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Ransomware infections are one of the most prevalent malicious applications these days. Cezar Ransomware is the newest infection that has fallen into the category of ransomware. The names of these threats change, but they keep acting the same. That is, they try to obtain money from users by any means. Because of this, you might find your screen locked or files encrypted after encountering the ransomware infection. Cezar Ransomware is no exception. It also locks users’ files following the successful entrance on their PCs. Although it does not demand a ransom immediately after encrypting users’ files, specialists at anti-spyware-101.com have no doubt that it also wants users’ money. Needless to say, paying cyber criminals money is the worst users can do because instead of getting their files decrypted, they might be left without their money and personal files. To put it differently, they might still not be able to unlock a single file even if they give malware developers the only thing they want. There is no point in transferring cyber criminals money for the decryption of files also because a free decryptor for unlocking files encrypted by Cezar Ransomware has already been released, and it can be downloaded easily from the web. You should find it by entering the “Cezar Ransomware decryptor” search query in the search box of your default search tool. Before you take action to get your files back, make sure the ransomware infection is no longer active on your system because it might lock the decryption, tool making it impossible to use it. Read more »

Defray Ransomware is yet another malicious piece of software that you must remove immediately if it is ever found up and running on your PC. It is nothing more than yet another file-encrypting application that can cause a lot of harm if it is active on your PC even for a short period. Just like any other application of this classification it quickly can lock large quantities of data on the affected computer without any warning or authorization. It is not hard to imagine that such functionality could cause a lot of trouble, especially if you happen to use your PC for work. In this report, we provide detailed information about the inner workings of this ransomware, gathered by our malware experts during their in-depth research. Alongside such information, we also present a few virtual security recommendations and a detailed removal guide so any user that already has Defray Ransomware can delete it without encountering any major problems. Read more »

We want to inform you about a new computer infection called Error Ransomware that was designed to infect your PC secretly and encrypt many of your personal files. Therefore, we recommend that you remove it from your PC. Paying the ransom is a bad idea because there is no guarantee that the cyber criminals will keep their end of the bargain. The sum of money is not stated because you have to contact the criminals to get information on how to pay it. One thing is for sure, however, that they will want you to pay in Bitcoins or some other crypto currency. Read more »

Balbaz Ransomware is a newly released ransomware-type computer infection that can encrypt your files and then demand that you pay a ransom to decrypt them. Therefore, an anti-malware program is a must to remove it as soon as it infects your PC or even before it could get on it in the first place. However, if you do not have such a program, then your files can be encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) that will make your files useless piles of bytes. Therefore, protecting your PC from malware such as this one is vital because, otherwise, it can render your valuable files useless and there is no telling whether its developers will send you the decryption tool needed to decrypt them even after you have paid. Read more »

If you find that Globeimposter 2.0 Ransomware has attacked your PC, it is quite possible that you can say goodbye to most of your files. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that though the old version of this threat was cracked and you could recover your files for free, this new variant can be your biggest nightmare right now. Unfortunately, it is not possible to decrypt your files with a free tool yet, but we cannot say that one will not appear on the web in the near future. Hopefully, you have a recent backup that you can use to restore some or all of your personal files after you remove Globeimposter 2.0 Ransomware from your PC. If you do not have a backup, we still recommend that you remove this dangerous program because there is no other way that you could use your computer securely in the future. Please read our full article on this severe threat so that you learn how you can possibly prevent the next malicious attack from happening. Read more »

Crystal Ransomware is a harmful malicious application whose entrance brings many problems to users. The main problem is the loss of personal data. It will not leave a single image, document, video, or another important file intact if it ever successfully enters your system. We have to admit that this infection is not finished yet and currently encrypts files only in its author’s testing environment, but there is a huge possibility that it will be updated one day and, if this happens, it might show up on unprotected systems. You might be reading this article because you are a curious person, but we believe that some readers of this article have already encountered this infection. Those poor users must delete this ransomware infection as soon as possible. The version malware researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com have analyzed, i.e. the one that does not encrypt files, does not leave any ransom note for victims. In other words, it does not demand money, but we cannot promise that Crystal Ransomware will not want your money either if you encounter its new version. In any event, you must uninstall the ransomware infection from your system. You cannot do anything about its presence because this infection creates a point of execution, allowing it to launch automatically with the Windows OS, on a compromised machine. In other words, it will be active on your PC and might perform various undesirable activities. Read more »

Locked By a.k Hacker Ransomware is one more devious program that you must avoid at all times. It is imperative to do so, due to the potentially aggressive functionality of this malware. Like a lot of its contemporary counterparts, this devious program might be able to encrypt vast amounts of data on the affected computer without any warning or authorization. It should be quite obvious that having such intrusive application up and running on your PC could have devastating outcomes. In our report, we provide detailed information regarding the overall functionality of this ransomware program. Likewise, we provide a few virtual security recommendations that will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Finally, below we provide a detailed removal guide to help you delete Locked By a.k Hacker Ransomware if it is ever found up and running on your personal computer. Read more »

Blocking Ransomware is a new malicious application seeking to extract money from computer users. Although it has been detected by specialists at anti-spyware-101.com only recently and is considered a new threat, it is, technically, not completely new because it is a variant of BTCWare Ransomware. That is, it is based on its engine. Because of this, specialists have quickly found out how it acts on compromised machines. They say that Blocking Ransomware is another threat trying to obtain money from people. Cyber criminals who develop such malicious applications know well that users are not going to give them their money easily, so they create threats that encrypt files upon arrival to give them the reason to pay money. Unfortunately, ransomware infections encrypt files using strong encryption algorithms, so it is not always possible to unlock files without the special key. Of course, we do not try to say here that you should go to purchase a decryptor from cyber criminals. Instead, we recommend, first and foremost, getting rid of the ransomware infection so that it could not lock more files. The removal of the ransomware infection will be explained in the final paragraph, but we want you to understand how it acts first. Read more »

At the time of research, Hells Ransomware was demanding a ransom of 350 USD to be paid in Bitcoins. The ransom note created to support this malware was ordering to transfer this large sum to a special Bitcoin Wallet, 1Hp8VBKehCPBvArm6VRUWzPCte3EgdjYiY. According to the note, that was the only way to get files back. Unfortunately, this malicious ransomware could encrypt files, and, using that, it could push victims into paying the ransom. Though the infection did not work when our research team tested it, there is a possibility that it will be upgraded in the near future. Since the status of the infection is undetermined, Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers advise looking at your files if any ransom payment demands are made. In the best case scenario, you discover that your files are not corrupted, and then you can delete Hells Ransomware without further delay. In the worst case scenario, you realize that your files were corrupted and that you cannot do anything to recover them. Read more »

The entrance of Explorer Ransomware, a nasty computer infection, might be the reason you can no longer open such files as images, documents, music, and movies. Actually, there is no doubt that this infection is active on your system if these files you cannot access have a new extension .explorer appended next to their original extensions. Most probably, this infection has entered your computer because you have opened a malicious attachment from a spam email accidentally or willingly. No matter how this has happened, you are not allowed to keep this ransomware infection active on your system because you might launch this threat again accidentally and get even more personal files locked. Other malicious applications might slither onto your computer easier as well if there is already malware inside the system. Ransomware infections do not have uninstallers, so victims usually have to put some effort into their removal. Do not worry if you are not very experienced in malware removal because you will find detailed information regarding the Explorer Ransomware removal provided further in this report. Read more »