Remove SUSPENDED Ransomware

Is this a serious infection

SUSPENDED Ransomware will encrypt your files, because it is ransomware. Ransomware is a very severe infection as you could end up permanently encoded data. It is quite easy to infect your device, which only adds to why it is so dangerous. If you have recently opened a strange email attachment, clicked on a suspicious advert or downloaded an application promoted on some shady page, that is how it infected your device. After it encodes your files, it’ll demand that you pay a ransom for a decryptor utility. The amount of money requested varies from ransomware to ransomware, some demand $1000 or more, some could settle with $100. Complying is not recommended, no matter how minor the amount is. Do not trust crooks to keep their word and recover your files, because they may just take your money. You can certainly find accounts of users not getting data back after payment, and that’s not really shocking. Backup would be a much better investment, because you wouldn’t be risking losing your data if this were to reoccur. From external hard drives to cloud storage, there are many backup options available, you just have to choose one. And if by chance you do have backup, simply erase SUSPENDED Ransomware before you restore data. These threats are lurking everywhere, so you will have to be prepared. If you want your computer to not be infected continually, you will have to learn about malicious programs and how it can infiltrate your computer.

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Data encoding malicious software distribution methods

Although there are special cases, a lot of file encrypting malware use the most basic spread methods, like spam email, corrupted advertisements and downloads. That does not mean more advanced data encoding malicious program creators won’t use sophisticated methods.

You could have recently opened a corrupted file from an email which ended up in the spam folder. Once the corrupted attachment is opened, the file encoding malicious software will be able to begin encrypting your files. It is not actually surprising that users fall for these scams, seeing as those emails could sometimes seem pretty genuine, often talking about money or other sensitive topics, which people are likely to react urgently to. What you can expect a ransomware email to contain is a general greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), clear mistypes and mistakes in grammar, strong encouragement to open the file attached, and the use of a famous company name. To make it more clear, if someone whose attachment you ought to open sends you an email, they would use your name, not general greetings, and you wouldn’t need to look for the email in the spam folder. It would not be surprising if you see names like Amazon or PayPal used, as users are more likely to open the email if they see a familiar name. Pressing on adverts hosted on dubious websites and downloading files from unreliable sources might also lead to an infection. Some ads could be infected, so it is best if you refrain from pressing on them when on questionable reputation sites. Avoid unreliable web pages for downloading, and stick to legitimate ones. Avoid downloading anything from ads, as they are not good sources. Applications commonly update themselves, but if manual update was necessary, you would get an alert via the program, not the browser.

What does it do?

Because file encrypting malware is able to permanently encrypt your files, it’s classified to be a very harmful infection. The process of encrypting your files take a very short time, so you might not even notice that something is going on. Strange file extensions will appear attached to all affected files, from which you may judge which data encrypting malware has infected your system. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to lock your data, which makes decrypting files for free likely impossible. A note with the ransom will then appear on your screen, or will be found in folders that have encoded files, and it should explain everything, or at least try to. The note will demand that you buy a decryption key file recovery, but complying with the requests isn’t the most reasonable choice. If you are expecting the people who encrypted your data in the first place to give you a decryptor, you might be disappointed, because they may just take your money. By paying, you would not be just risking losing your money, you would also be supporting their future projects. And, people will increasingly become attracted to the already very profitable business, which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. As we have mentioned before, investing into backup would be wiser, which would ensure that your files are safe. These kinds of situations can reoccur again, but if backup was available, file loss would not be a possibility. Erase SUSPENDED Ransomware if it’s still inhabiting your system, instead of giving into demands. And try to avoid these types of infections in the future.

SUSPENDED Ransomware elimination

Anti-malware software will have to be implemented to remove the infection, if it is still present on your system. You could involuntarily end up damaging your system if you try to manually eliminate SUSPENDED Ransomware yourself, so we do not recommend proceeding by yourself. If you employed anti-malware software, everything would be done for you, and you would not unwittingly end up doing more damage. Anti-malware tools are developed to remove SUSPENDED Ransomware and similar infections, so issues should not occur. If you encounter some kind of problem, or are not certain about where to start, you’re  welcome to use the below provided instructions. Sadly, those utilities are not capable of decrypting your data, they’ll merely terminate the threat. However, if the ransomware is decryptable, malware specialists may release a free decryptor.

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Learn how to remove SUSPENDED Ransomware from your computer

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

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

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