What is Ahihi Ransomware?
Ahihi Ransomware might be inactive for now, but it does not mean you cannot encounter it anymore. The malicious program should encrypt various documents found on the infected computer and then show a ransom note. At the time the malware was active, its note claimed the user can decrypt his files if he only writes to the threat’s developers. However, after some time the infection lost connection to its server and it became impossible to decrypt any files affected by it. If you continue reading our report, we will explain why the hackers might be unable to decrypt your data anymore, which is why we do not advise writing to them. What our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com recommend is erasing Ahihi Ransomware from the computer with the instructions available below or a legitimate antimalware tool of your choice. Also, users who have more questions about the threat can leave us their messages at the end of the article.
Where does Ahihi Ransomware come from?
Ahihi Ransomware could be spread Spam emails. Usually, malware’s creators send potential victims infected email attachments or links to sites that would launch such files upon entering. Naturally, if the system is vulnerable and unprotected the malicious application might settle in with no trouble. Therefore, if you care about your computer’s safety, you should ever open files received under suspicious circumstances, for example, when the attachment is unexpected, comes from an unknown sender, the message contains grammatical mistakes or is written to make you panic, and so on. Additionally, our researchers advise watching out for files distributed via torrent and similar file-sharing websites. Pirated software and unknown freeware might seem tempting, but such installers could be bundled with various malicious applications. Thus, if you need particular tools you should look them on legitimate web pages only.
How does Ahihi Ransomware work?
Once launched Ahihi Ransomware should start encrypting files with the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .xls, .xlsx, .pdf, .txt. According to our researchers, the malicious program encrypted almost all files with the mentioned extensions except for data located on folders titled Documents and Settings, ProgramData, Recovery, Boot, Windows, Program Files, and so on. While the malware was still active it would later display a ransom note saying the data on the computer got encrypted and to recover it the user needs to go to a particular site and provide specific information. Afterward, we believe the hackers would ask to pay a ransom. As there is no way to be one hundred percent sure they will hold on to their words, we advise not to contact them.
However, currently, the threat’s website is down, which not only makes it impossible to contact the hackers but also to decrypt your files. Often the decryption key necessary for the decryption process is created during the encryption process and gets sent to the malware’s website, but since it is inactive right now, the decryption keys might be lost. Thus, the only thing left to do is to delete Ahihi Ransomware.
How to eliminate Ahihi Ransomware?
To erase Ahihi Ransomware manually users should complete the steps listed in the instructions paced below. Of course, we cannot be sure they will work for everyone as we do not know how exactly it is distributed. If you want to be sure the malicious program gets erased and you do not think you can get rid of it manually, we recommend scanning the computer with a legitimate antimalware tool. Soon after the scan is over, you should be able to eliminate all detected malware at the same time.
Erase Ahihi Ransomware
- Click Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
- Pick Task Manager and select Processes.
- Locate a process belonging to the threat.
- Select it and click End Task.
- Exit Task Manager.
- Click Windows key+E.
- Locate these paths:
%TEMP%
%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop - Locate the malicious application’s launcher.
- Right-click it and select Delete.
- Find a file called README.TXT on your Desktop.
- Right-click it and select Delete.
- Exit File Explorer.
- Empty your Recycle Bin.
- Restart the computer.
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