What is RegretLocker Ransomware?
RegretLocker Ransomware is a malicious computer infection that wants to rip you off. It tries to do that by holding your files hostage, hoping that you will pay a ransom for the locked files. If you don’t have a file backup, this situation can be really scary. But no matter how desperate you might get; you should never send your money to these cybercriminals. You should focus on removing RegretLocker Ransomware from your system, and then employing various security measures that can stop ransomware from entering your computer again.
Where does RegretLocker Ransomware come from?
We don’t have data about programs that would come from the same malware family as RegretLocker Ransomware. This infection might as well be a stand-alone program. Nevertheless, it seems to be employing the usual ransomware tactics, thus making it almost impossible for regular users to restore their files without the unique decryption tool.
Keeping in mind that things like RegretLocker Ransomware more often target small and medium businesses rather than individual users, the sheer prosect of potentially losing important files is daunting. That’s why security experts emphasize the importance of creating copies of your files and keeping them someplace safe. However, aside from a file backup, you should also consider learning more about ransomware distribution tactics, so you could avoid similar intruders in the future.
As far as we known, ransomware programs usually spread through spam email campaigns. Sometimes they might also be part of an elaborate attack against a certain corporation wherein a corporate email account gets hacked, and it then gets used to send out socially engineered messages with a ransomware payload. After all, when an email comes from your colleague you are more likely to trust it, right? Thus, it is rather common to see spam emails circulate within a corporate cloud system. And if users don’t realize that those messages are fake or malicious, they risk getting exposed to various malicious schemes and malware infections.
The bottom line is that you shouldn’t open attached files when the message within an email is weird or when you don’t recognize the sender. If possible, scan the received file with a security tool first. And if the tool finds something suspicious about the file, you will have dodged a terrible bullet.
What does RegretLocker Ransomware do?
On the other hand, not everyone is that lucky. There are still users who do get infected with RegretLocker Ransomware, and then they have to face the consequences. Those consequences are the fact that this infection can encrypt all important picture and document formats. In other words, if this program enters your system, it can lock up most of your files. And if that happens on a work computer, you could lose a lot of important data.
This infection also wants you to think that paying the ransom is the only way to get the files back. RegretLocker Ransomware drops a ransom note into every folder that contains the encrypted files. The ransom note is short, but it is clear:
Hello, friend.
All your files were encrypted.
If you want to restore them, please email us: petro@ctemplar.com
So, you don’t even know how much you would be expected to pay for the decryption. These people might set a price as high as they wish, once they realize that you would be willing to give away anything for your files. However, contacting these criminals and paying the ransom doesn’t necessarily mean that you would get your files back. There’s always a chance that these people would just collect the money and scram (you can’t really report them to the law enforcement authorities, anyway). Thus, we reiterate, paying is not an option.
How do I remove RegretLocker Ransomware?
The good news is that it’s relatively easy to remove RegretLocker Ransomware from the affected system. The program doesn’t drop additional files, and so, you can delete the infection simply by removing the file that launched it.
If you cannot remember which file launched the infection, scan your system with a security tool of your choice. You will probably find more unwanted or dangerous files on-board. So, take this as a chance to clean your system and start everything anew.
Manual RegretLocker Ransomware Removal
- Delete the latest files from Desktop.
- Open the Downloads folder.
- Remove the latest files from the folder.
- Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
- Remove the latest files from the directory.
- Scan your system with SpyHunter.
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