Solution To HC6 Ransomware Uninstallation From Windows PC

 

About HC6 Ransomware & It's Vicious Traits

Being recently discovered by a malware researcher namely 'Michael Gillespie' on the 28th November, 2017, HC6 Ransomware has been confirmed as a data encoder Trojan infection. It has been especially developed by greedy cyber crooks with the sole motto of tricking rookie PC users and then generating illegal revenue from them. PC experts have notified behavior of this perilous infections very similar to those of numerous other treacherous threats of the same group in terms of acquiring silent perforation inside targeted system without being acknowledged by the users. It once done with the successful dissemination, conducts a series of awful practices in the PC.

HC6 Ransomware usually initiates execution of several malicious practices via firstly grabbing complete control over entire system and then re-seizing it's default Windows registry settings for the purpose of making itself capable enough of grabbing persistence in it. It moreover aside from this, in order to forbid itself from being traced and then eradicated from the PC, disable the security program installed in the system. The threat following this, begins implementing a deep scanning of the entire system in search of the files harmonious with it's disruption. PC experts have reported objects like texts, eBooks, presentations, audio, video, images, databases and PDFs the main target of this ransomware threat. It upon finding files compatible with it's corruption, enciphers them using AES-256 CBC and SHA256 cipher technique. It commonly while posing encryption operation onto the PC's files, appends '.fucku' extension onto their respective ends.

HC6 Ransomware moreover, following the successful accomplishment of the encryption procedure, releases a ransom note full of grammar mistakes :

Now as one can see clearly that the author of this threat do follow the traditional ransomware model. It simply informs victims of the occurred encryption and asks them to transfer certain amount of Bitcoins (i.e., approximately 2500 USD) and send an email to [email protected] regarding achievement of decryption software. Regardless of the fact that the releases note as well as content included in it at the initial glance appears 100% legitimate in nature, experts do not encourage to approach the HC6 Ransomware team as according to them paying would not guarantee the successful decryption of data. It is just a scam designed by potent cyber crooks to gain revenue from inexperienced PC users. Hence, for the sake of PC's and well as it's files emancipation from all such hazardous traits, it is advised to focus on removal of HC6 Ransomware from the PC.

 

Common Tactics of HC6 Ransomware's Propagation

• HC6 Ransomware usually acquire propagation among user's PC through spam emails and their respective malicious attachments.
• Downloading freeware programs from several anonymous domain and then installing them in the system with careless attitude also plays a very crucial role in the invasion of this threat in system.
• It additionally often enters itself through online games and contaminated peripheral devices. 

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Remove HC6 Ransomware From Your PC

Step 1: Remove HC6 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 HC6 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 HC6 Ransomware

• Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.

• It will open the Task manager on your screen.
• Go to Process Tab and find HC6 Ransomware related process.
• Click the End Process Now button to stop the running process.

Step 4 : Remove HC6 Ransomware Virus From Registry Entry

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

• Type “regedit” and click OK button.

• Find and remove HC6 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 HC6 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 HC6 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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