Remove ISHTAR Ransomware And Restore ISHTAR Files

 

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Analysis on ISHTAR Ransomware

ISHTAR Ransomware is another variant of Cryptovirus ransomware. This name has been kept from the very infamous Israeli singer's name or from the Mesopotamia goddess of war, sex, power, fertility and love. This ransomware encrypts user's files and append a extension "ISHTAR" before the name of the encrypted files. The instructions about how to pay the ransom amount are written on a text file and send on the desktop screen of the victim after completed the successful encryption process. This ransomware may make entries on your system's registry after its penetration on your computer system to be reside inside your system for a longer period. This changing in registry entries allows the ransomware to active with every boot of the system and then after it start to encrypt your data and then a ransom note you can see on your screen, it is placed in a file called "README-ISHTAR.txt". You can also notice that the ransom note is in the English and Russian languages. You can not think in that situation what should you do like make contact with the hacker about pay the ransom money or something else. No one will give you any guarantee that if you pay the ransom money then you will get a decryption key by the hackers to recover your locked data. All these activities are only doing in order to earn money from you and invest this money in other ransomware inventions. The different file formats which encrypts by ISHTAR Ransomware is still unknown to the experts. The different files may be database, documents, images and videos files of the victims. ISHTAR Ransomware uses a strong encryption algorithm of AES and RSA-2048 with 256 bits. It also delete the shadow volume copies from the Windows OS with using following command :

"vssadmin.exe delete shadows /all /Quiet"

Spreading techniques of ISHTAR Ransomware

ISHTAR Ransomware is infiltrate your PC with the help of many of methods to infect you. One of the very common method is by spam email attachments. Spam emails are send you by unknown persons to you and mail looks like a legit receipt of of office or a shopping bill and when you are going to download the attachments inside it then after download the payload of ISHTAR Ransomware is easily get entry on your computer and you have not any knowledge about it. This ransomware infection might also intrude into your computer by the download of freeware and by visiting on dubious websites.

System users may be convert to pay the ransom of 1 Bitcoin to the makers of ISHTAR Ransomware

Ransomware like ISHTAR greets the victims to buy and send 1 Bitcoin to their wallet address. Security researchers highly advised to the users to do not fall in the trap of ransomware hackers and do not pay the ransom money because they will not going to provide any decryption tool after the payment. So the better option is to remove it from your system and run a backup on your system to retrieve your data. you can delete ISHTAR Ransomware using a strong antivirus kit on your system. Some of the antivirus detects this ransomware as :

• W32/Windef.ABFL!tr

• Win32.Trojan-fakeav.Windef.Wrzx

• Trojan-FakeAV.Win32.Windef.abfl

• Trojan.win32.webtoos.a

Free Scan your Windows PC to detect ISHTAR Ransomware

 

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

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