Anti-spyware 101

No doubt your files have been affected by Exobuilder Ransomware if they have the .exo extension appended and you see a black window claiming that you can no longer access your files because they have been encrypted on your Desktop. This window can be closed by killing the malicious process via Task Manager, but, unfortunately, it will not be so easy to unlock files encrypted by this ransomware infection. Yes, you will be told that you can unlock them by sending the indicated amount of money to the Bitcoin address provided, but you should not do that because you do not know whether those files will really be unlocked for you after you make a payment. Also, Exobuilder Ransomware will become a prevalent infection if all victims pay money to crooks behind it. It should be noted that the amount of money it asks from users might differ with every new version released. Most probably, there are many versions of this threat because it can be created with the Exo builder by any people having bad intentions. No matter which version of this ransomware infection you encounter, delete this threat from your system as soon as possible because it might encrypt even more files on your computer if you keep it active. Exobuilder Ransomware is not one of those sophisticated ransomware infections, but you will still need to put some effort into its removal if you decide to erase it manually, so we highly recommend reading this report till the end. If the manual method is not for you, you can eliminate the ransomware infection automatically right away. Read more »

Are you aware that spam emails can be used to spread malware? Napoleon Ransomware is one of the many infections that could slither into your operating system using this security backdoor. The bad thing is that this malware can enter your operating system in a clandestine manner, and you are unlikely to notice it at all. If you do not notice it, it can start acting in a malicious way without your intervention either. The main task for this dangerous threat is to encrypt your files, and it does that successfully using a complex algorithm. Although the infection does not encrypt system files, it can encrypt photos, media files, documents, and other kinds of personal data. The algorithm used by the ransomware cannot be cracked manually, and if your files are encrypted, they are likely to stay that way for good. That means that if your files are corrupted, they are corrupted, and there is nothing you can do to reverse that. That being said, you must delete Napoleon Ransomware, and that, luckily, is very easy to achieve. Read more »

The celebrated Christmas personage Santa Claus is not forgotten by the black hat hackers, which can be judged by Santa Encryptor Ransomware, a PC infection that appears to be still in development. The Santa Encryptor threat is aimed at encrypting specific files, which were found in the code of the ransomware. Santa Encryptor has its graphic user interface featuring a Santa and presenting victims with details about the decryption that has just taken place.

If you have Santa Encryptor Ransomware on your PC, it is very likely that your data are left intact, because the latest analysis of the ransomware shows that it fails to encrypt targeted files. In order to get rid of the annoying ransom warning for good, you should remove the Santa Encryptor infection and consider implementing antimalware to prevent similar situations in the future. Read more »