomware
Type	Ransomware
Risk level	Medium
File Extension	".Crypto"
Ransom Demand	Varies
Distribution	Spam emails, Exploits Kits, infectious codes etc.

Possible infecting options that is used by CryptoKill Ransomware to infect you

If you are a careless about your PC then it is very much possible that your PC may infected with CryptoKill Ransomware when you received a spam email that carried a specially crafted attachment. When you open it and run the file of the attachment then it enables a macro that automatically run on your PC to initialize on the system and then install this CryptoKill on your PC. It may also infect you through malicious codes, exploits kits, Trojan downloaders, suspicious links and so on.

Whats about the harms of CryptoKill Ransomware after infection

CryptoKill Ransomware is similar to MafiaWare and Domino Ransomware and it also works very similar to them. After successful intrusion on your PC, it searches your whole PC to find out the targeted data types and files which take part into the encipher process. After doing this it begin the encryption process and when it completed then attached a new ".Crypto" file extension to each encoded files and send a ransom note on the system to pay the ransom but it is not a worth idea to pay the ransom to the hackers. Its better to leave the payment and use a strong anti-malware to remove CryptoKill Ransomware and then run your backup file to restore your files. 

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

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