What is Teamo Ransomware?
Teamo Ransomware is a new danger to your files if this malicious program manages to sneak onto your computer. This ransomware program mainly targets your default media directories to encrypt your personal files. This also means that if you keep your personal files in other folders, you could be saved this time. Still, it is always good to have a backup of your files stored on a portable drive or in cloud storage. Usually, such a backup is your only chance to recover your files after having been hit by such a dangerous ransomware program. This new threat seems to target mainly Spanish speakers; at least, its ransom note being in Spanish leads us to this assumption. Our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that it is important that you remove Teamo Ransomware immediately if you want to restore your computer. Please note that this does not mean that your encrypted files will be recovered. It is quite possible that you will lose those if you do not have a backup that you could use now to transfer back onto your hard disk.
Where does Teamo Ransomware come from?
It is quite likely that you have opened a spam mail recently and viewed its attachment. This is how most of the ransomware threats actually spread on the web. You may think that you could spot a spam from a hundred yards but the truth is, these spams are more sophisticated than you would think. First of all, you could not really tell whether it is a spam or an authentic e-mail at first sight. The sender and the subject may look totally legitimate. In fact, the claimed matters such spams may pretend to be about can be very convincing and important-looking as well. This is all about deceiving you into believing that you must see this mail and its attachment right away. Please note that viewing this attached file also means initiating this malicious attack. In other words, it is not possible for you to delete Teamo Ransomware without having your precious personal files encrypted; well, unless you keep your files in other folders than this threat targets.
You also need to make sure that your browsers and your Java and Adobe Flash drivers are kept up-to-date frequently because cyber criminals can also attack you by exploiting software bugs in outdated versions. They can set up malicious webpages with so-called Exploit Kits that can be trigger the drop of an infection like this the moment this page loads in your browser. Therefore, there is no way for you to stop this infection when your programs are not updated unless your PC is protected by a decent up-to-date security program. Please remember that removing Teamo Ransomware will not bring your files back; therefore, you need to try to prevent such threats from entering your computer in the first place.
How does Teamo Ransomware work?
As we have already mentioned, this ransomware only targets your default media directories, including %USERPROFILE%\Desktop, %USERPROFILE%\Pictures, %USERPROFILE%\Downloads, and %USERPROFILE%\Videos. It encrypts all your files there with these extensions: ".mp3", ".txt", ".doc", ".docx", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".ppt", ".pptx", ".odt", ".jpg", ".png", ".csv", ".sql", ".mdb", ".sln", ".php", ".asp", ".aspx", ".html", ".xml", ".psd", ".mp3", ".mov", ".avi", ".pdf", and ".ink". As you can see, your photos, audios, documents, databases, and some third-party program files may be encrypted in this attack if you keep them in the aforementioned directories. The affected files are easy to recognize as they get a ".teamo" extension added to the original file extension.
This ransomware program creates a text file called "Hello Hi Hola como sea jaja.txt" on your desktop, which is the ransom note text file. Once the attack is over, this infection changes your desktop background with its own image that is indeed the ransom note. It tells you in Spanish and in English as well that your files have been encrypted and there is no way for you to recover them. The strange thing is that these attackers do not even demand a ransom fee to offer you the decryption key. This makes us believe that this threat may not be a finished infection. In any case, we recommend that you remove Teamo Ransomware right away even if it means losing your files.
How do I delete Teamo Ransomware?
First of all, you should change your background image and then, you can also delete all related files. Fortunately, this malware infection does not lock your screen or disable major processes so you can easily accomplish this. Please follow our instructions below if you are ready to act manually. It is possible that you are not skilled enough to be able to protect your computer against all threats out there in the virtual world. Thus, we suggest that you download and install a reliable malware removal program like SpyHunter that can automatically take care of all your system security issues.
Remove Teamo Ransomware from Windows
- Press Win+R and type regedit. Press OK.
- Locate the "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop | WallPaper" registry entry and replace its current value data ("C:\Users\user\ransom.jpg") with a preferred background image.
- Exit your editor.
- Press Win+E.
- Locate and delete the following files:
%USERPROFILE%\ransom.jpg
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Hello Hi Hola como sea jaja.txt - Delete all suspicious files from your download directories that you have saved recently.
- Empty your Recycle Bin.
- Restart your PC.
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