What FUCKEDFILES Ransomware Causes?
FUCKEDFILES virus is mainly activated by codes attached on spam emails. In case you open the ZIP attachment from a fake or spam email disguises as normal email from your Contacts, FUCKEDFILES ransomware immediately invades your computer and encrypt your files within a few seconds.
FUCKEDFILES ransomware damages your programs by running lots of dangerous and unstoppable tasks in the background. It uses codes to infects all your file s(images, music, videos, docs, txts, etc). What it wants is to force you pay ransom money to a account and it claims that after you pay you can get your files back. So far, there are millions of PC users got infected by such FUCKEDFILES ransomware and help decrypt virus, and almost all of them cannot recovery their files.
As we know, all personal files are important to everyone, thus the hack design this virus to steal users money. And the hack experts, lots of victims compromise and finally send the ransom money. But from research, we find that it is hard to restore those files even though users pay ransom money, it is a trap set by cyber criminals. You should never pay money to the hacker, or they may hack your banking account as well. Follow the steps below to get rid of the FUCKEDFILES ransomware completely and prevent more files being infected.
Steps for Removing 0x0 Extension and Recovering Files
This tutorial contains two Parts. Part One will guide you to get rid of codes of 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension
Step 2. Search and remove harmful files related with 0x0 Extension
Step 3. Search and delete 0x0 Extension related registry files
Automatic Removal Steps (Easy Method Applies to All PC Users)
Step 1. Run SpyHunter to detect and remove malicious codes of 0x0 Extension infection.
Step 2. Run RegHunter to fix registry files and security bugs caused by 0x0 Extension.
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 0x0 Extension Virus Manually or Automatically
Manual Removal Steps
Step 1. Show all hidden files to find out malicious files of 0x0 Extension
On Windows 7 / Vista Computer
- Right-click the Windows Logo button and choose Open Windows Explorer.
- Click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options.
- Click the View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and then clear the checkbox for Hide protected system operating files.
- Click Yes on the warning and then click OK.
On Windows 8 Computer
- On your keyboard press the Windows + E keys.
- Click the View tab.
- Check File name extensions and Hidden items
Step 2. Search and remove harmful files related with 0x0 Extension
(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 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension related threats:
5. Once SpyHunter completes the scan, please click Fix Threats to get rid of 0x0 Extension.
Step 2. Run RegHunter to fix registry files and security bugs caused by 0x0 Extension.
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 0x0 Extension:
5. Once RegHunter completes the scan, please click Repair All Errors to solve security bugs related with 0x0 Extension.
With the manual and automatic removal steps above, the codes and executive files of 0x0 Extension can be removed completely, that means this ransomware cannot encrypt more files of your PC. However, removal of 0x0 Extension virus does not mean that you can open your infected files normally. All the encrypted files corrupted by 0x0 Extension 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 0x0 Extension, 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
Notes: As we all know, 0x0 Extension is the most dangerous ransomware made by top hacker, and it is extremely difficult to recover all the files encrypted by 0x0 Extension. 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.
