Masterlock@india.com Ransomware

What is Masterlock@india.com Ransomware?

If your computer has been infected with Masterlock@india.com Ransomware, you probably already know that it is a serious computer infection that encrypts files and then demands money for their recovery. As these files are encoded using the RSA-2048 encryption key, they will remain encrypted even after the ransomware infection is removed from the computer. Of course, there are users who decide to pay money to get a decryptor because they need to unlock their valuable files, e.g. theses, presentations, and documents; however, specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have a different opinion about transferring money to cyber criminals. They are strictly against any payments to cyber criminals because they know well that cyber crooks might not give the tool for decrypting files even if a user pays the amount of money they require. In other words, once they get what they wanted, they have no motivation to do what they promised. If you decide not to support them too, you still need to delete Masterlock@india.com Ransomware as soon as possible because it is capable of launching automatically, and you will never feel safe unless you get rid of it.

What does Masterlock@india.com Ransomware do?

The same source code has been used to create Masterlock@india.com Ransomware, Saraswati Ransomware, and Ceri133@india.com Ransomware, so it is not surprising that they all act very similarly, for example, they set new background pictures, they create text files (in the case of Masterlock@india.com Ransomware, it will be called Decryption instructions.txt), and they tell users to contact cyber criminals to get further instructions on how to unlock files that have been encrypted. We do not say that you cannot contact them; however, we believe that there is no point in writing an email to cyber criminals because you will only get instructions on how to make a payment. In most cases, the certain amount of money for the decryptor has to be transferred in Bitcoin because they want to make sure that nobody tracks the transaction. In other words, they do not want to get caught red-handed. As we have already told you in the first paragraph, it is not clever to pay money to cyber criminals. No matter what you decide, do not forget to remove Masterlock@india.com Ransomware from your PC because your new files might be encrypted again.

From a technical point of view, ransomware infections make many modifications too. For example, all these threats that are based on the CrySIS Ransomware engine place .exe files on computers the second they enter. In addition, you will also notice changes applied to the system registry if you ever encounter Masterlock@india.com Ransomware or another ransomware infection that belongs to the same family. It has been found that these threats create their own values in the Run registry key to start automatically with Windows. It means that your personal files might be encrypted again one day if you do not erase this threat soon.

Where does Masterlock@india.com Ransomware come from?

Ransomware infections always enter computers without permission. According to our researchers, they might be dropped on computers by Trojan-droppers, but the most common way they are distributed is spam emails. These threats come as attachments in spam emails. They look completely harmless, so people decide to check them. This is their main mistake because ransomware sneaks onto the computer immediately after such a malicious attachment is opened. Stay away from spam emails from now on and do not forget to install a security tool on your computer. It will warn you about all the dangers and will not allow malicious software to enter your computer ever again.

How to remove Masterlock@india.com Ransomware

If you do not know much about computers and malware, we suggest going straight for the automatic Masterlock@india.com Ransomware removal. It is because it might be too hard for you to undo the changes in the system registry and find the executable file that belongs to the ransomware infection. Our security specialists suggest using SpyHunter to delete Masterlock@india.com Ransomware. You can easily download the diagnostic versions of this tool by clicking on the Download button.

Delete Masterlock@india.com Ransomware

1. Launch Explorer (Win+E).
2. Open and check the following directories one by one to find the .exe file of the ransomware:

3. Delete the executable file.
4. Close Explorer.
5. Tap Win+R and type regedit.exe. Click OK.
6. Open HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
7. Delete the Value of the ransomware infection.
8. Go to HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop.
9. Right-click on the Wallpaper Value and select Modify.
10. Clear the Value data field.
11. Click OK.
12. Move to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers.
13. Right-click on the Value BackgroundHistoryPath0, select Modify, and delete everything you find in the Value data line.
14. Click OK.

Unfortunately, other computers infections might be hiding on your system too, so do not forget to scan it with an automatic scanner too to find and delete them all.

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