How to remove Kraken Virus

About Kraken Virus

Kraken Virus ransomware is a file-encrypting malicious software infection that can cause a lot of damage. It really depends on which ransomware is responsible, but you may not be able to access your data again. What’s worse is that it is very easy to get the infection. Infection may happen through means like spam email attachments, infected advertisements or fake downloads. Once the encryption process is complete, victims are asked to pay a ransom, and if they comply, supposedly, cyber crooks will help them decode files. The amount of money demanded varies from ransomware to ransomware, some demand $1000 or more, some could settle with $100. Whatever you are asked to pay by this infection, consider the situation carefully before you do. Don’t forget you are dealing with cyber criminals who may not give you anything, even after you make the payment. You can certainly find accounts of people not being able to decrypt files after payment, and that’s not really surprising. Consider investing the money into some kind of backup, so that if this situation was to occur again, you wouldn’t risk losing your files. We are certain you will find an option that suits your requirements as there are plenty to select from. Simply remove Kraken Virus, and if you had backup before the infection, you may recover files from there. These types of contaminations are everywhere, so you will have to prepare yourself. To safeguard a system, one must always be ready to encounter potential malware, becoming familiar with how to avoid them.

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How does ransomware spread

You commonly get the data encoding malware when you open a corrupted email, interact with an infected advertisement or download from unreliable sources. That doesn’t mean more skillful crooks will not use elaborate methods.

Remember if you have recently opened an attachment from an email which landed in the spam folder. The infected file is simply attached to an email, and then sent out to possible victims. It’s not odd for those emails to contain money-related information, which is the topic people are likely to think is important, therefore wouldn’t hesitate to open such an email. The use of basic greetings (Dear Customer/Member), prompts to open the attachment, and obvious mistakes in grammar are what you ought to be caution of when dealing with emails with added files. A sender whose email is vital enough to open would use your name instead of the regular greeting. You may come across company names such as Amazon or PayPal used in those emails, as a familiar name would make the email look more legitimate. It might have also been the case that you interacted with the wrong advert when browsing suspicious websites, or downloaded something from a source that you ought to have avoided. Be very careful about which adverts you interact with, especially when on suspicious sites. And when it comes to downloading something, only do it via legitimate sites. One thing to take into account is to never acquire programs, updates, or anything really, from pop-up or any other kinds of adverts. Programs generally update without you even noticing, but if manual update was necessary, you would be alerted through the program, not the browser.

What happened to your files?

Infection leading to permanent file loss isn’t an impossible scenario, which is what makes a data encrypting malicious software so damaging. Once it’s inside, it will take minutes, if not seconds to find the files it wants and encrypt them. You will see that your files have an extension attached to them, which will help you identify the data encoding malicious program and see which files have been encrypted. While not necessarily seen in all cases, some ransomware do use strong encoding algorithms for file encryption, which makes it hard to recover files for free. In case you don’t understand what has happened, everything will become clear when a ransom note appears. The note will declare that you have to buy a decryption key to recover files, but giving into the requests is not the most reasonable decision. Paying doesn’t guarantee file decryption because hackers might just take your money, leaving your files encrypted. Moreover, your money would support their future projects. Although it is understandable, by complying with the requests, people are making file encoding malicious software a highly successful business, which already earned $1 billion in 2016, and that will attract many people to it. Like we mentioned before, a better purchase would be backup, which would keep copies of your files safe for when you lose the originals. And your files would not be at risk if this type of situation occurred again. Simply ignore the demands and remove Kraken Virus. These types threats can be avoided, if you know how they are distributed, so try to familiarize with its distribution methods, at least the basics.

Kraken Virus termination

The presence of malicious program removal software will be needed to figure out if the infection is still present on the device, and if it is, to get rid of it. Because you need to know exactly what you’re doing, we do not recommend proceeding to eliminate Kraken Virus manually. Instead of risking harm your system, implement dependable elimination software. Malicious threat removal programs are made to uninstall Kraken Virus and similar infections, so problems should not occur. However, if you aren’t sure about how to proceed, you can use the guidelines we have given below to help you. Keep in mind that the utility cannot help you decrypt your files, all it will do is ensure the infection is no longer present on your computer. Although in some cases, malware researchers develop free decryptors, if the data encoding malicious software is decryptable.

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Learn how to remove Kraken Virus from your computer

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

Step 1. Remove Kraken Virus using Safe Mode with Networking.

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

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 Kraken Virus.

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 Kraken Virus 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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