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Researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have recently detected a new malicious application known as Dharma Ransomware. As can be seen, it has been placed into the category of ransomware infections. Specialists have come to a conclusion that it should be there because it also seeks to extort users’ money like other similar threats, e.g. NMoreira Ransomware, OzozaLocker Ransomware, and Lomix Ransomware. Once it enters the computer, it scans the system to find users’ personal files and then decrypts them all so that it could later ask users to send money for the special decryption tool. In other words, Dharma Ransomware damages, probably, the most important thing users keep on their systems – the personal data. The good news is that it has no intention of ruining the Windows OS. In fact, it does not encrypt files located in %WINDIR% (the system folder) and a handful of files that have a signature of the Microsoft Corporation. Evidently, Dharma Ransomware locks files just because cyber criminals behind it want your money. Users should not pay money to cyber criminals even though it is said in the ransom note of Dharma Ransomware that the only way to decrypt files is to use the decryption tool. Continue reading to find out why specialists are against sending money to cyber crooks. Read more »

CryptoWire Ransomware is the so-called educational ransomware infection which can be downloaded by anyone from github.com. Even though it seems to be developed for educational purposes primarily, it has been found that it can be used to create other file-encrypting threats by cyber criminals too. For example, specialists have already discovered a new ransomware infection called Lomix Ransomware which is created on the basis of the engine belonging to CryptoWire Ransomware. Cyber criminals might start creating other similar threats using the code of the original infection compiled with the AutoIt scripting language, so users have to be as cautious as they have never been before. The main focus of this article is CryptoWire Ransomware and its removal. If you know what to expect from this threat, you will know how other infections based on its engine are going to work. You will find information regarding the CryptoWire Ransomware removal provided in this article too. This knowledge might be useful if you ever encounter the original threat CryptoWire Ransomware or other similar infections based on it. Read more »

Lomix Ransomware is a new ransomware-type infection based on an open-source threat known as CryptoWire Ransomware. Even though Lomix Ransomware has a different name than the original infection it is based on, it is evident that it does not differ much from it. It uses the same encryption algorithm AES-256, it encrypts users’ personal files once it enters the computer, and, finally, it demands a ransom. Paying money to cyber criminals might really be the only way to decrypt files since Lomix Ransomware uses a strong cipher, removes shadow copies of files immediately after the successful infiltration, and deletes non-encrypted copies of personal files after overwriting them 10 times (it does that so that it would be impossible to recover files using third-party software recovery tools). It is up to you whether or not to send the money cyber criminals require for decrypting files; however, in the opinion of researchers working at anti-spyware-101.com, it is not worth doing that since files might still stay encrypted after making a payment. There are many cases when cyber crooks do not unlock files for users or do not send the promised decryption key for them after receiving money. In such a case, you could not get your money back. Therefore, you should read this article to find out how to delete Lomix Ransomware instead of trying to get more information about buying and sending Bitcoins. Read more »

OzozaLocker Ransomware is the newest infection to join the family of such well-known ransomware threats as M0on Ransomware, NMoreira Ransomware, and VindowsLocker Ransomware. The name of this threat is included in the program’s code, but it is not a name you are likely to encounter yourself. Due to this, you might have trouble identifying this threat yourself. If this malware has slithered into your PC and created a file called “HOW TO DECRYPT YOU FILES.txt”, you need to check the contents of this file. If it represents the Santa_helper@protonmail.com email address, it is most likely that you are dealing with the malicious OzozaLocker infection. Of course, you might recognize it as the Santa_helper@protonmail.com Ransomware. Whichever name you recognize this threat by, your personal files must be encrypted now, and, unfortunately, you will not rectify this by deleting the threat. Needless to say, it is crucial that you remove OzozaLocker Ransomware from your operating system, but you need to think about your files first. Read more »

M0on Ransomware is a dangerous computer infection that is currently under development. It means that the program is not complete yet. It is very likely that very soon a newer version of this infection will emerge, and then you will have to deal with an even more dangerous application. Nevertheless, if you happen to be infected with this program, you should know how to remove M0on Ransomware. This is exactly why we wrote this description. It is our task to inform you about the security threats that target your money. And any user should know how to deal with such intruders because their computer’s security should be one of their top priorities. Read more »

NMoreira Ransomware is a dangerous threat developed by cyber criminals who call themselves the XRatTeam. It is quite a new computer infection, but its major goal has been left unchanged. Researchers at anti-spyware-101.com are sure that this ransomware infection only seeks to extort money, so it is not surprising at all that it encrypts files the moment it successfully enters the system. Even though this computer infection targets people living in Portugal, it might enter your system and thus lock your all personal files no matter where you live. We cannot say that NMoreira Ransomware is extremely prevalent these days; however, it is still possible to infect the computer with it since it is distributed through spam emails. Continue reading to find out what you can do if this infection has already managed to enter the computer. Our researchers will also tell you more about this harmful malicious application. Read more »

VindowsLocker Ransomware is another file-encrypting infection that has been developed by cyber criminals. According to specialists at anti-spyware-101.com, this threat has, most probably, been developed by amateurs judging from its overall quality, so it might be very true that it will not become very prevalent. Of course, it does not mean that it is not dangerous. Specialists say that this infection might become your worst nightmare because it is capable of encrypting users’ personal data. Unlike other ransomware infections we have covered recently, it does not ask users to send a certain amount of money in Bitcoins for getting those files back. Instead, it asks them to contact the “Microsoft support technician” by dialing the telephone number 1-844-609-3192. Even though the Microsoft name is used in the ransom note VindowsLocker Ransomware opens on Desktop, this corporation has nothing to do with this threat. Therefore, there is no point in dialing the provided telephone number either. What users should do instead of trying to reach the so-called technicians is to delete VindowsLocker Ransomware fully from the system. Since this process will not be very easy, we suggest reading this article carefully. Read more »

ShellLocker Ransomware, according to Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers, was created using the .NET framework, which makes it similar to VenusLocker Ransomware and Flyper Ransomware. Just like many ransomware threats that we have analyzed in the past, this infection, unsurprisingly, hides in spam emails. Have you recently opened a suspicious spam email and opened an attachment represented via it? If you have, you have the answer as to where the ransomware has come from. Hopefully, you know where the file is because you need to delete it from your operating system. We are sure that you want to remove ShellLocker Ransomware from your computer as soon as possible, but we suggest reading this report first. We have a few tips and advice for you regarding your personal files – which are likely to have been encrypted by the ransomware – and your virtual security. Of course, you should not delay the elimination process after you are done reading and analyzing the threat. Read more »

Hackerman Ransomware is a dangerous malware program that appears to target Mexican computer users. Once this ransomware slithers onto your computer and encrypts your files, you are offered a way out of this nightmarish situation: Pay the ransom fee to restore your files. Just like in the case of most ransomware infections, we do not advise you to pay this fee no matter how affordable it may seem. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that transferring the demanded amount is always risky unless the criminals behind such an attack are real professionals who would actually keep their end of the deal. This is very rare though. If you want to be able to restore your files, the best way to do so is to keep a backup copy separately on a portable drive. We cannot force you not to pay this fee, but we can definitely warn you not to have high hopes that your files will be decrypted in the end. As a matter of fact, the only solution we see for you is to remove Hackerman Ransomware the moment you find out about its presence on your computer. Read more »

Cyber security experts at Anti-spyware-101.com have recently tested a highly malicious application called Smash Ransomware. They recommend that you remove it as soon as possible because it might encrypt your files. We say “might” because it currently cannot do this, but that can change at any time. Even though it is unable to encrypt your files, it can perform several malicious activities. We found that it is capable of blocking access to Registry Editor and Task Manager. In this article, we are going to discuss what this malware does, how it is distributed and how you can remove it. So if you are interested, then please continue reading. Read more »