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Rarucrypt Ransomware is a malicious infection that creates copies of the victim’s personal files in RAR archives and then deletes the original files without a possibility to restore them. The problem is that a password protects the mentioned archives, so to open them, the user has to know it. No doubt, the cyber criminals behind this threat might offer to reveal it for a particular price, but fortunately, you may not have to risk your savings as our researchers checked the malware’s code and found the needed password in it. We will mention it later in the text, so if you wish to get to know Rarucrypt Ransomware better, we urge you to keep reading this report. At the end of it, users can also find steps showing how to erase the infection manually, although it the task looks a bit too complicated users can employ a legitimate antimalware tool as well. Read more »

Ransomware infections are threats developed by cyber criminals for money extortion. David Ransomware is one of the newest ransomware infections released. It locks personal files on users’ computers like its predecessor Velso Ransomware. Then, it drops a ransom note in the .txt format. Users are told that they need “to buy the special software,” but, surprisingly, its price is not indicated in the ransom note, which shows that cyber criminals want users to contact them. If you are curious about the price, you can write an email to them if you want to, but you should keep in mind that sending money to malicious software developers is never a good idea even if it turns out that the price is low. Our piece of advice for those users who have encountered David Ransomware would be to delete this infection fully as soon as possible. By deleting it, you will make sure it cannot start working again. Luckily, this infection is quite simple malware, so its removal should not be very problematic. It should be noted that this malicious application must be deleted from the system no matter if you pay money for the decryption tool or not. Read more »

Xorist-Frozen Ransomware is yet another variant based on the infamous Xorist Ransomware. We have seen a number of dangerous ransomware programs originating from this base, such as Cryptedx Ransomware and Hello Ransomware. Unfortunately, this dangerous program can encrypt all your important files once it manages to sneak onto your system. Since you will not notice its presence until it is too late, it is not possible to remove Xorist-Frozen Ransomware from your computer without the possibility of losing your files to encryption. Hopefully, though, you have a recently saved backup in cloud storage or on an offline removable drive. Right now, this seems to be the only way for you to be able to recover your files. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that they have not found any free tool yet that could help you restore your files. Also, there is no guarantee that if you pay the ransom, you will get the private key needed for decryption. We advise you to remove Xorist-Frozen Ransomware as soon as possible. For the details, please read our full article. Read more »

Ransomware is a lucrative type of malware, and the Tornado ransomware is yet another infection released for monetary gain. The infection encrypts files and drops many ransom notes demanding a ransom fee in return to the encrypted data. The requirements provided by the Tornado ransomware should be disregarded, because the attackers' promise to decrypt file is just a hoax. The possibility of having the files restored is close to zero, so, instead of spending a considerable sum of money for nothing, you should take action to remove the Tornado ransomware. Without a doubt, it is also necessary to ensure that such threats do not manage to find access to the system again in the future. Read more »