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Haze Ransomware is a screen-locker that poses as a file-encrypting infection. Although the notification that this threat displays suggests that your files were encrypted, that is unlikely to be the truth. Of course, by the time you are reading this report, the ransomware might have become capable of encrypting data, but that was not the case when our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team was analyzing this threat. We conclude that the infection presents bogus information to trick you into paying 25 Euros. You will not achieve anything by doing that, and so we do not recommend it. What we recommend doing instead is deleting Haze Ransomware. Although it appears that this infection locks the screen to prevent you from accessing your operating system and doing anything – including the removal of malware – unlocking the screen and then cleaning the operating system from malicious threats might be easy. If you are confused, read this report before you jump to the guide below. Also, note that you can add questions for our research team in the comments box below. Read more »

It is unlikely that you will notice when your files are being encrypted by Nuclear Ransomware, but once the attack is complete, you will not be able to miss this infection. First of all, a window representing a demand for a ransom will be displayed. Second, your files will become unreadable. It is currently unknown which encryption algorithm this malicious ransomware uses, but when the encryption happens, the monstrous “.[black.world@tuta.io].nuclear” extension is appended to their names, and so it is impossible to miss them. Unfortunately, this ransomware is likely to go after files that are considered personal, such as documents, media files, and, of course, photos. If you had set up a system restore point to protect data, that might not be enough to save files because Shadow Volume Copies are deleted when the ransomware attacks. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to recover your files at all. Anti-Spyware-101.com research team recommends reading this removal guide because it not only shows how to delete Nuclear Ransomware but also helps you understand how the threat works. Read more »

If you come across a new extension .flat appended to your files, you should know that it is a first sign showing that FlatChestWare Ransomware, a HiddenTear-based crypto-threat, has infiltrated your computer. It is one of those nasty infections that enter computers to ruin users’ files. Specifically speaking, it locks users’ files with a strong cipher so that it could easier extract money from them. If you are among those unfortunate users who have found that it is impossible to access a bunch of files, you should, first of all, go to remove the ransomware infection from your computer so that this infection could not cause you more problems. Your files will stay as they are, i.e., encrypted, but you could restore them from a backup you have. If you have never backed up files in your life, the possibility is huge that you could not restore them for free in any other way. Some users need their files back so badly that they are determined to pay money to cyber criminals, but, believe us, making a payment to malicious software developers is a huge mistake, so you should not do that by any means. Read more »

WininiCrypt Ransomware is a vicious file-encrypting malware that is after user’s files and even their shadow copies. As a result, the malicious application’s victims may receive a lot of damage, and there might be no way to undo it. In this article, we will present more details about the threat, for example, how users could infect their systems with it, so if you wish to know this malware better, you came to the right place. Moreover, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com have prepared deletion instructions to guide users through the removal process. Thus, users who have no idea how to deal with WininiCrypt Ransomware manually, should not hesitate to use these steps. On the other hand, if the task looks quite difficult, it might be best not to take any chances and employ a legitimate antimalware tool. Read more »