What is Spartacus Ransomware?
Spartacus Ransomware has been developed by cyber criminals seeking to obtain money from users. It is a newly-discovered infection, but it does not differ much from these older threats categorized as ransomware. To be more specific, you could no longer access the majority of your files if this infection ever slithers onto your computer because it will mercilessly encrypt them all the first thing after the successful entrance. Specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have thoroughly analyzed Spartacus Ransomware to find out how it acts once it infiltrates users’ computers, and it has become clear that it immediately encrypts all popular formats of pictures and documents it finds on affected computers. Without a doubt, this infection has been developed by cyber criminals and is used by them as a tool to obtain money from users. You will be told that you can only unlock your files by paying for decryption in Bitcoin, and this might be true, but it does not mean that you should transfer money to cyber criminals. In some cases, it is better to lose files than give crooks what they want. Of course, you are the only one who can decide what to do, but you should keep in mind that you might not get the decryptor from them. Additionally, it would be very naive to expect that they will not continue developing new harmful infections when they realize that they can really extract money from users quite easily with the help of the malicious application.
What does Spartacus Ransomware do?
There are hundreds of different ransomware infections that encrypt files, but you can be sure that Spartacus Ransomware is the one that has infiltrated your computer if you can find [MastersRecovery@protonmail.com].Spartacus appended to your all files. This extension is added next to the original filename extension, e.g. .jpg. The email might in it change, but if you see that your files have a tail that contains the “Spartacus” word, there is no doubt that Spartacus Ransomware is guilty of locking data on your computer. Another symptom showing that this is the ransomware infection you have encountered is the window “All your files have been encrypted!” opened on the screen. You can read the message it contains, but it will not help you to unlock your files. Instead, you will be asked to pay a ransom in Bitcoin. You can send 5 files whose total size is less than 10 Mb for the free decryption, but you should not spend your money on the decryption service because the decryption tool you should get after making a payment might not even reach you. There are, unfortunately, not many ways to unlock those encrypted files for free. It is not very likely that you will find a free decryption tool that could decrypt files for you either. Actually, it is very likely that only those users who have a backup of their files could get them back. This once again proves how it is important to back up data periodically.
Where does Spartacus Ransomware come from?
Like most ransomware infections, Spartacus Ransomware should be mainly spread via malicious spam emails, specialists say. Users rarely find malicious links in these emails. It is more typical for ransomware to be spread as a legitimate-looking email attachment. For example, it might pretend to be some kind of important document. Without a doubt, ransomware is not the only type of malware distributed via spam emails, so you should not go anywhere near spam emails holding attachments. What else our security specialists recommend is not clicking on suspicious links or buttons because malware can be installed on the system with the single click. Finally, the system must be protected at all times, and you can achieve its maximum protection by simply enabling a reputable security application.
How to delete Spartacus Ransomware
No matter you decide to purchase the decryptor or not, it is still a must to delete the ransomware infection from the system. Luckily, it is not one of those infections that drop a bunch of files or other components on affected machines, so its removal should be quite simple if you have at least basic knowledge about computers. The ransomware infection can be erased either manually or automatically, but, unfortunately, your files will stay encrypted no matter how you remove it. As mentioned, you could restore them for free from a backup.
Spartacus Ransomware removal guide
- Tap Alt+Tab on your keyboard and then open Explorer.
- Access the Downloads folder.
- Remove all suspicious recently downloaded files.
- Access Desktop and repeat the 3rd step.
- Empty Trash.
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