.Virus-encoder file virus — How to Remove It

About this infection

.Virus-encoder file virus ransomware is a piece of malware that will encrypt your files. Infection may mean, you could permanently lose access to your files, so do not take it mildly. Another reason why ransomware is thought to be so harmful is that threat is pretty easy to get. If your computer is infected, a spam email attachment, an infected advert or a bogus download is to blame. As soon as the encryption process has been finished, you will see a ransom note, decryptor. The money you are asked to pay is likely to range from $100 to $1000, depending on which ransomware you have. Before you rush to pay, take a couple of things into consideration. It’s highly doubtful criminals will feel compelled to help you recover your files, so they can just take your money. If you were left with undecrypted files after paying, you would definitely not be the first one. Backup would be a much wiser investment, since you would not endangering your files if the situation were to happen again. You will find all kinds of backup options, and we are sure you can find one that’s right for you. You may recover files after you eliminate .Virus-encoder file virus if you had backup already prior to the threat entering your machine. These threats aren’t going away any time soon, so you need to prepare yourself. To keep a device safe, one should always be on the lookout for possible threats, becoming familiar with their spread methods.

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How does data encoding malware spread

Generally, a lot of ransomware prefer to use infected email attachments and advertisements, and false downloads to infect PCs, although you could certainly find exceptions. More elaborate methods are generally less common.

If you can remember downloading a strange attachment from a seemingly legitimate email in the spam folder, that might be where you got the file encrypting malware from. Malicious software would attach the corrupted file to an email, and then send it to hundreds/thousands of people. As those emails normally use topics such as money, many users open them without even considering what might happen. In addition to errors in grammar, if the sender, who definitely knows your name, uses greetings such as Dear User/Customer/Member and puts strong pressure on you to open the file attached, you have to be vary. If the sender was a company of whom you are a client of, they would have automatically inserted your name into the email, instead of a regular greeting. It should also be said that crooks like to use big names such as Amazon so that users become more trusting. Pressing on adverts hosted on questionable websites and using dangerous websites as download sources could also lead to an infection. Certain advertisements could be infected, so it’s best if you stop pressing on them when on questionable reputation web pages. And attempt to stick to official download sources as much as possible, because otherwise you’re putting your computer in danger. Sources such as advertisements and pop-ups are notorious for being not trustworthy sources, so avoid downloading anything from them. If an application had to update itself, it wouldn’t alert you through browser, it would either update automatically, or send you an alert via the software itself.

What does it do?

It is not impossible for ransomware to permanently encode data, which is why it’s such a harmful infection to have. The process of encoding your data take a very short time, so it’s possible you won’t even notice it. You will notice that your files have an extension attached to them, which will help you identify the ransomware and see which files have been encoded. Ransomware will use strong encryption algorithms, which might be impossible to break. When encoding is complete, a ransom note will appear, which will try to explain to you how you should proceed. You’ll be offered a a decryption tool which you can buy from them, but that’s not the suggested choice. The hackers won’t feel bound to decrypt your files, so they could just take your money. Furthermore, you’d be financing the future projects of these hackers. And, people will increasingly become interested in the already highly successful business, which reportedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. You may want to consider investing the requested money into some kind of backup option. In case of a similar situation again, you could just get rid of it without worrying about losing your files. Simply pay no attention to the requests and delete .Virus-encoder file virus. You can dodge these kinds of infections, if you know how they are distributed, so try to familiarize with its distribution ways, at least the basics.

Ways to remove .Virus-encoder file virus

You’re highly suggested to get anti-malware tool for the process of getting rid of this infection. Because your device got infected in the first place, and because you are reading this, you might not be very tech-savvy, which is why it isn’t suggested to manually eliminate .Virus-encoder file virus. If you employed professional elimination software, you wouldn’t be risking doing more damage to your device. There shouldn’t be any issues with the process, as those types of programs are developed to uninstall .Virus-encoder file virus and similar infections. If you scroll down, you will find guidelines, if you are not certain about how to proceed. Bear in mind that the utility cannot help you recover your data, all it will do is make sure the infection is no longer present on your system. Although in certain cases, a free decryptor might be released by malicious software researchers, if the data encrypting malicious program is decryptable.

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Learn how to remove .Virus-encoder file virus from your computer

• Step 1. Remove .Virus-encoder file virus using Safe Mode with Networking.
• Step 2. Remove .Virus-encoder file virus using System Restore
• Step 3. Recover your data

Step 1. Remove .Virus-encoder file virus using Safe Mode with Networking.

• a) Step 1. Access Safe Mode with Networking.
• b) Step 2. Remove .Virus-encoder file 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 .Virus-encoder file 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 .Virus-encoder file 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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