What is ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware?
ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware is a regular ransomware infection that aims to encrypt your files and then force you to pay a ransom fee. These infections are really annoying and dangerous, and users often panic when they get such threats on their systems. However, no matter what you do, you should never pay a single cent to the people behind ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware. By paying, you would only encourage them to carry on with their malicious deeds. So, what are you supposed to do? You need to remove ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware from your computer first, and then learn more about how you could avoid such threats in the future.
Where does ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware come from?
It doesn’t look like ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware belongs to any prominent ransomware family. But at the same time, solitary ransomware infections are quite common. It doesn’t mean, however, that they employ different distribution methods. It’s still very likely that the program employs the same distribution patterns as most of the other infections.
If that is really the case, we can expect ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware to travel via spam email attachments, redirects, and drive-by downloads. At the same time, it also means that users allow this infection to enter their systems because it disguises as something else.
In the case of spam email attachments, most of the email service providers are sophisticated enough to filter spam email into the Junk folder. However, if some of the spam emails manage to land on the main inbox, users might be fooled into opening the dangerous messages and downloading ransomware installer files. How on earth does that happen?
The ransom installer files often look like legitimate documents. So, if you deal with multiple MS Office format files every single day, it might seem like just another file that you have to process. Even if the sender is unknown, users might assume that the sender is somehow related to their work or organization. Therefore, to avoid such mistakes, computer security experts strongly recommend scanning the received files with a security tool of your choice. If you scan unfamiliar files before opening them, you would definitely be able to avoid ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware.
What does ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware do?
As mentioned, this program enters your system to encrypt your files. Based on what we know, this program encrypts all important picture and document formats. So, the folders that are stored in the default %USERPROFILE% folders are likely to be encrypted. Once the encryption is complete, the infection adds an extension all the affected files. The extension is .ZoNiZoNaL. In a sense, we could say that these extensions always function like stamps that tell us what program is responsible for locking up our files. You really don’t need another person to tell you that your files have been locked: you will see that the icons have changed and the system cannot read them anymore.
Aside from the encryption, ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware drops a ransom note in every single directory that contains encrypted files. Here’s what the note has to say:
ATTENTION!!!
I am truly sorry to inform you that all your important files are crypted.
Attention! I do not offer for free the decrypt key’s, for that you have to pay 0.14 BITCOIN.
By the way, 0.14 BTC is more than 1,300 USD, so the price for your files is quite high. We also think that there are users who would be willing to pay that price because some of the encrypted files could be very important. However, no one can guarantee that ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware would issue the decryption key even if you were to pay the ransom.
How do I remove ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware?
Since paying the ransom is not recommended, you need to look for other ways to restore your files. No public decryption tool is available at the moment as well, seeing how this is not a high-profile infection.
If you have copies of your files saved on an external hard drive, your problem can be solved immediately. You just need to remove ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware along with the encrypted files, and then transfer healthy copies back into your computer. If not, you might want to look into other file recovery options. However, please remember that doing with these criminals want is never a good idea.
Manual ZoNiSoNaL Ransomware Removal
- Delete the most recent files from Desktop.
- Delete the most recent files from the Downloads folder.
- Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
- Delete the most recent files from the directory.
- Run a full system scan with the SpyHunter free scanner.
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