What is Decme Ransomware?
Decme Ransomware is a malicious application that could take away your photos, documents, and other important files you may keep on your computer. The malware encrypts such data with strong encryption. As a result, the affected files become unreadable and cannot be opened. The message from the threat’s creators that is dropped soon after the malware finishes encrypting files might promise that you will get the decryption tools to restore all of your files if you pay a ransom. Unfortunately, there are no reassurances that cybercriminals will hold on to their end of the bargain. Therefore, we advise you not to pay the ransom if you do not want to risk getting scammed. You can learn more about the malware and its ransom note further in this article. If you want to know how you could delete Decme Ransomware manually, we recommend checking the instructions available at the end of this article.
Where does Decme Ransomware come from?
The malicious application could reach its victims through spam emails. Our researchers say that many threats like Decme Ransomware are spread via malicious email attachments or links. Thus, you cannot lose your guard when you receive emails from unknown senders, messages with a sense of urgency, or emails with any other red flags. It is always safer to scan email attachments with a legit antimalware tool instead of carelessly opening them. Investing a couple of moments to do this could protect your device and your files. We also recommend not to visit torrent and other file-sharing websites as they may contain data that carries ransomware and other threats. You should also remove system vulnerabilities like outdated software and unsecured Remote Desktop protocol connections to make it more difficult for malicious applications to enter your system.
How does Decme Ransomware work?
Decme Ransomware is a file-encrypting threat, so its main task is to perform the encryption process. During it, the malware ought to encipher all personal files because they could be valuable to you. System and program data is not as valuable as it can be replaced, but photos, videos, and documents can be unique and irreplaceable.
Decme Ransomware should mark all encrypted files with a specific extension that contains a unique ID number generated by the malware, for example, .[Files2021@tutanota.com][KFPB5TSLVO8736Q].decme. Afterward, the malware should drop ransom notes called !INFO.HTA. All of them should contain the same message starting with: “!!! Your Files Has Been Encrypted !!! your files has been locked with highest secure cryptography algorithm.” The rest of the message should say that users can only decrypt their files if they purchase decryption tools from the malicious application’s developers. We should warn you that cybercriminals cannot be trusted and could turn out to be lying. In which case, you may never get the promised decryption tools even if you put up with their demands. Thus, we advise you to think about this carefully before deciding what to do about the hacker’s proposal.
How to erase Decme Ransomware?
Our specialists recommend removing Decme Ransomware because it might be dangerous to leave it on a system. If you want to get rid of it manually, we can offer our deletion steps available below. On the other hand, if the process seems challenging and you do not want to erase it manually, you could employ a legitimate antimalware tool. Once you perform a full system scan, you should be allowed to erase Decme Ransomware and other identified items by clicking the provided removal button.
Remove Decme Ransomware
- Tap Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
- Open Task Manager and click on Processes.
- Find a process belonging to the malware.
- Select it and click End Task.
- Close Task Manager.
- Press Windows key+E.
- Search these directories:
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
%TEMP% - Look for the malware’s installer, right-click the malicious file, and press Delete.
- Find and right-click files called !INFO.HTA or similarly and select Delete to get rid of them.
- Exit File Explorer.
- Empty Recycle Bin.
- Restart the computer.
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