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What is Unique Ransomware

Unique Ransomware file-encoding malicious software, more commonly known as ransomware, will encode your data. These types of contaminations should be taken seriously, as they might result in you losing your data. It’s very easy to get contaminated, which makes it a very dangerous malware. Spam email attachments, infected advertisements and fake downloads are the most typical reasons why ransomware can infect. As soon as it is up and running, it will begin encoding your files, and when the process is finished, you will be asked to buy a decryptor, which ought to in theory recover your data. The money you are requested to pay is likely to range from $100 to $1000, depending on the file encoding malicious software. Think carefully before you agree to pay, no matter how little money you are asked for. Cyber crooks won’t feel obligated to return your data, so you could end up receiving nothing. You can certainly encounter accounts of people not getting files back after payment, and that’s not really surprising. Consider investing the money into backup, so that if this were to occur again, you you would not be jeopardizing your files. You’ll be presented with many backup options, all you need to do is choose the one best suiting you. Just eliminate Unique Ransomware, and if you had made backup before the infection entered your computer, file recovery should not bring about problems. This is not likely to be the last time malicious software will infect your computer, so you need to be ready. If you want your system to be malware-free, it is essential to learn about malicious software and how to prevent them.


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How does file encoding malware spread

Commonly, the majority of ransomware use malicious email attachments and adverts, and bogus downloads to infect computers, even though you could definitely find exceptions. That doesn’t mean authors will not use methods that require more skill.

If you are able to remember downloading a strange attachment from a seemingly real email in the spam folder, that could be where you obtained the data encrypting malicious program from. The infected file is simply added to an email, and then sent out to hundreds of potential victims. Because those emails often use topics such as money, many users open them without even considering what may occur. What you can expect from a ransomware email is a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), noticeable mistypes and errors in grammar, strong encouragement to open the file added, and the use of a famous firm name. If the email was from a company whose services you use, they would have automatically inserted your name into the email, and a common greeting wouldn’t be used. Amazon, PayPal and other known company names are commonly used as users know of them, thus are not afraid to open the emails. It could have also been the case that you engaged with the wrong ad when browsing dubious pages, or downloaded something from a questionable source. Compromised sites might be hosting malicious adverts, which if engaged with may trigger malicious program to download. And if you need to download something, only rely on official websites. Sources like ads and pop-ups are not good sources, so avoid downloading anything from them. If a program had to update itself, it would not alert you via browser, it would either update automatically, or alert you via the software itself.

What does Unique Ransomware do?

Specialists are always warning about how damaging data encrypting malicious programs can be, most importantly, its ability to permanently encode data. The process of encoding your files is not a long process, so it’s possible you won’t even notice what’s going on. All encoding files will have a file extension added to them. The reason why your files might be not possible to decode for free is because strong encoding algorithms could be used for the encryption process, and it is not always possible to break them. A ransom note will then be dropped, which should explain the situation. You will be offered a a decryption tool which you can purchase from them, but that is not the advised option. Complying with the requests doesn’t necessarily mean data decryption because crooks could just take your money, leaving your files encrypted. The money you give them would also probably go towards financing future file encrypting malicious program projects. The easily made money is constantly luring hackers to the business, which is thought to have made $1 billion in 2016. Like we mentioned above, investing into backup would be better, which would guarantee that your data is secure. These kinds of infections can reoccur again, but if you had backup, file loss would not be a possibility. Eliminate Unique Ransomware if you suspect it is still inhabiting your computer, instead of giving into requests. If you become familiar with the spread methods of this infection, you ought to learn to dodge them in the future.

Unique Ransomware removal

Anti-malware program will be needed to get rid of the infection, if it’s still present on your system. If you are reading this, you might not be the most computer-savvy person, which means you should not attempt to eliminate Unique Ransomware manually. It would be wiser to use anti-malware software because you wouldn’t be risking harming your device. Those programs are made to identify and erase Unique Ransomware, as well as similar infections. Instructions to help you will be given below this report, in case the elimination process isn’t as simple. Unfortunately, the malware removal utility will simply terminate the threat, it won’t recover your files. However, if the ransomware is decryptable, malware specialists might release a free decryptor.

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Learn how to remove Unique Ransomware from your computer

Step 1. Remove Unique Ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.

a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 7/Vista/XP
  1. Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK. win-xp-restart How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
  3. Choose Safe Mode with Networking win-xp-safe-mode How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
For Windows 8/10 users
  1. Press the power button that appears at the Windows login screen. Press and hold Shift. Click Restart. win-10-restart How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. win-10-options How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Networking. win-10-boot-menu How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files

b) Step 2. Remove Unique 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 Unique Ransomware using System Restore

a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

For Windows 7/Vista/XP
  1. Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK. win-xp-restart How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
  3. Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-xp-safe-mode How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
For Windows 8/10 users
  1. Press the power button that appears at the Windows login screen. Press and hold Shift. Click Restart. win-10-restart How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. win-10-options How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-10-boot-menu How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files

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. command-promt-restore How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  3. A window will pop-up and you should press Next. Choose a restore point and press Next again. windows-restore-point How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  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

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. data-recovery-pro How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique 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. windows-previous-version How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  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. shadow-explorer How to remove Unique Ransomware and unlock .Unique files
  4. If folders are recoverable, they will appear there. Press on the folder and then Export.

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