Remove YAYA Ransomware

What is data encrypting malware

YAYA Ransomware ransomware is a piece of malicious program that will encrypt your files. Depending on what type of ransomware it is, you might end up permanently losing access to your files. What’s worse is that it’s quite easy to contaminate your system. Infection may happen through spam email attachments, malicious ads or fake downloads. After data is successfully encoded, it’ll ask that you pay a certain amount of money for a for a way to decrypt files. You might be requested to pay $50, or $1000, it all depends on which ransomware you have. Paying is not suggested, no matter how little you are requested to pay. Considering crooks will feel no responsibility to recover your data, what’s preventing them from taking your money and not giving anything in return. You would certainly not be the first person to get nothing. This type of thing could reoccur or something may happen to your computer, thus wouldn’t it wiser to invest the requested money into some kind of backup. You will be presented with a lot of backup options, all you need to do is select the one best suiting you. If backup is available, as soon you erase YAYA Ransomware, there should not be problems with restoring files. You will come across malware like this everywhere, and you will likely get infected again, so the least you could do is be prepared for it. In order to safeguard a computer, one must always be ready to encounter potential malware, becoming familiar with how to avoid them.

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Data encoding malicious program distribution methods

Ransomware normally sticks to the basic methods to distribute, such as through suspicious sources for downloads, corrupted advertisements and infected email attachments. Occasionally, however, users get infected using more elaborate methods.

It’s possible you opened an infected file attached to an email, which is what permitted the ransomware to enter. The contaminated file is attached to an email, and then sent out to possible victims. Because those emails normally use sensitive topics, such as money, many people open them without even considering the results. You can expect the ransomware email to have a general greeting (Dear Customer/Member/User etc), grammatical mistakes, encouragement to open the attachment, and the use of a known firm name. If the email was from a company of whom you’re a client of, your name would be inserted automatically into the email they send you, instead of a regular greeting. Amazon, PayPal and other known company names are often used as people know of them, therefore are not hesitant to open the emails. It could have also been the case that you pressed on an infected advertisement when browsing dubious web pages, or downloaded something from a questionable source. Some ads could be infected, so avoid pressing on them when visiting dubious reputation web pages. You may have also downloaded the ransomware accidentally when it was concealed as some kind of software/file on an unreliable download platform, which is why you should stick to valid ones. You ought to never download anything from advertisements, as they are not good sources. If an application was in need of an update, it would alert you through the application itself, and not via your browser, and most update themselves anyway.

What happened to your files?

It is possible for a file encoding malware to permanently encrypt data, which is why it is such a damaging threat to have. File encryption doesn’t take a long time, ransomware has a list of targets and can locate all of them quite quickly. Strange file extensions will appear added to all affected files, and they’ll usually indicate the name of ransomware. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to make your data inaccessible, which could make decoding files for free probably impossible. If you don’t understand what has happened, a ransom note should explain everything. The ransom note will contain information about how to purchase the decryptor, but think about all you choices before you make the decision to comply with the demands. The cyber criminals will not feel obligated to help you, so why would they not just take your money. And it’s probable that the money will go into other malware projects, so you would be supporting their future projects. And, more and more people will become interested in the business which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016. Investing into backup instead of complying with the demands would be a much better idea. In case of a similar infection again, you could just ignore it and not worry about losing your files. We would recommend you ignore the requests, and if the infection is still inside on your device, uninstall YAYA Ransomware, for which you’ll see instructions below. And In the future, we hope you will try to avoid these kinds of threats by familiarizing with how they spread.

YAYA Ransomware removal

If the file encrypting malicious software still remains on your computer, if you wish to get rid of it, malicious program removal software will be required. Because you need to know exactly what you’re doing, we don’t advise proceeding to uninstall YAYA Ransomware manually. If you employed anti-malware software, you would not be risking doing more harm to your device. Those tools are designed to locate and erase YAYA Ransomware, as well as similar threats. Below this article, you will see instructions to assist you, if you are not sure how to proceed. Bear in mind that the tool won’t help with data recovery, all it will do is take care of the threat. In certain cases, however, the data encrypting malicious program is decryptable, thus malware specialists are able to develop a free decryptor, so be on the look out for that.

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Learn how to remove YAYA Ransomware from your computer

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

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

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