What is Holycrypt Ransomware?
Holycrypt Ransomware looks like an unfinished business; yet, if this ransomware attacks your system, you can probably say goodbye to all your files. Of course, if you are a security-minded computer user, you regularly make backups of your most important files, which would come in handy in this situation to be able to restore them. After managing to infiltrate your computer, it encrypts all your documents, photos, videos, music files, archives, and third-party program files in just a few seconds. This means that before you could realize what you have done by running this malicious file, your files become unusable, i.e., encrypted with a serious algorithm. The biggest problem and danger with this ransomware is that it does not give you a chance to transfer the ransom fee and buy the decryption key. We do not claim that otherwise these criminals would really keep their promise because experience shows that they rarely do. All traits surrounding this infection indicate that this could be a test run before the big hit. In any case, our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com suggest that you remove Holycrypt Ransomware immediately if you want to restore your machine.
Where does Holycrypt Ransomware come from?
Similarly to Cerber Ransomware, VirLock Ransomware, and Wildfire Ransomware, this dangerous malware infection also uses spam e-mails to spread its malicious executable file that is mostly disguised as a photo or a document (.docx or .pdf). You may believe that your spam filter works at 100% and weeds out all malicious mails; however, in reality, some can actually sneak through and end up in your inbox. These spam mails can pretend to come from legitimate and well-known senders, companies with subjects whose purpose is clearly to mislead you and trick you into thinking that you should check out the attached file as soon as possible. The subject can be anything that would raise your eyebrows with a question mark on your forehead, including cancelled flight ticket reservation, parcel delivery error, bank account hacked, and more. It is quite likely that even if you do not feel related, you would open such a mail and attachment just out of pure curiosity; and that could have devastating effects and consequences with regard to your files, your system, and your privacy. Therefore, we suggest that you be more careful when you open mails and download attachments because once you open the malicious file, even if you remove Holycrypt Ransomware, it will not recover your files.
How does Holycrypt Ransomware work?
Our researchers have found that this infection operates through the fake attachment you download from the spam e-mail. The only extra file it seems to create is the ransom note image called “alert.jpg.” This ransomware targets the usual files that other peers also encrypt. Obviously, desperate or frightened enough users will more readily transfer the ransom fee if they lose files that personally matter to them, including documents, pictures, and videos. Every encrypted file name gets modified to include “(encrypted)” before the original name, for example, “(encrypted)this_was_my_doc.docx.” Holycrypt Ransomware works very fast and finishes its nightmarish job within a few seconds. This time window obviously could not give you enough time to delete Holycrypt Ransomware even if you noticed its presence in some magical way. Nevertheless, even if you may lose all your files, you cannot leave this threat on your system.
After the encryption of your files, this ransomware replaces your desktop background image with its own (“alert.jpg”) to scare you with the facts. These criminals claim that the decryption key is stored on a remote server and you cannot recover your files without it. The sad truth is that they do not even lie saying so. If you want to get your files back, you are supposed to pay a ransom fee. In order to find out more details, you have to visit a given website, test_ransomware.onion.link; however, this site seems to be down. This simply means that there is no way actually for you to get more information about the payment. In other words, if you do not have a backup of your files, you may have just lost them all. So obviously there is nothing else you can do now but remove Holycrypt Ransomware ASAP.
How can I delete Holycrypt Ransomware?
Even if you are the lucky or wise one and have a backup saved on a removable drive, before you start panicking and transferring your clean files back onto your hard disk from your external drive, you should make sure that you remove Holycrypt Ransomware. Fortunately, if we can talk about fortune at all in this context, you can easily get rid of this nightmare. Please follow our guide below to leave no mess behind. If you think that your computer is not safe from malware invasions, we recommend that you install a trustworthy anti-malware program to protect your system automatically. Keep this tool always updated and you can have full protection; what we call real peace of mind.
Remove Holycrypt Ransomware from your Windows
- Tap Win+E to launch File Explorer.
- Locate the download folder where you saved the malicious file.
- Delete the malicious file as well as “alert.jpg”.
- Empty the Recycle Bin and reboot your system.
tested removal of Holycrypt Ransomware*
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