Remove WCH ransomware

About this infection

WCH ransomware ransomware is a piece of malicious software that will encode your files. Threat can result in serious consequences, as the data you can no longer access could be permanently damaged. Because of this, and the fact that infection happens very easily, file encoding malware is thought to be a highly harmful threat. If your computer is infected, it is quite probably you opened a spam email attachment, clicked on an infected advert or fell for a fake download. As soon as a computer gets infected, the encryption process will be performed, and afterwards, you will be asked to give money in exchange for a way to decrypt files. You will possibly be demanded to pay between tens and thousands of dollars, it depends on what ransomware you have, and how much you value your data. Consider everything carefully before giving into the demands, no matter how little money it requests. Take into consideration that these are criminals you’re dealing with and they might not give you anything in return for the payment. You would not be the first person to be left with no restored data after payment. This could easily occur again, so instead of giving into the demands, think about investing into backup. You’ll be presented with a lot of backup options, you just have to pick the correct one. Delete WCH ransomware and then access your backup, if it was made before the contamination, to recover files. You will run into malicious software like this everywhere, and contamination is likely to occur again, so you need to be prepared for it. In order to keep a device safe, one must always be on the lookout for possible threats, becoming informed about their spread methods.

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File encrypting malware distribution methods

Generally, most file encrypting malicious program tend to use infected email attachments and adverts, and fake downloads to spread, although you can definitely find exceptions. More sophisticated methods are generally less common.

The likely way you got the data encrypting malware is through email attachment, which could have came from a legitimate seeming email. Crooks add an infected file to an email, which is then sent to many users. Crooks could make those emails very convincing, commonly using delicate topics like money and taxes, which is why it’s not that shocking that many people open those attachments. The use of basic greetings (Dear Customer/Member), strong pressure to open the file attached, and many grammatical mistakes are what you need to look out for when dealing with emails from unknown senders that contain files. Your name would be put into the email automatically if the sender was from a company whose email ought to be opened. Amazon, PayPal and other big company names are oftentimes used because people know them, therefore are more likely to open the emails. Or maybe you pressed on the wrong advert when on a questionable page, or downloaded from a questionable source. Compromised web pages might be hosting malicious ads so stop pressing on them. And if you need to download something, only rely on legitimate pages. Bear in mind that you should never acquire anything, whether software or an update, from pop-up or any other kinds of advertisements. If a program was needed to be updated, it would alert you via the application itself, and not through your browser, and generally they update themselves anyway.

What does it do?

An infection might result in permanent data loss, which is why it is such a dangerous infection. And it takes minutes to have your files encoded. Weird file extensions will appear added to all affected files, and they’ll probably indicate the name of ransomware. Strong encryption algorithms are used by file encoding malware to make files inaccessible. You ought to then see a ransom note, which should explain the situation. Even though you’ll be offered to buy a decryption utility, paying for it wouldn’t necessarily be the best idea. Paying does not necessarily mean file decryption because crooks might just take your money, leaving your files as they are. The money you provide crooks with would also finance their future criminal projects. These kinds of threats are believe to have made $1 billion in 2016, and such big amounts of money will just attract more people who wish to earn easy money. A wiser choice would be some kind of backup, which would store copies of your files if something happened to the original. And if a similar threat took over your device, you would not be risking your files. Remove WCH ransomware if it’s still present on your computer, instead of giving into requests. And In the future, try to avoid these kinds of threats by familiarizing with how they spread.

Ways to terminate WCH ransomware

Malicious program removal software will have to be implemented to get rid of the infection, if it’s still present on your device. Unless you know exactly what you are doing, which is possibly not the case if you’re reading this, we do not recommend proceeding to erase WCH ransomware manually. Using anti-malware software would be a much better decision because you wouldn’t be jeopardizing your computer. The program would detect and uninstall WCH ransomware. Below this article, you will see instructions to help you, in case you come across some kind of issue. Unfortunately, the malware removal software will merely erase the threat, it is not able to restore data. But, you ought to also know that some ransomware may be decrypted, and malware researchers could create free decryptors.

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Learn how to remove WCH ransomware from your computer

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

Step 1. Remove WCH ransomware using Safe Mode with Networking.

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