How Do I Remove azazel ransomware? (azazel virus Removal Guide )

Azazel Description

Azazel is severely nasty ransomware which has recently victimized lost of PC users and got huge benefit illegally all over worlda. Usually, this pest can be downloaded via malicious drive-by-download scripts from corrupted porn and shareware / freeware websites, installed through spam email attachments, media downloads and social networks or executed by other threats on system. As soon as Azazel successfully lurks into your PC, it will automatically launch itself once the Windows starts up, then it damages your programs by running lots of dangerous and unstoppable tasks in the background. After that, it uses codes to infects all your file such as media files (images, music, videos, docs, txts, etc).

After finishing all the steps above, it will use a popup alleging that computer system was locked because you were using and/or sending illegitimate content including child pornography and copyrighted files, and so you need to pay s fine, or you may assume a deprivation of liberty for two to eight years. The victims will get easily nervous when this alert appears on their computers as it looks so legit, thus most of them have fallen in the trap and give their money to the cyber criminals to unlock their computer and get their files back. Undoubtedly, Azazel a big mine planted in your PC and a scam for treating your money, it needs to be removed immediately .

Steps for Removing Azazel and Recovering Files

This tutorial contains two Parts. Part One will guide you to get rid of codes of azazel virus and repair registry errors, which can avoid more of your files being encrypted by the ransomware. In Part Two, we will guide you to recover some damaged files.

Part One – Get Rid of azazel Virus Manually or Automatically

Manual Removal Steps (Complicated Method Applies to Advanced PC Users)

Step 1. Show all hidden files to find out malicious files of azazel

Step 2. Search and remove harmful files related with azazel

Step 3. Search and delete Azazel related registry files

Automatic Removal Steps (Easy Method Applies to All PC Users)

Step 1. Run SpyHunter to detect and remove malicious codes of Azazel infection.

Step 2. Run RegHunter to fix registry files and security bugs caused by azazel.

Part Two – Restore or Recover Damaged Files

• Restore all your files from your Back-up;
• Repair damaged files with Kernel Data Recovery.

Part One – Get Rid of azazel Virus Manually or Automatically

Manual Removal Steps

Step 1. Show all hidden files to find out malicious files of azazel

On Windows 7 / Vista Computer

1. Right-click the Windows Logo button and choose Open Windows Explorer.
2. Click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options.
3. Click the View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and then clear the checkbox for Hide protected system operating files.
4. Click Yes on the warning and then click OK.

On Windows 8 Computer

1. On your keyboard press the Windows + E keys.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Check File name extensions and Hidden items

Step 2. Search and remove harmful files related with azazel

(The files on your computer may appear with different name, if cannot find out the files listed below, you should use the auto steps)

%Temp%\[random name]

%AppData%\[virus name]

%LocalAppData%\[virus name]

%CommonAppData%\[malware name]

%AllUsersProfile%random.exe

Step 3. Search and delete Azazel related registry files:

1. Open Registry Editor first:

On Windows 7 / Vista Computer

• Click Start button
• Select Run button
• Type: regedit
• Click OK button

On Windows 8 Computer

• Press Win [Windows key] + R on your keyboard. This can be done either while at Windows 8 Start menu/Metro screen or on Windows 8 desktop
• At the dialog box that pops open, type regedit.exe and hit OK
• Once you hit OK, Windows UAC will prompt you to confirm you want to open Register Editor — hit “Yes”

2. Find out and remove all harmful registry files related with Azazel virus listed below:

(The registry files on your computer may appear with different name, if cannot find out the files listed below, you should use auto steps.)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”
HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[malware name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[malware name]

Automatic Removal Steps

Manual removal needs advanced PC skills, if you do not have enough skills and experience to find out Azazel files accurately, you may ruin your system for removing important system files. Therefore, if you are not a user with Advanced tech skills, it’s best to use these Auto Steps to solve your problem easily and safely:

Step 1. Run SpyHunter to detect and remove malicious codes of Azazel infection.

1. Click the blue button below to open of SpyHunter.

(Notes – SpyHunter’s free version can only help you detect malware or virus. If you want to remove the malware threats detected by SpyHunter, you will need to buy license of SpyHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on SpyHunter uninstall)

2. On the SpyHunter page, please click Download Free Scanner to download SpyHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After SpyHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning ” This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Spyhunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, please double-click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of SpyHunter.

4. When SpyHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan Computer Now to detect Azazel related threats:

5. Once SpyHunter completes the scan, please click Fix Threats to get rid of Azazel.

Step 2. Run RegHunter to fix registry files and security bugs caused by azazel.

1. Click the green button below to open of RegHunter:

(Notes – RegHunter’s free version can only help you scan Registry errors or system errors. If you want to fix the errors detected by RegHunter, you will need to buy license of RegHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on RegHunter uninstall)

2. On the RegHunter page, please click Free PC Diagnosis to download RegHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After RegHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning “This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Reghunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, then double-click RegHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of RegHunter.

4. When RegHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan for Registry Errors Now! to detect files corrupted by Azazel:

5. Once RegHunter completes the scan, please click Repair All Errors to solve security bugs related with Azazel.

With the manual and automatic removal steps above, the codes and executive files of azazel can be removed completely, that means this ransomware cannot encrypt more files of your PC. However, removal of azazel virus does not mean that you can open your infected files normally. All the encrypted files corrupted by azazel are still inaccessible, if you want get your files back, your need to complete steps in Part Two.

Part Two – Restore or Recover Damaged Files

To PC Users with Healthy Backup Files

If you have backup your personal files or documents before the invading of azazel, now you can delete all the encrypted files on your PC, and then copy the backup files from your external devices or download them from your Cloud account. You can open these healthy files at ease now since the codes of ransomware have been removed and they cannot encrypt your files again.

To PC Users without Backup Files

If you do not have any backup of your personal files, or if your backup files have been damaged as well, you need to use Kernel Data Recovery software to recover your files. Here we provide six recover tools to help you recover diffident files, click the links below to get the recovery tool you need:

Micosoft Office Word Files Recovery

Micosoft Office Excel Files Recovery

Micosoft Office Access Files Recovery

Micosoft Office PowerPoint Files Recovery

PDF Files Recovery

Outlook Express Recovery

Notes: As we all know, azazel is the most dangerous ransomware made by top hacker, and it is extremely difficult to recover all the files encrypted by azazel. The above Kernel tools may not be effective on all the infected PCs, some users used them to restore parts or all of their files, and some others could not recover any file. Therefore we can not 100% promise these tools will work for you, we just recommend them to you as reference. We hope that you will be the lucky one who can get your precious files back. Good luck with you.