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Although Whycry Ransomware is supposed to be a ransomware infection that takes your important files hostage, including your photos, videos, audio files, archives, documents, and even .exe files, you seem to be in the luck this time. As a matter of fact, our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that this first version of this threat seems to be unfinished and it actually crashes before it could start encrypting your files. This is certainly good news right now but it does not stop the authors of this malicious threat to come out with a new version that actually works. This can happen any time in the near future; and, if that hits you, it is quite likely that you will lose all your files if you do not save a backup to a safe place like cloud storage or a portable drive. Let this infection be a big warning that your PC's protection may not be the most effective. We advise you to remove Whycry Ransomware immediately to make sure that you can recover your system so that you can use your computer as this infection locks your screen. For further details on how this ransomware may sneak onto your system and what it could do, please read our full report. Read more »

Cyber security experts at Anti-spyware-101.com have recently come across a new ransomware-type computer infection called SkullLocker Screenlocker. Apparently, this application was designed to lock the screen of your PC and, thus, prevent you from using it. While this application has been classified as ransomware, testing has shown that this program does not demand that you send its creators money to unlock your PC’s screen. Hence, it locks your PC for the sake of locking it, and you are left to deal with it somehow on your own. Luckily, this program is very primitive, and you can bypass its lock screen and remove without too much effort. We have a guide on how to get rid of it below, but if you want to find out more about it, please read this whole article. Read more »

Cryptodark Ransomware is a recently detected malicious application. Unlike ransomware infections previously analyzed by researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com, it does not encrypt files at the time of writing; however, despite this finding, it has still been classified as ransomware because it demands money. Have you encountered this threat too? If so, do not send a cent to the cyber criminals’ Bitcoin address despite the fact that a window with a ransom note has covered your Desktop because it can be easily removed and, additionally, it is very likely that none of your files have been locked. What you should do instead is to remove the ransomware infection from your system fully. Before you take action, you need to close the window opened on your screen by Cryptodark Ransomware so that it would be possible to remove all its components. This can be done by right-clicking on the icon of the ransomware infection located on the Taskbar and selecting “Close window.” Also, since this threat does not automatically start with the Windows OS, it should be enough to restart the computer to be able to access Desktop freely. Read more »

Our malware analysts have recently discovered a new ransomware-type computer infection that was dubbed Kryptonite Ransomware. This application was designed by cyber criminals to encrypt most of the files on your PC and then demand that you pay money to recover them. You can get it accidentally by installing a game, but not much is known about the nature of its distribution. Its encryption algorithm is regarded as very secure, so decrypting your files with a free third-party decryption tool might not work. However, paying the ransom is not an option as the required features to do that do not work. To learn more about this ransomware, please continue reading. Read more »

Wannacry 3.0 ransomware is the latest version of the damaging infection that made news in May 2017 when over 200,000 computer in 150 countries were compromised. The Wannacry 3.0 ransomware should be removed from the computer without a doubt. There is no point in following the demands displayed by some remote attackers to pay a ransom fee in order to regain access to encrypted files. Nobody can guarantee that the attackers will keep their promise. Wannacry 3.0 ransomware is a dangerous threat, and interested readers are invited to continue reading to learn more about this devastating infection. Read more »

CA$HOUT Ransomware is a new threat that can lock your screen and pretend that your files have been encrypted. However, the good news is that this ransomware is not even a real ransomware but rather a screenlocker. This means, that your files are not touched or encrypted by this annoying malicious program. These cyber criminals are simply lazy or not skilled enough to attack you with a proper ransomware to extort money from you for the alleged decryption key. Most likely, a lot of inexperienced users fall for this trick and rush to pay the supposed ransom fee to get their key so that they can unlock their precious files. However, as we have said, there is no need for that at all since your files are not encrypted. On the other hand, we never encourage anyone to pay ransom fees to cyber criminals because this is as good as supporting cybercrime. Fortunately, we have the solution for you to stop this nightmare. But before we reveal how you can remove CA$HOUT Ransomware from your computer, let us tell you more about this dangerous-looking ransomware. Read more »