Satyr Ransomware Removal

What is file encoding malicious program

Satyr Ransomware is a file-encrypting type of malware, usually known as ransomware. Threat may have severe consequences, as the files you may no longer access could be permanently damaged. It’s pretty easy to contaminate your device, which makes it a highly dangerous malware. If your system is infected, it is very probably you opened a spam email attachment, pressed on a malicious advertisement or fell for a bogus download. Once the encryption process has been completed, a ransom note will appear, requesting money in exchange for a tool that would supposedly decode your files. The amount of money demanded varies from ransomware to ransomware, some might ask for $50, while others may demand $1000. It’s not suggested to pay, even if you are requested for very little money. It is quite doubtful crooks will have a moral responsibility to help you recover your files, so they might just take your money. There are a lot of accounts of users getting nothing after complying with the requests. We suggest to take part of the demanded money and invest it into backup, instead. While you will be given a lot of different options, it shouldn’t be hard to pick the best option for you. And if by chance you do have backup, simply delete Satyr Ransomware and then proceed to file restoration. These threats won’t go away any time soon, so you will have to be prepared. In order to safeguard a device, one must always be ready to run into possible threats, becoming informed about their spread methods.

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Data encrypting malware distribution ways

Even though there are exceptions, most data encoding malicious program tend to use basic methods of distribution, such as spam email, infected ads and downloads. Nevertheless, it is possible for ransomware to use methods that need more ability.

The likely way you got the infection is through email attachment, which might have came from an email that initially appears to be entirely real. All criminals distributing the file encoding malware have to do is add an infected file to an email, send it to potential victims, and once the attachment is opened, the device is corrupted. Those emails may look to be important, often talking about money or related issues, which is why people may open them without thinking about it. Usage of basic greetings (Dear Customer/Member), prompts to open the attachment, and obvious mistakes in grammar are what you need to look out for when dealing with emails from unknown senders with attached files. To explain, if someone whose attachment should be opened sends you an email, they would use your name, not general greetings, and you wouldn’t have to look for the email in spam. Huge company names like Amazon are frequently used because users know them, therefore are not afraid to open the emails. Through malicious ads/downloads could have also been how you infected your device with the ransomware. If while you were on a compromised website you pressed on an infected advert, it could have caused the file encoding malicious program to download. And stick to legitimate pages for downloads. One thing to take into account is to never acquire programs, updates, or anything really, from pop-up or any other types of advertisements. If a program was in need of an update, you would be alerted via the program itself, not through your browser, and usually they update themselves anyway.

What happened to your files?

One of the reasons why file encrypting malicious software are categorized as a high-level infection is because it might make decryption impossible. And it’ll take minutes, if not seconds, for all your essential data to be locked. If not for other signs, you will notice the ransomware when weird file extension appear attached to your files. The reason why your files might be impossible to decrypt for free is because some ransomware use strong encryption algorithms for the encoding process, and it’s not always possible to break them. A ransom note will appear once the encryption process is finished, and it ought to explain what you ought to do next. The note will demand that you buy a decryption key file recovery, but complying with the requests is not the most reasonable choice. The hackers won’t feel bound to recover your data, so why would they not just take your money. By paying, you wouldn’t be just risking losing your money, you would also be funding their future projects. And, more and more people will become attracted to the already highly successful business, which allegedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. Think about investing the demanded money into good backup instead. And if this type of threat took over your system, you would not be jeopardizing your data. If you have chosen to ignore the requests, you’ll have to erase Satyr Ransomware if you believe it to still be inside the computer. If you become familiar with how these threats are spread, you should learn to avoid them in the future.

Satyr Ransomware removal

We highly recommend acquiring anti-malware tool for the process of getting rid of this infection. Because you have to know exactly what you are doing, we do not suggest proceeding to remove Satyr Ransomware manually. A better option would be to use valid malicious program elimination software. If the ransomware is still on your computer, the security tool should be able to uninstall Satyr Ransomware, as the goal of those tools is to take care of such infections. If you scroll down, you will find instructions to help you, in case you are not sure about how to proceed. In case it was not clear, anti-malware will only be able to get rid of the infection, it is not going to restore your data. Sometimes, however, the data encoding malware is decryptable, thus malware specialists can create a free decryption tool, so be on the look out for that.

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Learn how to remove Satyr Ransomware from your computer

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

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

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