Delete CryptoLite ransomware

About this infection

CryptoLite ransomware will shortly start encoding your files, as it’s ransomware. These types of contaminations aren’t be taken lightly, as they might result in you losing access to your data. Because of this, and the fact that infection occurs quite easily, ransomware is thought to be very dangerous. Infection may happen through means such as spam emails, infected adverts or bogus downloads. After it encrypts your files, it will ask you to pay a certain amount of money for a for a method to decrypt files. Depending on what kind of ransomware you have, the money asked will be different. If you’re thinking about paying, think about alternatives first. Do not forget you’re dealing with criminals who may not give you anything in return for the payment. You would not be the only person to get nothing. It would be better to invest the money into backup, instead. You will be presented with a lot of different options, but it should not be hard to pick the best option for you. For those who did take the time to make copies of the files before the malicious software infiltrated, simply erase CryptoLite ransomware and restore files from where you are keeping them. This is not likely to be the last time you will get contaminated with some kind of malware, so you need to be ready. If you wish your system to not be infected constantly, it’s necessary to learn about malware and how to stop them.

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File encrypting malicious program spread methods

doesn’t use elaborate infiltration methods and likes to stick to sending out malicious email attachments, compromised advertisements and infecting downloads. Sometimes, however, users get infected using more sophisticated methods.

Since you may have gotten the data encoding malware through email attachments, try and recall if you have recently obtained a strange file from an email. Cyber criminals spreading data encrypting malware add an infected file to an email, send it to possible victims, who infect their systems as soon as they open the attachment. Since those emails commonly use topics like money, plenty of people open them without even considering what could happen. What you could expect a data encoding malware email to have is a general greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), grammatical errors, encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of an established business name. If the email was from a company of whom you are a client of, they would have automatically put in your name into the email, and a general greeting wouldn’t be used. It wouldn’t be surprising to see big company names (Amazon, eBay, PayPal) be used, as people are more likely to trust the sender if it is a familiar name. permitted the threat to get into your system. Be very careful about which ads you engage with, especially when visiting questionable pages. Or you might have acquired the file encoding malicious program along with some program you downloaded from an unreliable source. Never download anything, whether it is software or updates, from adverts or pop-ups. If a program was needed to be updated, it would alert you via the program itself, and not through your browser, and most update without your interference anyway.

What happened to your files?

Infection leading to permanent data loss is not an impossible scenario, which is why a data encrypting malware is is classified as a severe-level infection. And it takes minutes to have your files encoded. All affected files will have a file extension. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to lock your data, which makes decrypting files for free probably impossible. When encryption is complete, you will get a ransom note, which will try to explain to you how you should proceed. You will be offered a way to decode files using a decryption program which you can buy from them, but specialists do not suggest doing that. If you’re expecting the cyber crooks to blame for locking your files to keep their word, you might be in for a big surprise, as they could just take your money. The money you provide them would also likely go towards funding future ransomware or other malicious program projects. The easy money is regularly luring crooks to the business, which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016. Consider investing the requested money into reliable backup instead. If this kind of situation occurred again, you could just get rid of it without worrying about losing your files. We encourage you ignore the demands and erase CryptoLite ransomware. These kinds infections can be avoided, if you know how they are distributed, so try to become familiar with its spread ways, in detail.

How to eliminate CryptoLite ransomware

So as to ensure the infection is entirely gone, we suggest you download malicious threat removal software. If you want to uninstall CryptoLite ransomware manually, you could end up further harming your device, which is why we cannot recommend it. A better option would be using professional malicious software removal software. Such security programs are created to uninstall CryptoLite ransomware and similar threats, so you should not run into any issues. However, in case you aren’t sure about where to start, you may use the guidelines we have provided below to help you. Sadly, those programs can’t help you restore your files, they’ll merely terminate the threat. Sometimes, however, the ransomware is decryptable, thus malware specialists are able to release a free decryption utility, so occasionally check.

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Learn how to remove CryptoLite ransomware from your computer

• Step 1. Remove CryptoLite ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.
• Step 2. Remove CryptoLite ransomware using System Restore
• Step 3. Recover your data

Step 1. Remove CryptoLite ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.

• a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.
• b) Step 2. Remove CryptoLite ransomware.

a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 7/Vista/XP

1. Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK.
2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
3. Choose Safe Mode with Networking

For Windows 8/10 users

1. Press the power button that appears at the Windows login screen. Press and hold Shift. Click Restart.
2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart.
3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Networking.

b) Step 2. Remove CryptoLite ransomware.

You will now need to open your browser and download some kind of anti-malware software. Choose a trustworthy one, install it and have it scan your computer for malicious threats. When the ransomware is found, remove it. If, for some reason, you can't access Safe Mode with Networking, go with another option.

Step 2. Remove CryptoLite ransomware using System Restore

• a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
• b) Step 2. Restore files and settings.

a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

For Windows 7/Vista/XP

1. Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK.
2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
3. Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

For Windows 8/10 users

1. Press the power button that appears at the Windows login screen. Press and hold Shift. Click Restart.
2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart.
3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

b) Step 2. Restore files and settings.

1. You will need to type in cd restore in the window that appears. Press Enter.
2. Type in rstrui.exe and again, press Enter.
3. A window will pop-up and you should press Next. Choose a restore point and press Next again.
4. Press Yes.

While this should have taken care of the ransomware, you might want to download anti-malware just to be sure no other threats are lurking.  

Step 3. Recover your data

• a) Using Data Recovery Pro to recover encrypted files.
• b) Restore files through Windows Previous Versions
• c) Using Shadow Explorer to recover files

While backup is essential, there is still quite a few users who do not have it. If you are one of them, you can try the below provided methods and you just might be able to recover files.

a) Using Data Recovery Pro to recover encrypted files.

1. Download Data Recovery Pro, preferably from a trustworthy website.
2. Scan your device for recoverable files.
3. Recover them.

b) Restore files through Windows Previous Versions

If you had System Restore enabled, you can recover files through Windows Previous Versions.

1. Find a file you want to recover.
2. Right-click on it.
3. Select Properties and then Previous versions.
4. Pick the version of the file you want to recover and press Restore.

c) Using Shadow Explorer to recover files

If you are lucky, the ransomware did not delete your shadow copies. They are made by your system automatically for when system crashes.

1. Go to the official website (shadowexplorer.com) and acquire the Shadow Explorer application.
2. Set up and open it.
3. Press on the drop down menu and pick the disk you want.
4. If folders are recoverable, they will appear there. Press on the folder and then Export.

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