Delete Rapid 3.0 ransomware

Is this a severe infection

Rapid 3.0 ransomware is a file-encoding kind of malicious program, which is often called ransomware. These types of contaminations aren’t be taken lightly, as they might result in file loss. It’s quite easy to get infected, which only adds to why it’s so dangerous. If you have recently opened a weird email attachment, pressed on a dubious advert or downloaded an application advertised on some untrustworthy web page, that’s how it infected your system. After it encrypts your files, it will request you to pay a certain amount of money for a decryptor. The sum you are asked to pay is likely to differ depending on the type of file encrypting malware has infiltrated your computer, but should range from $50 to possibly thousands of dollars. No matter how much you’re requested to pay, giving into the demands isn’t something we advise doing. Consider whether you’ll actually get your data back after payment, considering you cannot prevent criminals from just taking your money. If your data still remains encrypted after paying, you would definitely not be the first one. This could easily occur again, so consider buying backup, instead of giving into the demands. From external hard drives to cloud storage, there are plenty of backup options out there, you simply need to choose the one best suiting your needs. For those who did back up files before the malicious software got in, simply terminate Rapid 3.0 ransomware and recover data from where you are keeping them. These threats won’t go away any time soon, so you need to be prepared. To keep a device safe, one should always be ready to come across possible threats, becoming familiar with how to avoid them.

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File encoding malicious program spread methods

Although there are special cases, a lot of file encrypting malware tend to use basic ways of infection, which are spam email, infected ads and fake downloads. Nevertheless, you might come across more sophisticated methods too.

The possible way you got the data encoding malware is through email attachment, which might have came from a legitimate seeming email. You open the email, download and open the attachment and the file encoding malware is now able to begin encoding your files. It’s not uncommon for those emails to talk about money, which is the topic people are likely to think is important, thus would not hesitate to open such an email. What you can expect from a file encoding malicious software email is a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), noticeable mistypes and mistakes in grammar, encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of a famous business name. Your name would be automatically inserted into an email if the sender was from a company whose email ought to be opened. Expect to see company names like Amazon or PayPal used in those emails, as known names would make people trust the email more. permitted the threat to infiltrate your system. If you were on a compromised site and clicked on an infected advert, it may have caused the file encoding malicious program download. And stick to valid download sources as often as possible, because otherwise you are jeopardizing your computer. You ought to never download anything from ads, as they aren’t good sources. If an application needed to update itself, it would not notify you via browser, it would either update automatically, or send you an alert via the software itself.

What does it do?

Due to file encoding malicious software’s ability to permanently encode your files, it is considered to be one of the most damaging malicious programs threats. And the encoding process is rather fast, it is only a matter of minutes, if not seconds, for all your important files to become encrypted. Once your files have been encoded by this file encoding malware, you’ll see that they have a file extension. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to make your files inaccessible, which makes decoding files for free probably impossible. When all target files have been encrypted, a ransom note should appear, and it ought to explain how you should proceed. The note will demand that you pay for a decryption tool but complying with the demands isn’t advised. By paying, you would be trusting hackers, the people who are to blame for locking your data in the first place. The ransom money would also possibly go towards financing future file encrypting malicious program projects. These kinds of infections are estimated to have made $1 billion in 2016, and such big sums of money will just lure more people who want to earn easy money. Investing into backup instead of giving into the demands would be a wiser idea. These kinds of infections can happen again, but if backup was accessible, file loss wouldn’t be a possibility. Remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware if you suspect it is still present, instead of complying with the requests. If you become familiar with how these threats spread, you should learn to dodge them in the future.

Ways to uninstall Rapid 3.0 ransomware

We strongly recommend acquiring anti-malware software to make sure the infection is completely eliminated. Because you have to know exactly what you are doing, we don’t advise proceeding to eliminate Rapid 3.0 ransomware manually. Instead of jeopardizing your computer, implement valid removal software. Malware removal programs are developed to remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware and all other similar infections, so it should not cause issues. If you come across some kind of problem, or aren’t sure about where to begin, scroll down for instructions. The program is not, however, capable of assisting in data recovery, it’ll only terminate the infection from your system. Although in certain cases, a free decryptor may be created by malicious program researchers, if the ransomware is possible to decrypt.

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Learn how to remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware from your computer

• Step 1. Remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.
• Step 2. Remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware using System Restore
• Step 3. Recover your data

Step 1. Remove Rapid 3.0 ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.

• a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.
• b) Step 2. Remove Rapid 3.0 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 Rapid 3.0 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 Rapid 3.0 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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