What is TEREN Ransomware?
TEREN Ransomware is a malicious computer program that wants to make easy money by terrorizing you. This program is meant to encrypt your files, and if you don’t have a file backup, dealing with such infection may be your worst nightmare. However, no matter how bleak the future might seem, you shouldn’t follow the instructions given by the criminals. Paying the ransom may not return your files, and you will have lost a lot of money. Thus, remove TEREN Ransomware right now, and then learn about the ways you can protect your computer from similar infections.
Where does TEREN Ransomware come from?
Our research team says that this application belongs to the Crysis Ransomware family. It gives us a general framework of how this infection will work, but it doesn’t actually tell us exactly how it spreads or how to restore the encrypted files.
Thus, we can assume that TEREN Ransomware makes use of the regular ransomware distribution tactics, which is spam email or corrupt RDP configuration. The point is to deliver the installer file to the target system. The ransomware distribution campaign may do it through spam email attachments or by sending socially engineered RDP messages. Users are often tricked into thinking that those files are legitimate documents, and they have to check them as soon as possible.
Why would anyone believe that a random document is something important? Well, if you consider the fact that TEREN Ransomware and other similar infections often target corporate systems, we have to remember that some people deal with attachments and all sorts of documents every single day. So, sometimes this act of opening a document might be automatic, and users could fail to recognize that something is not right.
At the same time, it is a lot easier to avoid a ransomware infection than you think. You just need to double-check whether the file you received is legitimate and whether you recognize the sender. If you think that the file is the real deal, but you don’t know whether you were supposed to receive it, you can also scan it with a legitimate antispyware tool before you open it. If the scanner does not detect anything suspicious, you can proceed.
What does TEREN Ransomware do?
On the other hand, if you get infected with TEREN Ransomware, then you will go through the usual ransomware infection carousel. This program will scan your system, and it will locate all the files it can affect with its encryption algorithm. From what we know, TEREN Ransomware encrypts all major document and picture file formats. Therefore, you will definitely have most of your personal files encrypted, and their icons will change into blank pages. The icons change because the system can no longer read your files, and it cannot display the original icons anymore.
Aside from encrypting your personal files, TEREN Ransomware also drops a ransom note that says the following:
All your files have been encrypted!
All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail databack44@uta.io
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You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that you have to pay the ransom at once. In fact, contacting these criminals wouldn’t guarantee the release of your files. Thus, it is important to remove TEREN Ransomware from your computer as soon as possible instead of doing what these people tell you.
How do I remove TEREN Ransomware?
This program doesn’t drop additional files on your computer, so you can just delete the file that initiated the installation, and that should be enough. If you don’t know where you saved the file, you can use the SpyHunter free scanner to detect all the malicious files and remove them automatically. A powerful security tool of your choice would also help you protect your system from other threats. But please bear in mind that your own behavior online means a lot when it comes to avoiding malicious infections. Learn more about ransomware distribution tactics to prevent them from entering your system again.
Manual TEREN Ransomware Removal
- Delete new files from Desktop.
- Delete new files from the Downloads folder.
- Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
- Delete the latest files from the directory.
- Scan your system with SpyHunter.
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