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The new nightmare that can hit your computer silently but rather deadly is called CryLocker Ransomware. This malware infection has a similar name to another ransomware that showed up a few weeks ago, Cry Ransomware, but they seem to be different in several areas. Nevertheless, their ransom note is practically identical. According to our malware researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com, this can happen when authors simply copy another threat or these infections come from the same source, i.e., a ransomware service offered on the Dark Web. We believe that the latter in more likely in this case as even the used personalized websites are all the same apart from the money extorted from the victims, of course. This ransomware encrypts most of your files with an algorithm that is virtually impossible to crack; therefore, it is quite possible that you will not be able to recover your files after this serious attack. We do not advise you to pay the demanded fee because in most cases this is just a scam and you will not get anything in return. If you want to know how you can remove CryLocker Ransomware from your system and how you can avoid similar dangerous threats, please read on. Read more »

Nullbyte Ransomware could be a good lesson for you to understand the importance of making regular backups of your files onto external drives as well as being more careful about where you click. This ransomware could be a dangerous threat that could cost you all your personal files. However, according to our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com, this infection has been cracked and now there is a free decryption tool available for download to restore your files. Therefore, it becomes absolutely unnecessary to get a heart attack or to rush to pay these criminals the demanded ransom fee either. If you think this cannot get any better, we will also tell you how you can remove Nullbyte Ransomware from your computer so that you can restore more than the encrypted files: you virtual security. Please continue reading our report to find out more. Read more »

If your computer has been infected with Masterlock@india.com Ransomware, you probably already know that it is a serious computer infection that encrypts files and then demands money for their recovery. As these files are encoded using the RSA-2048 encryption key, they will remain encrypted even after the ransomware infection is removed from the computer. Of course, there are users who decide to pay money to get a decryptor because they need to unlock their valuable files, e.g. theses, presentations, and documents; however, specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have a different opinion about transferring money to cyber criminals. They are strictly against any payments to cyber criminals because they know well that cyber crooks might not give the tool for decrypting files even if a user pays the amount of money they require. In other words, once they get what they wanted, they have no motivation to do what they promised. If you decide not to support them too, you still need to delete Masterlock@india.com Ransomware as soon as possible because it is capable of launching automatically, and you will never feel safe unless you get rid of it. Read more »

XRat Ransomware comes from the same family as the infamous Xorist Ransomware. According to the tests conducted in the Anti-Spyware-101.com internal lab, this infection encrypts files using the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) cipher, which is rarely used by ransomware infections. The encryption is performed silently, and the infection has to be executed on your PC for this process to be initiated. It appears that this threat is usually spread via spam email attachments, and the victim has to open the corrupted attachment to execute the infection. Needless to say, the email containing the launcher is misleading, and you are likely to be made believe that the attachment represents an important document or a fun image. Once the threat is executed, you are likely to recognize its existence only after your files are encrypted. If that happens, you should not rush to remove XRat Ransomware or follow the demands introduced to you by cyber criminals. The first thing you should do is read this report. Read more »