Remove .LONDEC Virus

Is this a serious infection

.LONDEC Virus will encrypt your files, since that is the prime intention of ransomware. Contamination may mean, you could lose access to your data permanently, so do take the threat seriously. Due to this, and the fact that infection occurs very easily, ransomware is thought to be a very harmful infection. A large part in a successful ransomware infiltration is user carelessness, as contamination commonly enters through spam email attachments, dangerous advertisements and false program downloads. When the encoding has been finished, victims are asked to pay a certain amount of money, and if they comply, supposedly, cyber criminals will send them a decryptor. You’ll probably be demanded to pay between tens and thousands of dollars, depending on what ransomware you have, and how much you value your files. Consider everything carefully before giving into the requests, no matter how little money it requests. Bear in mind that these are cyber crooks you’re dealing with and they may not give you anything, even after you make the payment. You can certainly find accounts of people not getting data back after payment, and that’s not really shocking. Backup is a far better investment, because you would not jeopardizing your data if the situation were to happen again. You will be presented with a lot of different options, but it shouldn’t be hard to pick the best option for you. If backup is available, after you remove .LONDEC Virus, there shouldn’t be a problem when recovering files after you eliminate .LONDEC Virus. These threats aren’t going away in the foreseeable future, so you need to prepare yourself. In order to protect a machine, one must always be ready to come across potential threats, becoming informed about their spread methods.

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How does file encoding malicious program spread

does not use elaborate infiltration methods and generally sticks to sending out malicious email attachments, compromised ads and corrupting downloads. Occasionally, however, more elaborate methods may be used.

Remember if you have recently visited the spam section of your email inbox and downloaded a weird email attachment. Once the corrupted file is opened, the data encrypting malicious program will be able to start the encryption process. Those emails may appear to be urgent, normally talking about money or something related, which is why users open them in the first place. What you could expect a file encrypting malware email to have is a basic greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), evident mistypes and mistakes in grammar, encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of a famous firm name. To explain, if someone whose attachment you need to open sends you an email, they would use your name, not general greetings, and you wouldn’t have to search for the email in the spam folder. Amazon, PayPal and other known company names are oftentimes used because users know of them, therefore are more likely to open the emails. Pressing on advertisements hosted on dubious web pages and using compromised websites as download sources could also result in an infection. Compromised web pages might be hosting malicious advertisements so stop pressing on them. Or you may have downloaded a ransomware-infected file from a questionable source. You should never get anything, whether it’s programs or updates, from sources like adverts or pop-ups. If an application had to update itself, it would do it itself or notify you, but not through browser.

What happened to your files?

If you infect your system, you may be facing permanently encoded data, and that is what makes ransomware a very harmful infection to have. And it takes minutes to have your files encoded. You will notice a strange extension added to your files, which will help you figure out which file encrypting malicious program you’re dealing with. The reason why your files might be not possible to decrypt for free is because some ransomware use strong encryption algorithms for the encryption process, and it isn’t always possible to break them. When files have been encoded, you will get a ransom note, which will try to explain to you what you ought to do next. The creators/distributors of the ransomware will request that you use their decryption program, which you will obviously have to pay for, and that isn’t the recommended option. Do not forget who you are dealing with, what is stopping crooks from simply taking your money. Your money would also support their future criminal activity. And, people will increasingly become attracted to the already highly successful business, which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. As we have said before, a better investment would be backup, as copies of your files would always be available. And if a similar infection took over your system, your data wouldn’t be endangered as copies would be stored in backup. We would suggest you ignore the demands, and if the threat is still inside on your computer, erase .LONDEC Virus, in case you require help, you may use the instructions we supply below this report. If you become familiar with the spread methods of this infection, you ought to learn to avoid them in the future.

Ways to delete .LONDEC Virus

The presence of anti-malware program will be required to check if the infection is still present on the system, and in case it is, to get rid of it. You may have decided to erase .LONDEC Virus manually but you could end up bringing about further damage, which it’s not advised. A better choice would be using credible malicious software removal software. The software would scan your system and if it can find the infection, it will delete .LONDEC Virus. However, if you aren’t sure about where to start, you may use the below provided instructions to help you. Take into account that the program can’t help you recover your data, all it will do is take care of the threat. Sometimes, however, the file encoding malicious program is decryptable, thus malware specialists are able to release a free decryption utility, so be on the look out for that.

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Learn how to remove .LONDEC Virus from your computer

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

Step 1. Remove .LONDEC Virus using Safe Mode with Networking.

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

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 .LONDEC Virus.

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 .LONDEC Virus 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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