What is STEEL ransomware?
STEEL is a ransomware program, which is to say, a virus designed to encrypt your files. Why would it do that? Because encrypted files cannot be viewed or edited, allowing the hackers to demand money for their decryption. You can think of it as having your files stolen and paying to get them back, though it’s not a perfect analogy.
STEEL belongs to the Phobos ransomware family; other viruses in this family include Faust and Worry. They’re all rather similar to each other.
After encrypting the files, STEEL renames them. The victim’s unique ID, the hacker’s contact address, and .STEEL file extension all get added to the end of each file’s name. The next step the virus takes is the creation of the ransom note. There’s actually two of them in STEEL’s case, “info.hta” and “info.txt”.
The former note is a pop-up, and is somewhat more verbose, while the latter is a simple text file that is on the brief side. You can read it on the image above.
The hackers do not specify their demands, only their contact information, so we cannot tell you how much money they want. But it’s likely a lot, and they might not even decrypt your files afterwards. This is why you should read our guide and learn about other ways to remove STEEL ransomware and decrypt .STEEL files.
![GOGO ransom note:
All your files have been encrypted!
All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail; gotocompute@tutanota.com
Write this ID in the title of your message : [REDACTED]
In case of no answer in 24 hours write us to theese e-mails: gotoremote@onionmail.org
You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files.
Free decryption as guarantee
Before paying you can send us up to 1 file for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 1Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.)
How to obtain Bitcoins
The easiest way to buy bitcoins is LocalBitcoins site. You have to register, click 'Buy bitcoins', and select the seller by payment method and price.
https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins
Also you can find other places to buy Bitcoins and beginners guide here:
http://www.coindesk.com/information/how-can-i-buy-bitcoins/
Attention!
Do not rename encrypted files.
Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.
This is the end of the note. Below you will find a guide explaining how to remove GOGO ransomware.](https://www.computips.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/how-to-remove-gogo-ransomware.png)
