STOLEN Ransomware is regarded as a severe threat, also known as ransomware or file-encrypting malware. It's possible you have never encountered ransomware before, in which case, you might be in for a big shock. You won't be able to open your files if they've been encoded by ransomware, which usually uses strong encryption algorithms. Ransomware is categorized as a highly dangerous threat since decrypting files isn't always likely. You will be given the option of paying the ransom for a decryptor but many malware researchers do not recommend doing that. There are a lot of cases where files weren't restored even after victims comply with the demands. What is preventing criminals from just taking your money, and not giving anything in exchange. In addition, by paying you would be financing the projects (more ransomware and malicious software) of these crooks. It is already supposed that file encoding malware costs millions of dollars in losses to businesses in 2017, and that's an estimation only. And the more people give them money, the more of a profitable business ransomware becomes, and that kind of money is certain to lure in various crooks. You might be put into this kind of situation again sometime in the future, so investing the requested money into backup would be better because data loss would not be a possibility. If you had backup available, you may just uninstall STOLEN Ransomware and then recover data without being worried about losing them. If you didn't know what file encrypting malicious software is, you may not know how it managed to infect your device, in which case you need to vigilantly read the below paragraph.
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