Tips To .Lime virus Removal From Windows (7/8/10)

 

Crucial information To Know About .Lime virus

.Lime virus is a disastrous malware infection which the system security analysts have characterized as a file encrypting virus threat crafted by potent cyber spammers with the primary purpose of tricking rookie PC users and then generating illegal profit from them. Malware researchers have notified the code of this threat being largely taken from a remote access Trojan namely NjRat. It very similar to those of various other malware infections of the same group, proliferates itself very silently inside the targeted system without being even notified by the users. This threat onto being disseminated successfully in the PC, conducts a series of unethical practices in it.

.Lime virus commonly initializes execution of several malicious practices via firstly grabbing complete control over entire system and then resizing it's preset Windows registry settings in seek of the files compatible with it's disruption. Infection later then after finding such files, enciphers them using strong encryption algorithm. This encryption usually renders the victimized files completely inaccessible to the users. It moreover following the successful accomplishment of the encryption procedure, releases a ransom note including information about the occurred encryption and stating that decryption of the enciphered files will require certain amount of ransom money which the victims need to pay within the given period of time, or otherwise the encrypted data will be deleted for forever.

Regardless of the fact that the released note appears 100% authentic in nature, it is kindly suggested neither to trust the released note nor to make any asked payment and in place only concentrate onto the removal of .Lime virus from the PC as according to PC experts it is almost the only solution possible to the emancipation of system from all aforementioned sorts of negative traits.

How .Lime virus Gain Infiltration Inside PC ?

.Lime virus is actually a recently detected virus infection which the PC experts have notified sighted in a limited attack campaign. Now though in the case of this ransomware threat, primary infection strategy has not been yet detected, however assumptions are high that the threat's developers do make usage of the most widely utilized tactics to distribute this infection among the user's PC.

Among all of them, spam email campaign has been labeled as the most widely utilized one. In this method, email messages are created in an automated way and then are transferred to large lists of potential victims. The .Lime virus can be directly attached to the messages. It is the easiest way for the crooks to attempt the threat. Other procedure might include freeware programs, corrupted hardwares, pirated softwares, contaminated peripheral devices, questionable images or links etc. 

 

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What To Do If Your PC Get Infected By .Lime virus

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 .Lime virus 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 .Lime virus 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 .Lime virus 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\[.Lime virus]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[.Lime virus]

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 .Lime virus 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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