Category Archives: Ransomware

Menamecrypt

Menamecrypt is a severely malicious computer virus made to encrypt your files with weird extensions such as .Micro .VVV, .xrtn, .1999 and ccc. This virus usually enters Windows systems through spam email attachments and freeware installers. For instance, when you open an attachments of spam email which allegedly is a payment invoice for your payment on EBay, Menamecrypt will invade your computer without your knowledge. Its purpose is to force you to pay a ransom fee to get the so-called decryption key which can recover your infected files.

According to researches from our team, Menamecrypt is capable of encrypting almost all major files on the infected machine, such as photos, videos, MS Office files, .pdf, and .txt extension files. Once it made it, it left a TXT file or BMP file to tell you what have happened to you files and what you should do to get your files back, that is to pay around $500 to buy the description key. It also warns that your files will be lost forever if you do not pay within 24 hours or 48 hours. This is the typical way that hacker makes money, to encrypt files and scare you to send the random money. Continue reading →

Suddenly find that your files has been infected by Petya Encryption Virus while you can to do nothing about it? Reading this post, you can to remove Petya Encryption Virus completely to prevent more of your files from encryption.

Petya Encryption Virus Description

Petya Encryption Virus is a high-risk ransomware which locks the files on infected PC and extorts money from the victims. It usually sneaks into computers through spam email attachments and free download programs. Once infiltrating your PC, Petya Encryption Virus encrypts your files in the hard drive with malicious file extension like micro, vvv, ccc or so. Then you will have trouble to open those files because all of them were locked with Petya Encryption Virus codes. After that, it displays you a pop up to demand you to follow its instruction to buy decryption key which allegedly could recover your files.

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DMA-Locker

Have you seen DMA-Locker alert on your PC? If so, your PC is infected with file-encrypt ransomware. And when you see it, the first step should be removing it because it is tricky and malicious. You don’t need to bring in it purposely, but it is here with some normal behaviors, such as spam emails, porn websites, or fake links. In most of time, freeware bundle can also play an important role. So it is no need to prevent it coming because few of users can successfully do it.

DMA-Locker will encrypt the files or folders on your PC like any of ransomware. And it also boasts the function to analyze which ones are your preferences so it will blackmail them with you. When you contact them for help, you are introduced to buy bitcoin which is not necessarily a malware or virus but contains thousands of side effects. These sites are actually fishing websites and your privacy will be stolen in this situation. Continue reading →

What is DMA Locker 3.0 Ransomware?

DMA Locker 3.0 Ransomware is deemed as a severely dangerous trojan for encrypting users’ personal files. It is the worst malware which will cause serious issues on the PCs. It is not safe at all to let it stay on the PC for even just a while, because when it begins to affect your PC, it is too late to prevent everything. It will change the settings of all your files and make them coded. So even the administrator cannot open these files. And then, lots of problems will follow. This article will disclose this kind of ransomware in detail.

How does DMA Locker 3.0 Ransomware sneak inside your PC?

DMA Locker 3.0 Ransomware get inside the PC by many means, and in most of time, they are beyond your imagination. For example, it will send an email resembling the bank bill. And when you open this mail, you receive an attachment. If you read it, DMA Locker 3.0 Ransomware is triggered to install itself. All these happen silently and you don’t know it at all. Continue reading →

.Coverton extension Description

.Coverton extension is extremely vicious ransomware which victimizes a great deal of PC users and extorts lots of money from them. You may have little knowledge about with this ransomware when hearing “.Coverton extension”, but when we talking about RSA ransomware or CryptoWall Ransomware, you must have known what these evils are, and you will find that the .Coverton extension ransomware did the same evil thing to your system as the CryptoWall virus. Obviously, .Coverton extension ransomware is another new files encryption virus with a different name. It is designed to encrypt files on infected pc or lock Windows system and ransom money from the victims.

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