What is CLUB Ransomware?
CLUB Ransomware is your worst nightmare because this malicious infection can lock up your files and stop you from opening any of your important documents. Getting infected with ransomware sucks, but you have to learn how to deal with this situation. If you can’t remain calm, CLUB Ransomware will rip you off, and you will be left penniless, with no files to boot.
Please scroll down to the bottom of this description for the manual removal guidelines. You can also remove CLUB Ransomware with a licensed antispyware tool. However, please bear in mind that removing the infection doesn’t mean that you will get your files back.
Where does CLUB Ransomware come from?
Our research team says that this program belongs to the Crysis Ransomware infection family. In that case, Crysis Ransomware should be similar to 8800 Ransomware, Jope Ransomware, BOMBO Ransomware, GTF Ransomware, and many others.
All these programs employ similar distribution methods, so we can only assume that CLUB Ransomware also comes via spam email attachments. It means that victims download and launch malware installers willingly, thinking they are some important files they have to check out immediately. However, if you receive these supposedly “important” files from someone you don’t know, your first step should be checking the legitimacy of the file or scanning it with a security tool. Opening it should never come first.
Also, if the email comes with an urgent message that tells you that you must open the file at once, that’s the first red flag. If you don’t know the sender, and they seem to be desperate to have you open the document they sent, it might as well be a ransomware infection trap. Therefore, being careful about the content you encounter online, or the content you receive will help you avoid such things like CLUB Ransomware.
What does CLUB Ransomware do?
Our research team also says that CLUB Ransomware is practically identical to all the other programs from the Crysis Ransomware family. Thus, it means that this infection will encrypt all important picture and document format files. As a result, you will not be able to access most of your data, and the infection will demand that you pay a ransom fee for the decryption key.
When the encryption is complete, CLUB Ransomware displays a window with the ransom instructions to the infected user. If that weren’t enough, it also drops a ransom note with the FILES ENCRYPTED.txt in all affected directories. Here’s the extract from the ransom instructions that users see on their screens:
YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED
Don’t worry, you can return all your files!
If you want to restore them, follow this link: email [email address] YOUR ID [infection ID]
If you have not been answered via the link within 12 hours, write to use by e-mail: [email address 2]Attention!
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Do not rename encrypted files.
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Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
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Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.
As you can see, CLUB Ransomware tries its best to convince you that the only way to restore your files is by purchasing the decryption key from these criminals. And at first, it might seem like it, especially if you don’t have a file backup you could use to restore your files. However, there is no guarantee that they can issue the decryption key in the first place, and paying these criminals would only enable them to create more malware.
How do I remove CLUB Ransomware?
To stop evil people from distributing more ransomware, you need to remove CLUB Ransomware today. Although you can get rid of this program manually, there is always the option of automatic removal. For that, you will need to acquire a powerful antispyware tool that will remove CLUB Ransomware for you automatically. At the same time, the security tool of your choice will terminate other malicious files (if present), and it will keep watch of your system in the future. Just make sure you don’t download more malicious attachments, and it’ll be okay.
Manual CLUB Ransomware Removal
- Remove suspicious files from Desktop.
- Go the Downloads folder.
- Remove suspicious files from the folder.
- Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
- Delete all the files from the directory.
- Use SpyHunter to scan your computer.
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