What is Scarab-Glutton Ransomware?
Your operating system must be protected at all times because a single security backdoor can be used to infiltrate malware. Scarab-Glutton Ransomware is a serious infection that can invade your operating system with the help of misleading spam emails, and if you are more gullible than other users, you could be tricked into executing the malicious infection yourself. If you download files or software and they do not open or work the way you expect them to, remove them immediately because you do not want to take the risk of ignoring malware. If you are not sure, quickly scan your system using a reliable malware scanner. Do not use just any scanner because there are plenty of fake ones. If you waste time or ignore suspicious files, you might soon find your personal files encrypted. Our research team warns that once your files are encrypted, it is not possible to recover them. All in all, whether or not your files are encrypted, you need to delete Scarab-Glutton Ransomware, and this article should help you.
How does Scarab-Glutton Ransomware work?
Scarab-Glutton Ransomware is most likely to spread with the help of spam emails, but there are plenty of other security loopholes that cyber criminals could use to infiltrate this malicious infection. If you do not take caution when visiting unfamiliar websites, downloading files, clicking on ads, opening links, and doing other things you probably do every day, you could be asking for trouble. Furthermore, this particular infection is not the only one you need to be cautious about. Others include Scarab-Cybergod Ransomware, Scarab-Deep Ransomware, Scarab-Horsuke Ransomware, or Scarab-Oblivion Ransomware. Did you notice the word “Scarab” in the names of all of these infections? That is because they are different versions of the same infection. The good news is that our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has plenty of experience with these threats, and we can tell you exactly how to remove Scarab-Oblivion Ransomware. Of course, we analyze every infection separately, so that we could provide you with the most useful information regarding their activity and, of course, removal.
The files affected by Scarab-Glutton Ransomware should have the “.glutton” extension appended to their names. This extension is just a marker, and its removal does not have any effect on the corrupted files. If you do not realize what the appended extension means, you are informed about the encryption via a file named !!!HOW TO RECOVER ENCRYPTED FILES!!!.TXT. This file should have many copies created on the operating system, and it introduces each victim to a unique identification code and an email address that belongs to cyber criminals – gluttonBD@protonmail.com. The purpose of the message appears to be to convince you that you must send the ID to the email address to get instructions that would show how to pay for a decryption key. Should you go along with these demands? You should not if you do not want cyber criminals to record your own email address and push you into paying for a service that is unlikely to help with anything. The thing is that you are unlikely to get what you need to decrypt your files by paying the ransom, and that is why we focus on the removal of the infection instead.
How to delete Scarab-Glutton Ransomware
You do not want to waste any time when it comes to Scarab-Glutton Ransomware. Obviously, it is best to remove this malicious infection before it causes any damage. If you are not able to discover this infection right away, it encrypts files, and there is nothing that can be done to reverse the damage. Of course, even if your files are lost – and we hope they are not because you have backups – it is important to remove Scarab-Glutton Ransomware as soon as possible. The instructions created by our research team should help you delete the threat manually, but think carefully if this is the right move for you. Maybe it is high time you secured your operating system against malware? If you agree with us, install an anti-malware program that will automatically erase threats and then keep the system protected against them 24/7.
Removal Instructions
- Launch Windows Explorer by tapping Win+E.
- Use the field at the top to access %APPDATA% (enter the path in the field).
- Right-click and file named PresentationFontCache.exe and select Delete. Note that if you do not find this file, there is a good chance that it has erased itself already.
- Right-click a file named winupmgr.exe and select Delete.
- Right-click and Delete all copies of the !!!HOW TO RECOVER ENCRYPTED FILES!!!.TXT file.
- Launch RUN by tapping Win+E and then enter regedit.exe to launch Registry Editor.
- Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\.
- Right-click and Delete the malicious value with a random name that is linked to the infection.
- Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
- Right-click and Delete the malicious value with a random name that is linked to the !!!HOW TO RECOVER ENCRYPTED FILES!!!.TXT file.
- Right-click and Delete the malicious value named Windows Update Manager that is linked to the winupmgr.exe file.
- Perform a full system scan using a trustworthy malware scanner to check if your system is clean.
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