How to remove Siliconegun ransomware

What type of threat are you dealing with

Siliconegun ransomware malicious software is considered to be very dangerous because it’ll attempt to encrypt your files. In short, it is known as ransomware. You may have gotten the infection in a couple of ways, likely either via spam email attachments, contaminated adverts and downloads. If you are searching for methods on how to stop an infection, continue reading this article. Dealing with a file-encrypting malware infection could have drastic consequences, thus it’s important that you know about how it spreads. If you haven’t ran into ransomware before, it could be rather surprising to find that you cannot open your files. When the encryption process is complete, you will get a ransom message, which will explain that you have to buy a decryption software. Paying the ransom is not the best choice, seeing as it is criminals that you’re dealing with, who will feel no accountability to help you. It would be more probable that they won’t send you a decryption tool. Ransomware does damage worth hundreds of millions to businesses, and by paying, you’d only be supporting that. Sometimes, malicious software specialists can crack the ransomware, and may release a free decryption program. Before making any rash decisions, carefully look into other options first. For those cautious enough to have backup, you just have to delete Siliconegun ransomware and then access the backup to restore files.

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Siliconegun ransomware distribution methods

This section will try to identify how your system could have become contaminated in the first place. While it is more probable you infected your computer through the more basic methods, ransomware does use more elaborate ones. Many ransomware authors/distributors prefer to send out contaminated spam emails and host the ransomware on different download websites, as those methods don’t need much skill. Distributing the infection through spam is still perhaps the most common infection method. The file infected with ransomware is attached to a kind of convincingly written email, and sent to all possible victims, whose email addresses they store in their database. Generally, those emails are pretty evidently fake, but if you have never run into them before, it might not be so. You may note certain signs that an email might be malicious, such as grammar mistakes in the text, or the sender’s email address being nonsensical. Users tend to lower their guard if they know the sender, so you might encounter hackers feigning to be from some known company like Amazon. So if the email is seemingly from Amazon, check the email address to see if it belongs to the company. Your name not used in the greeting may also hint at what you’re dealing with. If a company with whom you have had business before sends you an email, instead of Member or User, your name will always be used. If you are an Amazon customer, your name will be used in the greeting in all emails from them, since it is done automatically.

If you want the short version, just remember that looking into the sender’s identity before you open the added file is crucial. And when you are visiting suspicious web pages, do not go around clicking on ads. Not all adverts are safe, and you may end up on a web page that’ll launch a malicious download. It doesn’t matter what the ad could be offering you, just do not click on it. Download sources that aren’t regulated might easily be hosting malware, which is why you ought to stop downloading from them. If you’re doing downloads through torrents, the least you can do is review the comments before you download something. Infection is also possible via program vulnerabilities, because programs are flawed, malware could use those flaws to get in. Thus your software ought to always be up-to-date. Patches are released on a regular basis by software vendors, you just need to install them.

What happened to your files

When the infected file is opened on your system, the ransomware will begin scanning for files in order to encrypt them. All files you believe are valuable, such as photos, documents, etc, will become the targets. A powerful encryption algorithm will be employed for encrypting the files ransomware has located. The ones that have been affected will have a file attachment and this will help with identifying affected files. If you’re still uncertain about what happened, you’ll see a ransom note, which will explain the situation and demand that you buy a decryptor. The requested amount is different, depending on the ransomware, but will be somewhere between $50 and $1000, to be paid in some type of cryptocurrency. It is up to you whether to pay the ransom, but do think about why ransomware specialists don’t recommend complying. You may have other means to restore files, therefore that ought to be researched before making any decisions. Maybe a free decryptor was released by malicious software specialists. Or maybe you have created copies of your files some time ago but forgotten about it. It might also be possible that the ransomware didn’t delete Shadow copies of your files, which means you could restore them through Shadow Explorer. If you do not wish for this occurring again, we hope you have invested into reliable backup. In case backup is an option, first erase Siliconegun ransomware and only then go to file recovery.

Siliconegun ransomware removal

Manual elimination is not something we recommend, just to be clear. If you don’t know what you are doing, you could end up irreversibly damaging your device. It would be a much better idea to use an anti-malware utility because the tool would take care of everything. Those utilities are created to erase Siliconegun ransomware or similar threats, thus you shouldn’t run into trouble. Unfortunately, the software is not capable of decoding data. File recovery will have to be carried out by you.

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Learn how to remove Siliconegun ransomware from your computer

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

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

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