How to remove Motion ransomware

What is file encoding malicious program

Motion ransomware ransomware is a file-encrypting malware infection that can cause a lot of damage. These types of contaminations should be taken seriously, as they might lead to file loss. Another reason why it is considered to be a highly harmful malicious software is that it is rather easy to obtain the infection. Infection often happens through spam emails, infected advertisements or bogus downloads. Once the data encoding malware is done encoding your data, a ransom note will appear, demanding money in exchange for a tool to decrypt your data. You will possibly be requested to pay between tens and thousands of dollars, depending on what data encrypting malware you have, and how valuable your files are. Even if a minor amount is asked of you, we do not advise complying. There’s nothing stopping cyber criminals from taking your money, without providing you a decoding tool. You can definitely encounter accounts of users not getting data back after payment, and that is not really shocking. Look into some backup options, so that if this situation was to reoccur, you wouldn’t be risking your data. You will be presented with many different options, but it should not be hard to choose the best option for you. For those who did take the time to make copies of the data before the malware invaded, simply remove Motion ransomware and recover files from where you are storing them. It is crucial that you prepare for all scenarios in these types of situations because another similar contamination is probably forthcoming. To protect a system, one should always be on the lookout for possible malware, becoming informed about their spread methods.

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How does file encoding malware spread

The majority of data encrypting malicious software use quite basic spread ways, which include spam email attachments and infected advertisements/downloads. More elaborate methods can be used too, however.

The most probable way you got the file encrypting malware is via email attachment, which might have came from an email that seems entirely legitimate initially. All data encrypting malicious software authors would need to do is attach an infected file to an email and then send it to hundreds/thousands of people. It’s not really surprising that users fall for these scams, seeing as those emails may sometimes seem quite genuine, mentioning money-related issues and similarly sensitive topics, which users are concerned with. What you could expect a data encrypting malicious program email to have is a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), grammatical mistakes, prompts to open the file added, and the use of a known business name. Your name would certainly be used in the greeting if the sender was from a company whose email ought to be opened. Expect to encounter company names such as Amazon or PayPal used in those emails, as known names would make the email appear more real. It may have also been the case that you pressed on the wrong advert when on a questionable site, or downloaded something from a source that you ought to have avoided. If while you were on a compromised site you pressed on an infected ad, it could have triggered the ransomware to download. And stick to valid download sources as frequently as possible, because otherwise you are endangering your computer. One thing to keep in mind is to never download software, updates, or anything really, from strange sources, such as ads. If a program had to update itself, it would not alert you via browser, it would either update by itself, or send you a notification through the software itself.

What does it do?

Due to ransomware’s ability to permanently lock you out of your files, it’s considered to be a very damaging threat. And the encryption process is rather fast, it is only a matter of minutes, if not seconds, for all your important data to be locked. All files that have been encoded will have an extension attached to them. The reason why your files may be impossible to decrypt for free is because some ransomware use strong encryption algorithms for the encryption process, and may be impossible to break them. A ransom note will then be dropped, which should explain what has occurred. The ransom note will offer you a paid decryption program but our recommendation would be to ignore the requests. Remember that you’re dealing with crooks, and what is stopping them from simply taking your money. The money you provide crooks with would also finance their future criminal activity. The easy money is constantly attracting more and more people to the business, which is thought to have made more than $1 billion in 2016. Investing into backup instead of complying with the requests would be a wiser idea. And your data wouldn’t be endangered if this type of threat hijacked your system again. Our recommendation would be to do not pay attention to the requests, and if the threat still remains on your system, uninstall Motion ransomware, for which you’ll see guidelines below. If you become familiar with the spread methods of this threat, you ought to be able to avoid them in the future.

Motion ransomware removal

To check whether the infection is still present and to terminate it, if it’s, we advise you download anti-malware program. Because your computer got infected in the first place, and because you are reading this, you may not be very experienced with computers, which is why we wouldn’t encourage you attempt to erase Motion ransomware by hand. Instead of risking harm your device, use credible elimination software. The utility would scan your device and if it can detect the threat, it will delete Motion ransomware. You will find instructions to assist you, in case you are not sure about how to proceed. Unfortunately, the anti-malware isn’t capable of decrypting your data, it will only erase the threat. However, if the ransomware is decryptable, malware researchers may release a free decryptor.

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Learn how to remove Motion ransomware from your computer

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

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

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