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Once ROGER Ransomware finds a vulnerable Windows operating system and slithers in – which it usually does with the help of spam emails or unprotected RDP backdoors – it immediately encrypts files. When files are encrypted, the data is scrambled to ensure that no one can read it without the private key. Normally, this method acts as a file lock, but cybercriminals use it to lock out the owners of the files. This is done to force them to act a certain way, and if you continue reading this report, we will explain what the whole deal is. Anti-Spyware-101.com researchers have thoroughly inspected the malicious threat, and it is now clear that it belongs to the Crysis/Dharma Ransomware family, just like Devil Ransomware, Dever Ransomware, and hundreds of other threats whose removal we discussed in previous reports. In this report, of course, we show how to delete ROGER Ransomware. If you come up with any questions for our research team after you are done reading, add them to the comments area. Read more »

If you come across Horsedeal Ransomware, your Desktop image might be replaced with a picture of horses at sunset. The bad news is that the malicious application should also encrypt your files. As a result, you could lose your photos, documents, and other files forever if you have no backups on removable media devices or cloud storage. A special decryption tool and a unique decryption key are the only things that can decrypt the malware’s locked files. Unfortunately, the threat's creators, who may have them, will most likely want to be paid for providing such tools, and there are no guarantees that they will. In other words, if you try to purchase their decryption tools, you might get scammed. Therefore, we advise against paying the ransom if you decide you cannot risk losing your money. To learn how to erase Horsedeal Ransomware and other things about it, we invite you to read the rest of this article. Read more »

Our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team is warning Windows users about Ako Ransomware, a malicious file-encrypting threat that was created to corrupt your personal files. The infection does not encrypt exe, .dll, .sys, .ini, and .key files, and it also avoids everything in folders with strings Program Files, Program Files (x86), AppData, boot, PerfLogs, ProgramData, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Application Data, Tor Browser, or Windows in their names. However, it can encrypt ALL personal files if it manages to slither in. What is the purpose of that? Normally, people encrypt files to protect them. Cybercriminals encrypt files to lock out their owners, and that should give them leverage when demanding a payout. Ultimately, the attackers hijack your personal files to make you give up your money. This is why we classify this threat as a “ransomware” – because it is malicious software that demands a ransom. Can you delete Ako Ransomware to get things back to normal? The removal of the infection is very important, but your personal files will not be restored if you eliminate the infection. Read more »

Like other ransomware applications, ADHUBLLKA Ransomware could enter your system if you interact with unreliable files from the Internet. The malware does not create any data upon entering a system. Instead, it should locate its targeted files and start encrypting them to take them as hostages. As a result, most of your personal files, such as pictures and documents, should become unreadable. After this process is complete, the malicious application ought to display a ransom note, which should ask you to email the malware’s developers and pay a ransom in exchange for decryption tools. The problem is that you might never receive the promised tools. Thus, we advise you to be careful and to learn more about this threat before you decide what to do. After reading our article, we recommend checking our removal instructions too, as they may help you delete ADHUBLLKA Ransomware manually. Read more »

BitPyLock Ransomware is a malicious application that can sneak in and out without you noticing anything. It should reveal its presence only after encrypting your files with a robust encryption algorithm. By the time the encryption process is over, all locations containing affected files should contain an HTML file with instructions on how to pay a ransom. In exchange, hackers should offer their decryption tools. The scariest part is that the note might say that it is impossible to restore files from backup because the malware erased it. However, this might be untrue. We explain more about this malicious application further in this article, and if you want to learn how you could erase BitPyLock Ransomware too, you should check the removal instructions available below. Read more »

The hackers behind 5ss5c Ransomware seem to be greedy as they may ask their victims to pay 1 BTC in exchange for decryption tools. As you see, the malware’s victims might need such tools to decrypt files locked by the malicious application. The message, which explains how to get in touch with the hackers and what a user needs to to exactly, gets displayed right after the threat enciphers all targeted files. As usual, data that gets encrypted ought to be personal, while files that belong to the system should be left alone. Thus, it is safe to say that receiving this malicious application might cause you lots of damage if you have irreplaceable files on your device. However, we advise not to panic and to read the rest of our article to learn how it works and how to eliminate 5ss5c Ransomware. Read more »

Bitsran is a malicious infection that doesn’t work alone. We have to understand that such Trojans are often just malware components that tell us about an onset of a far more dangerous infection. As far as we know, this Trojan component is part of the Hermes Ransomware infection, and it might be the first step in this entire attack. It is essential to detect and remove Bitsran before it manages to launch the file-encrypting infection. Although it is possible to do that manually, we would strongly recommend using an automated antispyware tool that would help you terminate all the malware components automatically. Read more »

Dudell is a malware component that allows cyber crooks to infect multiple systems all over the world. Whenever we deal with such infections, we have to understand that they often work in tandem with several other threats. Dudell is categorized as a Trojan infection, and so it means that users probably do not realize they have been infected with it until it is a bit too late to do anything about it.

Hence, prevention is extremely important when it comes to such infections. If you want to remove Dudell, you have to perform regular system scans with reliable antispyware tools, so that you would locate and terminate this infection immediately. Read more »

While we usually talk about one specific infection, Anchor happens to be a group of Trojan infections that target multiple systems worldwide. There have been several waves of this infection recorded, and users are always encouraged to learn more about Trojan distribution, so that they could avoid similar intruders in the future.

What’s more, we would like to point out that removing Anchor manually could be quite challenging. Therefore, it would be recommended to invest in a licensed security application that would terminate everything related to Anchor at once. After all, automatic malware removal is the fastest and the most efficient option you have. Read more »

C0hen Locker Ransomware locks not your computer, but some of the files located on it. To be more precise, the malicious application encrypts files, and, as a result, they become unreadable as victims cannot open them. There is a way to restore such data, but it requires having a decryptor and a unique decryption key. Sadly, only the malware’s developers may have these means that could restore files, and they demand a ransom in exchange for them. The worst part is that even if you pay what they ask, you might still end up being scammed. Therefore, we do not recommend putting up with the hackers’ demands. Also, we advise deleting C0hen Locker Ransomware as quickly as you can because if it stays, it might relaunch after you restart your computer and encrypt files that you may yet create or obtain. To learn how to eliminate C0hen Locker Ransomware as well as other things about it, we invite you to read our full report. Read more »