Remove PLANETARY Ransomware : Quick Removal Solution

PLANETARY Ransomware : Latest Information About Ransomware

 

PLANETARY Ransomware is spotted by the malware researchers recently. According to security experts this PLANETARY is another updated variant of high risk HC7 Ransomware. This updated malware variant has a feature that it is spreading manually by the developers. The hackers hijacks computer networks remotely and install malware on all connected systems. Right after infiltrating into your system it start collecting all the targeted files from your hard drive and local disks such as images, important doc files, pdfs, html, e-books, spreadsheets, databases, texts, presentations and so on. After collecting all the files it start encrypting using strong encryption cipher algorithm to lock them to make completely inaccessible. The creepy ransomware added a new ".PLANETERY" file extension to the compromised files to inform the victims about the ransom infection and encryption activities.

Then after it shows a ransom note on desktop screen in a file name called "RECOVER.txt" that contains a ransom message and demand $700 for a single corrupted machine and $5000 for a network. Ransom message can be seen as

PLANETARY Ransomware : Threat Summary

Name	PLANETARY Ransomware
Type	Ransomware
Risk	High
File extension	".PLANETARY"
Ransom demand	$ in Bitcoins
Distribution	Spam emails, corrupt attachments, infected sites or embedded links etc.
Infected systems	Windows OS
Detection Tool	Free download to detect PLANETARY Ransomware

PLANETARY Ransomware : How Did The Ransomware Ended On My System?

In many of the cases infections like PLANETARY Ransomware get inside of your system while you download ant attachments of spam or unknown emails. You may not know that the hackers designed several emails specially to drop the infection of ransomware into your system that might looks like an official email that came from a legitimate or reputed company and a receipt from a shopping site. But when you download on your system then the malicious executable download on your system and start spreading on entire system to damage more files and system too. Several more infecting ways are through suspicious sites, fake links, dubious clicks on links or advertisements, sharing of files and so on.

How To Deal With The PLANETARY Ransomware?

As you read above in the post that the ransomware encode all your files and demand ransom to provide the decryption tool to unlock your files but you should strictly deny the payment. Immediately you should should use a trusted anti-malware to remove PLANETARY Ransomware and then run kept backup to get lost files recovery.  

Free Scan your Windows PC to detect PLANETARY Ransomware

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

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