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What type of threat are you dealing with

Clinix Ransomware will try to encrypt your files, hence the categorization file-encrypting malware. Ransomware is the the more often classification, however. If you are uncertain about how your computer got contaminated, you probably opened a spam email attachment, pressed on an infected advert or downloaded something from a source you should not have. If you are looking for methods on how the threat may be prevented, continue reading this report. Ransomware is not believed to be so harmful for nothing, if you wish to avoid possibly serious harm, be careful to not let it enter your machine. If you don’t know what ransomware is, you might be particularly surprised to see locked files. Soon after you understand what is going on, a ransom note will appear, which will disclose that in order to unlock the files, you have to pay money. Don’t forget who you’re dealing with if you consider paying the ransom, because it’s doubtful cyber criminals will bother sending a decryption utility. We are more inclined to believe that you will be ignored after making the payment. By giving into the demands, you’d also be supporting an industry that does damage worth hundreds of millions every year. You should also look into free decryptor available, a malicious software analyst might have been able to crack the ransomware and develop a decryption utility. Research that before you make any hurried choices. File recovery shouldn’t be an issue if you had created backup before the ransomware got in, so if you just eliminate Clinix Ransomware, you can access the backup.

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Ransomware distribution methods

The infection could have gotten in in various ways, which will be discussed in a more detailed manner. While it is more likely you infected your device through a simple method, file encrypting malware does use more elaborate ones. Spam email and malware downloads are the popular methods among low-level ransomware creators/distributors as not much skill is required to employ them. You most likely got infected by opening an email attachment that was harboring the ransomware. Criminals would probably buy your email address from other cyber criminals, attach the file infected with malware to an email that appears kind off legitimate and send it to you, hoping you’d open it. If you do do know about these distribution ways, the email will be quite obvious, but if you have never come across one before, the situation may not be obvious. You can notice particular signs that an email could be malicious, such as grammar mistakes in the text, or the sender’s email address being nonsensical. What you might also notice is the sender claiming to be from a famous company because that would cause people to lower their guard. So, as an example, if Amazon sends you an email, you still need to check whether the email address really belongs to the company. Check whether your name is used anywhere in the email, in the greeting for example, and if it is not, that ought to raise alarm bells. If a company with whom you’ve had business before emails you, they will always address you by name, instead of Member/User/Customer. So if you’re an eBay customer, and they email you about something, they will address you by name, and not as User, etc.

In case you want the short version, always check that the sender is legitimate before you open an attachment. And when on a questionable site, avoid adverts as much as possible. Don’t be surprised if by pressing on one you end up launching malware download. Whatever the advert is advertising, do not engage with it. Don’t download from sources that aren’t reliable because you could easily get malware from there. If you’re downloading via torrents, the least you could do is read the comments before you download something. Vulnerabilities in programs may also be used for malware infection. You need to keep your programs updated because of that. All you have to do is install the patches that software vendors make available for you.

How does file-encrypting malware behave

If you launch the ransomware malware file, it will scan your computer for certain files to lock. As it has to hold some leverage over you, all your valuable files, such as documents and photos, will become targets. In order to encrypt the located files, the file-encrypting malware will use a strong encryption algorithm to encrypt your data. The file extension attached will help you figure out with files have been affected. You will then see a ransom note, in which cyber criminals will demand that you buy their decryption program. You could be demanded to pay as little as $20 or as much as a couple of thousand, the amount depends on the ransomware. While a lot of malware investigators think that paying is a bad idea, the decision is yours to make. Before you do anything else, however, you ought to look at other possible options to recover files. Maybe a decryption software has been made by malicious software specialists. It may also be that you have backed up your data somewhere but not remember it. And if the Shadow copies of your files weren’t deleted, you should still be able to recover them with the Shadow Explorer program. We hope you have obtained backup and will start backing up your files, so that you do not end up in this type of situation again. If you just realized that backup is indeed available, you just need to erase Clinix Ransomware, and can then proceed to recover files.

Ways to eliminate Clinix Ransomware

Manual removal is possible, but unless you’re 100% sure about what you are doing, it’s not encouraged. You system may be damaged severely if mistakes are made. What you should do is acquire anti-malware, a utility that will get rid of the threat for you. Because those tools are developed to remove Clinix Ransomware and other threats, you shouldn’t run into any problems. The files will stay locked however, as the application cannot help you with that. File recovery will have to be performed by you.

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Learn how to remove Clinix Ransomware from your computer

Step 1. Remove Clinix 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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
  3. Choose Safe Mode with Networking win-xp-safe-mode Remove Clinix Ransomware
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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. win-10-options Remove Clinix Ransomware
  3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Networking. win-10-boot-menu Remove Clinix Ransomware

b) Step 2. Remove Clinix 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 Clinix 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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
  3. Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-xp-safe-mode Remove Clinix Ransomware
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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. win-10-options Remove Clinix Ransomware
  3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-10-boot-menu Remove Clinix Ransomware

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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  3. A window will pop-up and you should press Next. Choose a restore point and press Next again. windows-restore-point Remove Clinix Ransomware
  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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  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 Remove Clinix Ransomware
  4. If folders are recoverable, they will appear there. Press on the folder and then Export.

* SpyHunter scanner, published on this site, is intended to be used only as a detection tool. More info on SpyHunter. To use the removal functionality, you will need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter. If you wish to uninstall SpyHunter, click here.

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