What is Negozl Ransomware?
Negozl Ransomware is yet another infection that aims to secretly infect your computer and force you to pay a ransom. We advocate for removing this infection because you might not get the required decryption key even after you have paid. Hence, you must not trust the cyber criminals behind this ransomware. Its developers use scaremongering to force you to pay. Threatening to delete your files if you do not pay the ransom is not the best of tactic when it comes to easing the victim to the idea of complying with the demands. Regardless, we suggest that you delete the ransomware first, but remember that the files will remain encrypted.
Where does Negozl Ransomware come from?
We would like to point out that this ransomware’s ransom note has nearly the same wording as found in Rush Ransomware’s ransom note. So we have a reason to think that Negozl Ransomware might have come from the same developers as the above-mentioned ransomware. Thus, we also believe that this new infection is distributed using malicious file attachments that are sent via email spam. The emails are usually disguised as receipts, invoices, business-related correspondence, and so on. The text may vary, but you should point your attention to the email address you have received the email. If you find it suspicious, then you should not open the file attachment that it comes with. Our researchers think that the attached files should be archive files such as .rar, .zip, and so on. Extracting the contents of the attachment will result in an unstoppable infection that will lead to your files becoming encrypted with one of the strongest encryption algorithms out there.
How does Negozl Ransomware work?
Our malware analysts have revealed that this ransomware is capable of encrypting many file types that include but are not limited to txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .odt, .jpg, .png, .csv, .sql, .mdb, sln, .php, .asp, .aspx, .html, .xml, and .psd file extensions. This list is rather short but rest assured that Negozl Ransomware is capable of encrypting more than 100 file types. When it encrypts a file it adds an .evil extension and leaves a ransom note.
The cyber crooks claim that this ransomware uses the AES-256 symmetric encryption algorithm which the most commonly used encryption methods for ransomware. Unfortunately, there is no chance to decrypt the files without using the appropriate decryption key that is in the possession of the cyber criminals. Furthermore, given that it may have come from the developers of Rush Ransomware, it is reasonable to think that they might not give you the needed key because Rush Ransomware’s encryption could not be cracked because there was no decryption key to speak of.
Yet this ransomware’s ransom note threatens the victims with losing the ability to get their files back if they do not pay within five days. This is a common tactic, and it is being used ever so often. The ransom note also provides links to websites where they can purchase Bitcoins because all transactions are to be done in Bitcoins so that the cyber crooks would not get caught. Also, the note provides the victims with initial steps such as paying the ransom, sending the wallet from which the ransom was paid to never@bull.me. After these steps have been completed, the cyber criminals will contact the victims to give them the tools to decrypt the files or will not make contact at all, and that is why we recommend removing it.
How to eradicate Negozl Ransomware
After analyzing this infection, our malware analysts wrote a removal guide that you can find at the end of this description. However, we want to inform you that the names of the folders where the malicious files are stored are named randomly. In any case, the locations where the malicious files are dropped might also vary. So if you are unable to locate them, we suggest using SpyHunter as it can automatically locate and delete Negozl Ransomware’s files.
Delete Negozl Ransomware’s files manually
- Press Windows+E keys on your keyboard.
- In the resulting File Explorer window’s address bar enter the following directories.
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\
- %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
- %USERPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
- %WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\
- %WINDIR%\Tasks\
- Identify the randomly named folder containing the malicious files.
- Right-click it and click Delete.
- Empty the recycling bin.
tested removal of Negozl Ransomware*
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