Articles about ransomware – malware encrypting your personal files or stopping you from accessing your computer – and ways to remove it
K2 ransomware is a malicious application called ransomware because of the way it gets infected. Virus acts in such a way that it enters the system secretly (via spam messages) and then starts scanning important files. Files will be blocked by a special algorithm that a virus enters into
.help (VoidCrypt) ransomware is the name of a program belonging to the ransomware family. If your device is infected with ransomware, your files will be encrypted. Virus, like other typical ransomware, finds important files on the system and renames them using an extension. The virus uses the extension “.help” to mark the virus as unavailable. Once infected, the virus creates a ransom note – “! INFO.HTA “:
NORD is named ransomware because its method and motive of infection is aimed at extorting money from victims by fraudulent means. After entering the system, virus starts scanning files. Important files found on the device are encrypted. A sign that this or that file is blocked by this extension at the end of the file name. At the end of the file name the extension “.NORD” is displayed, which indicates that the file is not available for opening
Fair ransomware belongs to the type of ransomware. Like all computer ransomware, virus encrypts files found on the device and renames all encrypted files by adding the extension “.fair”. Fair ransomware renames encrypted files to mark the affected files as inaccessible for opening
Weui is a ransomware virus that was created by scammers and introduced into the Djvu family. Viruses from this family were created in order to illegally extort money from users by blocking files. Weui ransomware starts encrypting files using a special algorithm. The “.weui” extension is added to encrypted files, which marks files that are not available for opening and use.
RestorFile ransomware a malicious program from the Matrix ransomware family. RestorFile ransomware encrypts files found on the user’s system to blackmail victims with decryption. Fraudsters demand money from victims for decryption. The process of extorting money takes place with the help of a note created by scammers. After virus renames all files with a special extension
Adr ransomware is a typical ransomware virus that was created by scammers for illegal extortion of money in a deceptive way. Firstly, virus secretly penetrates the system without notifying the victim, and then scans important files to block them using a special infection algorithm
CoderWare is a virus designed to encrypt victim`s files in order to use locked files to extort money. CoderWare ransomware renames encrypted files by adding the extension “.DEMON” to mark inaccessible files that cannot be opened
ZIN ransomware is a malicious program from the Dharma family. Programs created by the type of viruses from this family (Gtsc ransomware, Log ransomware, Msplt ransomware, Flyu ransomware) block access to files by encrypting them
This is a program created by scammers to illegally enter the device in order to get money from victims by fraudulent means. First of all, World ransomware finds important files on the device and infects it using a special algorithm. After infection, all affected files have a “.world” extension which indicates that the file is not available for use