How to remove Q1G file virus

What is data encoding malware

Q1G file virus ransomware is a piece of malicious program that will encrypt your files. It is a highly severe threat that can leave you with encoded data and no way to get them back. Due to this, and the fact that infection occurs pretty easily, ransomware is considered to be very dangerous. If your system is infected, you possibly opened a spam email attachment, pressed on a malicious advertisement or fell for a fake download. Once the data encoding malicious program is finished encrypting your data, you’ll see a ransom note, decryptor. The amount of money asked depends on the data encrypting malware, some ask for thousands of dollars, some for much less. Even if a minor amount is demanded of you, we do not suggest paying. Trusting cyber criminals to keep their word and recover your data would be naive, since there’s nothing preventing them from just taking your money. You would not be the only person to be left with no recovered files after payment. This kind of thing could reoccur or something could happen to your system, thus would it not be better to invest the demanded money into some kind of backup option. While you’ll be given many different options, it shouldn’t be hard to pick the best option for you. Uninstall Q1G file virus and then proceed to file restoration if you had backup prior to infection. These types of contaminations are lurking everywhere, so you need to prepare yourself. If you wish to stay safe, you have to become familiar with likely contaminations and how to protect yourself.

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Ransomware distribution methods

Users usually infect their computers with file encrypting malware by opening infected files added to emails, tapping on infected ads and downloading from sources they should not. It does, however, sometimes use more elaborate methods.

Recall if you have recently opened a weird email attachment. All crooks distributing the ransomware have to do is attach an infected file to an email, send it to hundreds of people, and once the file is opened, the device is infected. As those emails commonly use sensitive topics, like money, plenty of people open them without even considering the results. When dealing with unknown sender emails, be on the look out for certain signs that it could be dangerous, like grammatical mistakes, encourage to open the file attached. To explain, if someone whose attachment should be opened sends you an email, they would would know your name and would not use general greetings, and you wouldn’t have to search for the email in spam. It is also somewhat obvious that that cyber criminals tend to use big names such as Amazon so that users are less distrustful. It is also likely that you pressed on some dangerous advertisement when on a suspicious site, or downloaded something from an unreliable site. Compromised sites could be harboring malicious ads, which if pressed might cause malware to download. And if you need to download something, only rely on official web pages. Bear in mind that you should never download anything, whether software or an update, from weird sources, such as advertisements. If a program was in need of an update, you would be notified via the application itself, not through your browser, and commonly they update themselves anyway.

What happened to your files?

A contamination may result in permanent data loss, which is what makes it such a damaging threat. It can take mere minutes for it to locate its target file types and encode them. Weird file extensions will be added to all affected files, from which you may judge which data encoding malware has infected your device. The reason why your files may be not possible to decrypt for free is because strong encryption algorithms might be used for the encoding process, and it’s not always possible to break them. A ransom note will appear once the encryption process is completed, and the situation should become clear. It’ll encourage you to buy a decryption program, but buying it is not something we advise doing. Remember who you are dealing with, what’s stopping crooks from simply taking your money. Moreover, your money would support their future projects. These types of threats are thought to have made an estimated $1 billion in 2016, and such a successful business is regularly attracting more and more people. Instead of paying the ransom, the encouraged usage of that money would be for buying backup. And if this kind of infection occurred again, you wouldn’t be risking losing your files as copies would be stored in backup. If giving into the demands is not something you’re going to do, proceed to remove Q1G file virus in case it’s still running. These kinds infections can be avoided, if you know how they are spread, so try to become familiar with its distribution methods, in detail.

How to erase Q1G file virus

You will need to use malicious threat removal software to figure out if the threat is still on the system, and if it is, to terminate it. If you try to manually delete Q1G file virus, you might involuntarily end up damaging your system, so doing everything yourself isn’t advised. It would be a better idea to use anti-malware software which would not be endangering your system. The utility would detect and uninstall Q1G file virus. If you scroll down, you will find instructions, if you are not sure about how to proceed. In case it was not clear, anti-malware will only be able to get rid of the infection, it’s not going to restore your data. In certain cases, however, the ransomware is decryptable, thus malware researchers are able to create a free decryption tool, so occasionally look into that.

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Learn how to remove Q1G file virus from your computer

• Step 1. Remove Q1G file virus using Safe Mode with Networking.
• Step 2. Remove Q1G file virus using System Restore
• Step 3. Recover your data

Step 1. Remove Q1G file virus using Safe Mode with Networking.

• a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.
• b) Step 2. Remove Q1G file 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 Q1G file 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 Q1G file 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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