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CyberSCCP Cryptor Ransomware is an infection that was built to push you into communicating with cyber criminals and paying a ransom for a decryptor that would, allegedly, save your personal files. The infection is most likely to spread using spam emails with a misleading message that is meant to trick you into opening a corrupted file attachment or link. Note that both messages and the email addresses via which they are sent can be extremely misguiding, and you need to be careful. For example, if it appears that you have been sent a legitimate message from a postal service, you need to think if you are expecting a package. If you are not careful enough, you could execute the infection without even realizing it. Once executed, it can perform in a malicious way, and it was found that it can indeed encrypt your personal files. In this situation, you might be focusing on the decryption of your files, but we suggest redirecting your focus to the removal of CyberSCCP Cryptor Ransomware. You can learn all about that by reading this report prepared by Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers. Read more »

Kwaaklocked Ransomware is not yet fully developed, but it seems it could be another malicious file-encrypting application based on an open source ransomware program known as Hidden Tear. Most of them were created the year the original Hidden Tear’s sample was uploaded (2015), but apparently, there are still some hackers who keep using this code to generate more infections. Further, in the text, we will discuss the threat’s possible distribution channels and explain what to expect if it enters your system. Of course, you will find tips on how to avoid malicious applications like Kwaaklocked Ransomware as well as how to get rid of this malware manually. However, we would like to stress that since the infection is still in the process of being developed it might change and it is difficult to say how accurate the instructions at the end of this article can be. Therefore, if you encounter this threat, it might be best to use a legitimate antimalware tool instead. Read more »

If you do not want to put your personal files at risk, Donut Ransomware is an infection you need to keep away from your operating system. Any careless click could let this malware in, which is why you need to be most cautious. For example, you should forget about interacting with spam emails. If you are not smart about it, you could let in all kinds of malware, including other well-known file-encrypting threats, such as Danger Ransomware, Scarab-Leen Ransomware, Autismlocker Ransomware, or BansomQare Manna Ransomware. If you are interested, all of these – and many others – infections have been reviewed by our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team. Once the infection slithers in silently, it immediately scans your operating system and encrypts files. Although the threat evades all system files, as well as some specific files (“autorun.inf,” “boot.ini,” “bootsect.bak,” “desktop.ini,” “iconcache.db,” “ntuser.dat,” “ntuser.dat.log,” and “thumbs.db”) regardless of their location, it does not ignore what we call “personal files.” You can save them only if you delete Donut Ransomware in time, and, unfortunately, it is most likely that you have found this removal guide because your personal files got encrypted already. Read more »

If you live in Brazil or speak Portuguese, Crybrazil Ransomware is an infection that is specifically targeted at you. The installer of this dangerous infection could be dropped using remote access or introduced to you as a harmless spam email attachment. Other methods could be employed to spread this malware as well. Our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team has found that the infection was built using the infamous Hidden Tear source code. We have reviewed hundreds of other infections (e.g., Cyberresearcher Ransomware) that have been built using the same code and spread in similar ways. Although all of these threats have unique features, they function in the same ways. For one, they were all created to terrorize Windows users, hijack their files, and demand huge ransom fees in return for decryptors and decryption keys. In some cases, free decryptors are released by malware researchers, but one that would work with this malware did not exist at the time of research. All in all, whether or not you decrypt your files, you must delete Crybrazil Ransomware as soon as possible. The removal tips we have for you will surely help. Read more »

Danger Ransomware does not meet us with anything new. If anything, our research team suggests that this program is just a version of a previously released infection. So it will exhibit the same behavioral patterns as its predecessors. On the other hand, although it should be easier to deal with an infection when you know what it is up to, we cannot say that about ransomware programs. That is because each ransomware application is unique, and so while we can apply similar methods to remove Danger Ransomware, they will not work for the file decryption. That is perhaps the most frustrating part about ransomware infections. Read more »

StalinLocker Wiper is a nasty malicious application categorized as ransomware. Even though it belongs to this category of malware, it differs from those ransomware infections that encrypt users’ files to obtain money from them a lot because it does not lock a single file on the affected machine. Instead, once executed, it places a window with a picture of Stalin over Desktop and, by doing so, locks it completely. As a consequence, users cannot perform any activities using their PCs and/or access their programs and files. It is only one of two activities StalinLocker Wiper performs on affected computers. If you do not unlock your screen or do not disable the ransomware infection within 10 minutes, this threat will delete almost all files from your computer, including those considered system files. As a consequence, your computer could not even load up anymore. This explains why StalinLocker Wiper is often referred to as a data wiper. Read more »

Scarab-Leen Ransomware is a harmful infection that might enter your computer illegally. Unlike Trojans and some other malicious applications, it does not try to stay unnoticed after it infiltrates computers. Instead, it starts working immediately and locks files found on the affected system. In other words, it is typical crypto-malware that locks files with the purpose of extracting money from users. Do not send money to cyber criminals even if those files you need to access badly have been encrypted too because you will not only encourage malicious software developers to release more infections, but you might not even get the decryption tool from them. Actually, it is quite common for crooks not to give victims the promised decryptor. There is a possibility that they do not even have it. It does not mean that you can keep the ransomware infection active on your system if you decide not to make a payment. If you do not disable it soon, you will see its ransom note opened automatically each time you restart your computer. Additionally, there is a huge possibility that you will find all new files you create encrypted too. Scarab-Leen Ransomware creates a registry key, a Value in the system registry, and drops several files, so its removal will not be very quick and easy. Do not worry about this – we are here to help you. Read more »

Autismlocker Ransomware is an incredibly creepy infection that is capable of locking the screen and creating an illusion that the victim needs to either kill someone or send photos in which they are nude. Needless to say, the first option should not be even considered, but sending personal photos is not necessary either, and that is because the infection is a simple screen-locker that can be disabled very easily. Hopefully, you are not reading this after sending any photos or communicating with the malicious schemers who have created the infection. Our research team at Anti-Spyware-101.com has found an easy way for you to disable the lock and then remove Autismlocker Ransomware. Can you ignore the infection once you regain access to the operating system? You certainly cannot, and that is because the malicious files of this threat could easily be converted and used in other malicious ways. It appears that they could even encrypt data! Continue reading to learn how to successfully delete this malware ASAP. Read more »

No doubt cyber criminals have not stopped developing Trojan infections hijacking clipboards because ComboJack Cryptojacking has been detected recently by researchers. This malicious application is very similar to CryptoShuffler – it monitors clipboards on affected computers so that it could replace the copied wallet address with the one belonging to cyber criminals behind it. Since ComboJack Cryptojacking is a Trojan infection, it tends to slither onto users’ computers unnoticed. Once it is inside the system, it starts working immediately, but it does not mean that you will see a program’s window opened on your screen. Most probably, it will take some time for you to find out about the successful entrance of this malicious application because it tries hard to stay unnoticed and performs activities completely in the background. This explains why it manages to steal users’ money in a short time. Even though this threat tries to stay unnoticed, it does not mean that there are no symptoms indicating its presence. You should find a new suspicious process in Task Manager if ComboJack Cryptojacking is active on your computer, and, on top of that, it should be possible to locate the executable file under the name NVDisplay.Container.exe in %TEMP%. If it has turned out that you have encountered ComboJack Cryptojacking, you must remove it from your system as soon as possible. Do not be naïve – it will not disable itself in the near future. Read more »