Delete Mercury Ransomware

About this infection

Mercury Ransomware is a file-encrypting type of malware, generally known as ransomware. These kinds of contaminations should be taken seriously, as they might result in file loss. In addition, contaminating your system is very easy, therefore making file encoding malware a highly harmful contamination. People usually get infected via means such as spam email attachments, malicious advertisements or fake downloads. After it encrypts your files, it will ask you to pay a specific amount of money for a decryptor tool. How much money is requested depends on the ransomware, some request thousands of dollars, some for much less. If you are thinking about paying, look into other options first. Who is going to stop criminals from just taking your money, giving nothing in return. If you were left with undecrypted files after paying, you would certainly not be the first one. It would be a better idea to obtain backup with that money. You’ll be presented with many backup options, you just have to choose the one best suiting you. For those who did take the time to make copies of the data prior to contamination, simply uninstall Mercury Ransomware and recover files from where you’re keeping them. These threats aren’t going away in the foreseeable future, so you need to prepare yourself. In order to safeguard a computer, one must always be on the lookout for possible malware, becoming informed about their spread methods.

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Ransomware spread methods

The majority of ransomware use pretty basic distribution methods, which include spam email attachments and corrupted advertisements/downloads. It does, however, every now and then use more sophisticated methods.

Try to recall if you have recently opened an attachment from an email which ended up in the spam folder. All crooks spreading the file encoding malware have to do is add a corrupted file to an email, send it to hundreds of users, who contaminate their systems as soon as they open the file. Those kinds of emails normally land in spam but some people are convinced they’re credible and move them to the inbox, believing it is credible. You can expect the ransomware email to have a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), evident mistypes and mistakes in grammar, strong encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of a known company name. If the email was from a company of whom you’re a client of, your name would be automatically put in into the email they send you, and a common greeting would not be used. Amazon, PayPal and other known company names are often used because people know them, therefore are not afraid to open the emails. It could have also been the case that you pressed on an infected advert when on a suspicious page, or downloaded something from an unreliable source. If you frequently engage with advertisements while on dubious sites, it is no wonder your device is infected. And attempt to stick to legitimate download sources as frequently as possible, because otherwise you may be putting your computer in danger. One thing to remember is to never acquire anything, whether programs or an update, from strange sources, such as adverts. Applications generally update automatically, but if manual update was needed, you would be notified through the application itself.

What happened to your files?

An infection leading to permanent data loss isn’t an impossible scenario, which is why ransomware is believed to be such a damaging infection. File encryption does not take long, a data encoding malicious software has a list of targets and locates all of them immediately. If other signs are not obvious, you can notice the ransomware when strange file extension appear added to your files. The reason why your files might be permanently lost is because strong encryption algorithms might be used for the encoding process, and it’s not always possible to break them. In case you are confused about what has happened, a dropped ransom note should explain everything. You will be offered to purchase a decryption tool, but that is not the recommended option. The crooks might just take your money, they will not feel bound to help you. Furthermore, you would be providing financial support for the cyber crooks’s future activities. By giving into the demands, people are making file encrypting malicious programs a rather successful business, which is estimated to have earned $1 billion in 2016, and that will lure plenty of people to it. As we have said above, a wiser purchase would be backup, which would keep copies of your files secure for when you lose the originals. If this type of situation reoccurred, you could just get rid of it and not worry about losing your data. Just ignore the requests and terminate Mercury Ransomware. If you become familiar with how these infections spread, you should be able to dodge them in the future.

Mercury Ransomware removal

We warn you that anti-malware program will be required to entirely eliminate the data encrypting malicious program. If you try to manually erase Mercury Ransomware, you could unintentionally end up harming your computer, so we do not advise proceeding by yourself. A better choice would be using reliable malicious software elimination software. It shouldn’t have any issues with the process, as those types of utilities are created to eliminate Mercury Ransomware and other similar infections. If you run into some kind of issue, or aren’t sure about where to begin, scroll down for instructions. Sadly, the anti-malware will simply erase the threat, it isn’t able to decrypt data. But, you should also know that some file encrypting malicious program is decryptable, and malware researchers could create free decryptors.

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Learn how to remove Mercury Ransomware from your computer

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

Step 1. Remove Mercury Ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.

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