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What Purpose Does SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 Serve?

 

SONAR.Wannacry!gen3, a trojan horse, is spotted on several computers on June 22^nd, 2017 and its infection length varies depending on different Windows operating system. Please note that this trojan is not officially associated to real WannaCry ransomware, so you should not judge it by its name. It seems like a newest variant of Ransom.Cryptolocker family of file encoder virus. AV vendors like Microsoft and TrendMicro have given it another names – Trojan:Win32/Crilock.A and TROJ_CRILOCK.NS. You can consider yourself as lucky if your Antimalware has detected and quarantined the ransomware completely without your interference. Just right after intrusion, SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 enciphers your files and then prompt you to take the deal offered by threat actors in order to decipher your files. You should know that there is no guarantee that after making payment of ransom you will surely get per computer based decryption key (aka Password or Private key).

Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to break the code because it is encrypted with a military grade custom cipher (either 256-bit or 4096-bit long password). If you are lucky enough, you will find free Decryptor online on several AV vendors' official sites. Usually, AV vendors release free Decryptor within a week of release data of the ransomware. Furthermore, you must remember that you won't be able to access your encoded files using any Windows application unless you recover them. However, if you are even thinking about paying off ransom then hold on. Once you pay the ransom to such threat actors then their malicious activities just get fuel. It is possible that they will target your computer multiple time and also list your email id as an easy target. Even more, the threat actors might steal your online banking credentials including transaction passwords, user name, card numbers, email and much more without your consent. Hence, removing SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 and recovering your files using alternative instruction shall be the only best thing that you can do today.

What's More You Should Know?

SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 usually invades your Windows PC via spam emails when you double click suspicious attachment without verifying the source first. Even, you should avoid installing pirated copy of famous games or software downloading from free file hosting sites. Even more, you should keep your Windows operating system and installed drives or software fully up-to-date in order to avoid the ransomware attacks. At this time. The best thing you can do is to follow SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 removal guide presented below:

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Steps to Delete SONAR.Wannacry!gen3

Step: 1 Restart your Windows PC in Safe Mode

Find the complete details on how to Reboot your PC in Safe Mode (if you are a novice, follow the above given instructions on how to boot up your PC in Safe mode irrespective of the Windows Version that is being used as Windows XP, 7, Win 8, 8.1 and Windows 10)

 

Step:2 Remove SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 from Task Manager

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL simulataneously to open Task manager. Find SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 Related processes or any other suspicious processes that are running on it. Now Select and delete SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 virus from Task Manager at once.

Step:3 How to Delete SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 Related Startup Items

Press Win + R together and Type “msconfig”.

Now press Enter Key or Select OK.

“Startup” option is to be selected on the Pop-up Window Tab

Now Search for SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 Related applications on Startup Items

Now Uncheck all Unknown or Suspicious items from “System Configuration” related to SONAR.Wannacry!gen3

Now Click and Select Restart to Start your Computer in Normal Mode

Step: 4 How to Delete SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 from Windows Registry

1. Press Win + R in combination to Open Run Box, Type regedit on the search box and press enter.
2. This will Open the registry entries.
3. Find SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 related entries from the list and carefully delete it. However be careful and do not delete any other entries as this could severely damage the Windows Component.

Also, after completing the above steps, it is important to search for any folders and files that has been created by SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 and if found must be deleted.

Step 5 How to View Hidden Files and Folders Created by SONAR.Wannacry!gen3

1. Click on the Start Menu
2. Go to Control Panel, and Search for folder Options
3. Click on view hidden files and folders Options, For your convenience, we have included complete process on how to unhide files on all Windows Version. This will delete all the files and folders associated with SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 that was existing on your compromised system.

Still, if you are unable to get rid of SONAR.Wannacry!gen3 using manual steps, you need to scan your PC to detect SONAR.Wannacry!gen3.

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