Viro Ransomware Removal Expert Solution (Including Decryption Guide)

 

Is your System files locked by Viro Ransomware and unable to access them? If so, your PC has been infected with a ransomware. You can detect it's sample easily because after locking files it displays pop-ups to scare victim and a ransom note that featured with a religious icon of the Jesus Christ following the Orthodox Church Canon.

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Know About Viro Ransomware

Viro Ransomware is recently found cryoto-virus that falls under the category of ransomware. First of all, it sample was detected by malware researchers on July 17th, 2017. According to the researcher, it is based on the hidden tear project by the Utku Sen and includes a keylogger and worm capabilities. It has the ability to infect almost all Windows System including Windows Vista, XP, Server, NT, Me, 7, 8 and the latest version of OS. It make entries in the registry to achieve the persistence so that it could restart processes and launch itself in the Windows environment. Similar to the other variant of ransomware, it also makes System files inaccessible and asks victim to pay ransom fee. 

Infection Flow of Viro Ransomware

After lurking inside the PC silently through spam campaigns, Viro Ransomware employs AES-256 cipher algorithm to modify the structure of data containers which is associated with the desktop applications including MS Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Windows Media Player, photos etc. This ransomware has the ability to encipher all files that saved on the USB drives & folders, local disks and the local network. As it includes worms and keyloggers, it extract victim's all sensitive data including IP addresses, banking login details, user-id, password, credit or debit card details etc. After gathering data, it sent to the C&C server through encrypted data transmission. On the successful file encryption procedure, it sent ransom note on the desktop screen. The ransom notification is usually presented as a small program window, titled as “Computer compromised” and includes the following text :

File Decryption Techniques of Viro Ransomware

The ransom note displayed by Viro Ransomware states that your all stored files are encrypted and to get them back, you have to pay ransom amount. However, you should not pay under any circumstances. Nobody could guarantee that, your files may restores even paying off the huge amount of money. Paying ransom money to hackers will only encourage them to built more and more ransomware viruses and do criminal activities. You can recover your files using the backup copy but if you have not then you should take an immediate action to delete Viro Ransomware from your compromised machine.

 

Prevention Measures Against Attack of Viro Ransomware

  1. Install a well-reputable & trusted anti-virus tool
  2. Scan your PC on the regular basis.
  3. Select always Custom or Advanced installation mode while installing software instead of Typical or Default ones.
  4. Do not open any attachments that arrived from unverified sources.
  5. Keep your installed programs and OS always up-to-date.
  6. Back up your crucial data on the regular basis and turn on the System restore in your OS etc.

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Remove Viro Ransomware From Your PC

Step 1: Remove Viro 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.

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  • You will see “Windows Advanced Options Menu” on your computer screen.

Windows Advanced Options Menu

  • Select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and press Enter key.

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  • You must login your computer with Administrator account for full privilege.

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  • Once the Command Prompt appears then type rstrui.exe and press Enter

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  • Now follow the prompts on your screen to complete system restore.

Step 2: Remove Viro 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”.

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  • Use the arrow keys to select “Safe Mode” option and press Enter key.

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  • Once system get started go to Start menu. Type “msconfig” in the search box and launch the application.

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  • 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 Viro Ransomware

  • Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.

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

Step 4 : Remove Viro Ransomware Virus From Registry Entry

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

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  • Type “regedit” and click OK button.

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  • Find and remove Viro 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 Viro 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 Viro 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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