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About this threat

Gorgon ransomware is a file-encoding type of malware, which goes by the name ransomware. It’s a highly severe infection, and it could lead to severe trouble, like permanent file loss. It’s rather easy to contaminate your computer, which only adds to why it’s so dangerous. If you have it, a spam email attachment, a malicious ad or a fake download is responsible. After the encoding process is successfully completed, it’ll request you to pay a ransom for a for a way to decode files. You’ll probably be requested to pay between tens and thousands of dollars, it depends on what data encrypting malicious software you have, and how much you value your data. Before rushing to pay, take a couple of things into consideration. Criminals won’t have a moral responsibility to return your files, so you could end up getting nothing. If your files still remains encrypted after paying, it would not be that shocking. Instead of paying, it would be wiser to buy backup. We are sure you will find an option that suits your needs as there are plenty to select from. Just eliminate Gorgon ransomware, and if you had made backup before the malware entered your system, you ought to be able to recover files from there. You’ll encounter malware like this everywhere, and infection is likely to happen again, so you have to be ready for it. To keep a machine safe, one must always be on the lookout for possible threats, becoming informed about how to avoid them.


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Ransomware distribution ways

People normally corrupt their computers with data encoding malicious software by opening malicious email attachments, engaging with malicious ads and acquiring software from untrustworthy sources. That doesn’t mean creators will not use sophisticated methods.

You must have recently opened an infected file from an email which landed in the spam folder. The infected file is added to an email, and then sent out to possible victims. Those emails could be written in an authentic way, usually talking about money or related issues, which is why users may open them without thinking about it. What you can expect a data encrypting malware email to have is a general greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), grammatical errors, encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of a known company name. Your name would be automatically inserted into an email if it was a legitimate company whose email ought to be opened. Expect to see company names such as Amazon or PayPal used in those emails, as a known name would make the email look more authentic. It’s also not outside the realms of possibility that you engaged with some malicious advert when on a questionable site, or downloaded something from a suspicious web page. Be very careful about what advertisements you press on, especially when visiting questionable websites. And stick to legitimate web pages when it comes to downloads. One thing to bear in mind is to never acquire anything, whether programs or an update, from weird sources, such as advertisements. If a program had to update itself, it wouldn’t alert you via browser, it would either update without your interference, or send you an alert through the program itself.

What happened to your files?

One of the reasons why file encoding malicious software is classified as harmful is because it may encode your data and lead to you being permanently blocked from accessing them. Once it is inside, it will take minutes, if not seconds to locate the files it wants and encode them. The file extension added to files that have been encrypted makes it highly obvious what happened, and it usually indicates the name of the file encoding malicious program. Some data encrypting malware do use strong encryption algorithms on your files, which is why it might be impossible to recover files for free. A ransom note will then launch, or will be found in folders that have encrypted files, and it should explain everything, or at least try to. The note will offer you a paid decryption tool but we suggest you ignore the requests. Crooks may just take your money without helping you decrypt files. Not only would you be risking losing your money, you would also be funding their future criminal projects. And, more and more people will become interested in the already highly successful business, which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. Buying backup would be a much wiser idea. These kinds of situations could happen again, and you wouldn’t need to worry about data loss if you had backup. Our advice would be to ignore the requests, and if the threat is still inside on your computer, erase Gorgon ransomware, for which you will find guidelines below. And try to familiarize with how to avoid these types of infection in the future, so that this doesn’t occur.

Gorgon ransomware removal

If the data encrypting malicious program still remains on your computer, anti-malware tool will be needed to terminate it. Because you allowed the infection to get in, and because you are reading this, you may not be very tech-savvy, which is why we would not suggest you try to terminate Gorgon ransomware by hand. A better option would be to implement credible malicious software elimination softwareto take care of everything. Those programs are designed to detect and uninstall Gorgon ransomware, as well as similar infections. You will find guidelines, if you are unsure where to begin. However unfortunate it may be, those programs can’t help you recover your files, they will merely get rid of the infection. In certain cases, however, the ransomware is decryptable, thus malware specialists can develop a free decryption tool, so be on the look out for that.

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Learn how to remove Gorgon ransomware from your computer

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

b) Step 2. Remove Gorgon 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 Gorgon 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 Gorgon ransomware
  2. Press and keep pressing F8 until Advanced Boot Options appears.
  3. Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-xp-safe-mode Remove Gorgon 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 Gorgon ransomware
  2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. win-10-options Remove Gorgon ransomware
  3. Choose Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt. win-10-boot-menu Remove Gorgon 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 Gorgon ransomware
  3. A window will pop-up and you should press Next. Choose a restore point and press Next again. windows-restore-point Remove Gorgon 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 Gorgon 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 Gorgon 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 Gorgon ransomware
  4. If folders are recoverable, they will appear there. Press on the folder and then Export.

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