Remove Desktop Ransomware

What is file encoding malware

Desktop Ransomware will promptly begin encoding your files, because that’s the prime intent of ransomware. Infection could result in severe consequences, as the files you may no longer access could be permanently damaged. Also it is quite easy to obtain the infection. If you have it, you probably opened a spam email attachment, pressed on an infected ad or fell for a bogus download. Once it carries out the encoding process, victims are asked for a ransom, and if they comply, supposedly, cyber crooks will help them decode files. Between $100 and $1000 is probably what will be demanded of you. We do not suggest paying, no matter how little you are asked to pay. Relying on cyber crooks to keep their word and recover your data would be naive, as there’s nothing preventing them from just taking your money. If your files still remains locked after paying, it would not be that shocking. Investing the money you’re asked for into reliable backup would be wiser. While you’ll be presented with many different options, it shouldn’t be difficult to pick the best option for you. For those who did back up data before the infection took place, simply erase Desktop Ransomware and restore data from where you’re storing them. These threats won’t go away in the foreseeable future, so you need to be ready. If you wish to stay safe, you need to become familiar with likely threats and how to shield your machine from them.

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Ransomware spread methods

doesn’t use sophisticated infiltration methods and tends to stick to sending out emails with infected attachments, compromised ads and infecting downloads. Occasionally, however, more elaborate methods might be used.

It’s possible you opened an infected file added to an email, which would prompt the ransomware to launch. Criminals spreading ransomware add a corrupted file to an email, send it to possible victims, who contaminate their systems as soon as they open the file. Those emails may appear to be urgent, often covering money topics, which is why users would open them without thinking about the danger of doing so. You can expect the ransomware email to have a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), grammatical errors, prompts to open the attachment, and the use of a big firm name. Your name would definitely be used in the greeting if the sender was from some legitimate company whose email should be opened. It is also somewhat obvious that that criminals like to use big names like Amazon, PayPal, etc so that people don’t become suspicious. It might have also been the case that you engaged with an infected advert when browsing dubious pages, or downloaded something from an unreliable source. Compromised pages might be harboring infected advertisements, which if pressed could trigger dangerous downloads. Or you may have obtained the data encrypting malicious software along with some program you downloaded from a questionable source. Avoid downloading anything from adverts, as they are not good sources. If an application had to update itself, it would do it automatically or alert you, but never via browser.

What does it do?

What makes file encrypting malware so damaging is its ability to encode your files and lead to you being permanently blocked from accessing them. The process of encrypting your files is not a long process, so it’s possible you will not even notice it. If your files have been encrypted, you will notice that they have a file extension. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to lock your data, which could make decrypting files for free probably impossible. You ought to then see a ransom note, which should explain the situation. The note will state that you need to buy a decryption tool file recovery, but complying with the requests isn’t the most reasonable choice. If you’re expecting the cyber crooks who encrypted your files in the first place to keep their word, you might be disappointed, because they may simply take your money. Your money would also support their future criminal activity. The easy money is regularly luring cyber criminals to the business, which is estimated to have made more than $1 billion in 2016. As we have mentioned before, buying backup would be better, which would guarantee that your data is safe. And you would not be putting your files in danger if this type of infection entered your computer again. Just ignore the demands and uninstall Desktop Ransomware. If you become familiar with the spread methods of this threat, you ought to be able to avoid them in the future.

Ways to uninstall Desktop Ransomware

We strongly recommend acquiring malicious threat removal software for the process of getting rid of this infection. If you are reading this, chances are, you’re not the most knowledgeable when it comes to computers, which means you shouldn’t attempt to terminate Desktop Ransomware manually. It would be wiser to use anti-malware software which wouldn’t be endangering your device. If the data encrypting malware is still present on your computer, the security utility will remove Desktop Ransomware, as the purpose of those programs is to take care of such infections. So that you aren’t left on your own, guidelines below this report have been placed to help with the process. However unfortunate it may be, those tools can’t help you decrypt your data, they will merely get rid of the threat. However, if the file encrypting malicious software is decryptable, malware specialists may release a free decryptor.

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Learn how to remove Desktop Ransomware from your computer

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

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

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