What is Li Ransomware?
Childhood photos, wedding videos, work or school documents, and other personal files can be corrupted by Li Ransomware if the conditions are right. These conditions include the Windows operating system being unprotected, users being careless/uneducated, and/or vulnerabilities being exposed. Although hundreds and thousands of file-encrypting infections are active as you read this, cybercriminals successfully find new victims. Of course, with more and more information being available, fewer and fewer Windows users are attacked. That being said, cyber attackers adapt quickly, and they learn new tricks to perform successful attacks, and so you must not let your guard down. If the malicious ransomware got into your operating system, you might believe that your personal files will be restored the moment you remove it, but that will not happen. Although you must delete Li Ransomware, it is likely that only the creator of the infection can restore your files, and, unfortunately, they are unlikely to do it.
How does Li Ransomware work?
Li Ransomware is similar to Rsalive Ransomware and other malicious infections that belong to the Scarab Ransomware group. Since these infections are likely to be controlled by different parties, it is hard to say how exactly they are distributed, but, most likely, spam email scams and vulnerabilities within the computer and its security systems will be used. It is important to know which file executed the threat, because if you do not delete it, it is possible that it could be used to reinfect the computer after the removal of other Li Ransomware components. One of them is the file named “DECRYPT YOUR FILES.txt,” and you are likely to find it placed next to the files with the “.Li” extension attached to them. These are the files that the malicious ransomware has encrypted. When you open the file, you are introduced to a message stating that “vulnerabilities detected on your server” are responsible for the encryption of your personal files. The message also suggests that attempts to decrypt files manually or employ “antivirus operation” could lead to an unwanted outcome. This is meant to deter you from removing the infection.
The main point of the Li Ransomware message is to convince you that you need to contact the attackers using the Liweixin888@protonmail.com and Firstmaillog@protonmail.com email addresses. Do you know what would happen if you decided to communicate with the attackers? You would be instructed to pay a ransom, and while we cannot know the exact sum, we bet it would be quite substantial. Even if money is not something you need to worry about, giving it away to cybercriminals should not be something you are just okay with. At the end of the day, every single payment they receive can be used to support their lavish lifestyles or new attacks. If you do not want to be a part of that, do not even contact the attackers; especially since it is unlikely that you will get your files back even if you fulfill all of their demands. If you have paid the ransom already, but the files were not decrypted, note that you still need to remove Li Ransomware from your operating system, and the sooner you do it, the better.
How to delete Li Ransomware
Five steps need to be taken if you decide that you can remove Li Ransomware manually. These five steps can be found in the guide below. Unfortunately, we could not make the removal of this threat any more straightforward and concrete because most components – aside from the ransom note file – have random names, and some might have random locations too. Do not worry if you cannot delete Li Ransomware yourself, because there are always other options when it comes to the removal of malware. For example, you can ask a more experienced friend to help you. You also can pay for someone to clean your operating system. Of course, we believe that the best option you have is to install a legitimate anti-malware program. It will automatically erase threats and, at the same time, will strengthen your system’s protection to keep new threats from attacking you again.
Removal Instructions
- Locate and Delete the file that launched the infection. If you cannot identify it, try deleting all recently downloaded files that you do not recognize.
- Move to the %APPDATA% directory (tap Win+E keys and enter the path to the directory into the field at the top).
- Locate and Delete malicious files.
- Find and Delete the file named DECRYPT YOUR FILES.txt (multiple locations are possible).
- Empty Recycle Bin and then perform a full system scan with the help of a trusted malware scanner.
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