The Removal Instructions For [email protected] Ransomware

 

Threat Details

A Short Note On [email protected] Ransomware

[email protected] Ransomware is a file encrypting virus that has been identified by the malware experts on 9th December, 2018 and belongs to the ransomware family. It is another variant of Dharma Ransomware, Crysis Ransomware and also have the same features of the [email protected] Ransomware and the [email protected] Ransomware. It has capacity to affect various Web Browser Search Engines like Microsoft Edge, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome etc. as well as several Windows Operating System such as 7, 8, 8.1, XP, 10, Vista etc and can also be detected as PUP.AD.NEWSANTACLAUS@AOL. It is recognized as a hybrid threat that can even add some malicious coding from other projects. It is very much popular in creating a new process named as exlorer64.exe. The sole motive of creating such malware by the security experts is to gain online revenue from the innocent users of the system. 

Propagation Channels Of [email protected] Ransomware

[email protected] Ransomware is a encryptor Trojan ransomware that very soundlessly gets deeply entered into the targeted system using contaminated external drives, online gaming sites, free file hosting websites, suspicious pop-up ads, untrustworthy downloading sources, software bundling method,audio- video ads, freeware, peer to peer file sharing network, cracked or pirated softwares, untrustworthy third party software down-loader,  downloading torrents, email spam campaigns, pornographic sites, junked email, fake software updater and many others. It drops a ransom alert notification on the system screen of the user for demanding a specific amount in exchange of decryption key. It uses ASE or DES cipher algorithms for encrypting all the files of the affected machine. It appends the file name by adding .id-.[[email protected]].santa extension at the last name of the encrypted files or folders. The ransom amount has to be paid through crypto-currency like Bitcoin by the compromised system user. 

Disadvantages Of [email protected] Ransomware

[email protected] Ransomware is a file locker crypto-virus that is very dangerous for the affected machine. It diverts many unwanted useless programs which gets automatically downloaded into the system. It may stops the working of firewall protection application and anti-virus programs of the compromised system. Without users permission alters the default settings of the browser and also degrades the system performance as well as its speed.

How To Fix [email protected] Ransomware

For protecting your device from the [email protected] Ransomware which can completely ruin your computer system you must take some immediate actions. Basically there are two technique either manual or automatic methods for eliminating this malicious threat from the affected system.

 

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Remove [email protected] Ransomware From Your PC

Step 1: Remove [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Ransomware

• Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.

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

Step 4 : Remove [email protected] Ransomware Virus From Registry Entry

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

• Type “regedit” and click OK button.

• Find and remove [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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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