ZeroCrypt Ransomware is a devastating attack on your computer and all your files. These Ransomware seems virtually all to pull off your folders and encrypt most of your files, to be able, the probably highest ransom’s ever seen in the history of the Internet, to demand. This ransom is so absurd that we are pretty sure, that this dangerous malware infection mainly aimed at businesses, because no individual computer users could pay for some old images and text files, that he might has stored on his computer. But it’s not impossible that you will infect your computer with this threat; that is why it is important for us to inform you what we have found out about it. Please continue reading our description, to learn more about the distribution, the risks and the solution to remove the ZeroCrypt Ransomware from your computer.
Our research shows that this malware infection spreads mainly through spam campaigns. Prevent this dangerous infection in your computer, you must open a spam E-mail with other words, download its appendix, and double click to view this file. As you can see, this infection includes at least three clicks from your site. To omit one of them could protect from the devastation that can wreak this Ransomware program on your hard disk. Unfortunately, these cyber criminals in terms of their spam techniques and tactics have become pretty tricky and progressive. Therefore, it is not easy to discover such fraud even for experienced computer users.
The sender of a fraud could represent as a Government Department, Internet or mobile network provider, Bank, hotel or an other reputable company. If you such email in your spam for you would probably still open, and expect to be infected with such insidious program. However, these scams can penetrate also into your spam filter and land in your Inbox. If you pay attention in any case on the subject, it is more likely that you would see the message as well as the allegedly very urgent investment. This file is attempting to appear wrong entered credit card information when booking a hotel room, and so on as unpaid invoice, not paid ticket. The biggest problem is, after you have managed to delete the ZeroCrypt Ransomware, it is very likely that your files are already encrypted. This means that the removal of these Ransomware probably not will recover your files, even though this is exactly what you should do if you want to use your computer again.
When you run the downloaded malicious file, it creates a folder named “ZeroCrypt” in your folder % LocalAppData % and copies itself to that folder. The executable file has an arbitrary name that you can get from your directory. This infection creates even a run directory entry pointing to the bösartige.exe file; in this way, you can find out your real name. We have found that these malware targeting each folder in your computer, including % windir %, which usually remain unaffected by other Ransomware programs.
This malware infection uses the built-in Windows encryption algorithm RSA-1024. For this reason, the entire process could take less than a minute, depending on the parameters of your PC and the number of attacked files. All your encrypted files have an extension “. zn2016″ and these Ransomware sets also a ransom demand in a file called “ZEROCRYPT_RECOVER_INFO.txt” in each affected folder. This malicious program locks your screen not with their desktop background replacement; in other words it does not is their requirements on your screen. Instead, you should open one of these text files and even read.
This ransom note informs you about the encryption and you can get the secret decryption key, to get a computer just for the absurd price of 10 BTC, which is equivalent to today’s exchange rate roughly 7,200 USD. But it is even more absurd, when the ransom note explains, if you try to clean up all the computers on your network, you must purchase the decryption software for 100 BTC, which corresponds to roughly 72,000 USD. Once you have made the transfer, should email zerocrypt2016@gmail.com to send and a file that decrypted will send these criminals back, to prove that you actually can do this. It’s pretty obvious that this attack aimed at larger companies with many computers in your network. It can happen but you. We do not recommend that you think about the payment of this incredible sum, unless unless you want to support the criminal. But we recommend that you immediately delete the ZeroCrypt Ransomware.
Because this Ransomware program automatically every time starts when you start your system, you should not hesitate, but act immediately if you would inflict no further damage to your computer if this is even possible. If you want to manually try to remove ZeroCrypt Ransomware from your system, please follow our instructions below. If you don’t want to risk to protect your PC alone, we recommend that you download a trusted anti-malware application and install. Pay attention to two light-security tools as this may cause more security-related issues.
How to remove ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Windows
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ZeroCrypt Ransomware.
Anti-Virus Software | Version | Detection |
---|---|---|
Kingsoft AntiVirus | 2013.4.9.267 | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
K7 AntiVirus | 9.179.12403 | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
McAfee | 5.600.0.1067 | Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.E |
Dr.Web | Adware.Searcher.2467 | |
VIPRE Antivirus | 22224 | MalSign.Generic |
Qihoo-360 | 1.0.0.1015 | Win32/Virus.RiskTool.825 |
Malwarebytes | v2013.10.29.10 | PUP.Optional.MalSign.Generic |
NANO AntiVirus | 0.26.0.55366 | Trojan.Win32.Searcher.bpjlwd |
McAfee-GW-Edition | 2013 | Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.E |
Malwarebytes | 1.75.0.1 | PUP.Optional.Wajam.A |
ESET-NOD32 | 8894 | Win32/Wajam.A |
Tencent | 1.0.0.1 | Win32.Trojan.Bprotector.Wlfh |
ZeroCrypt Ransomware Behavior
- Installs itself without permissions
- Shows Fake Security Alerts, Pop-ups and Ads.
- ZeroCrypt Ransomware Connects to the internet without your permission
- Modifies Desktop and Browser Settings.
- Integrates into the web browser via the ZeroCrypt Ransomware browser extension
- Redirect your browser to infected pages.
- Slows internet connection
- Steals or uses your Confidential Data
- ZeroCrypt Ransomware Deactivates Installed Security Software.
- Distributes itself through pay-per-install or is bundled with third-party software.
- Common ZeroCrypt Ransomware behavior and some other text emplaining som info related to behavior
ZeroCrypt Ransomware effected Windows OS versions
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
ZeroCrypt Ransomware Geography
Eliminate ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Windows
Delete ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Windows XP:
- Click on Start to open the menu.
- Select Control Panel and go to Add or Remove Programs.
- Choose and remove the unwanted program.
Remove ZeroCrypt Ransomware from your Windows 7 and Vista:
- Open Start menu and select Control Panel.
- Move to Uninstall a program
- Right-click on the unwanted app and pick Uninstall.
Erase ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Windows 8 and 8.1:
- Right-click on the lower-left corner and select Control Panel.
- Choose Uninstall a program and right-click on the unwanted app.
- Click Uninstall .
Delete ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Your Browsers
ZeroCrypt Ransomware Removal from Internet Explorer
- Click on the Gear icon and select Internet Options.
- Go to Advanced tab and click Reset.
- Check Delete personal settings and click Reset again.
- Click Close and select OK.
- Go back to the Gear icon, pick Manage add-ons → Toolbars and Extensions, and delete unwanted extensions.
- Go to Search Providers and choose a new default search engine
Erase ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Mozilla Firefox
- Enter „about:addons“ into the URL field.
- Go to Extensions and delete suspicious browser extensions
- Click on the menu, click the question mark and open Firefox Help. Click on the Refresh Firefox button and select Refresh Firefox to confirm.
Terminate ZeroCrypt Ransomware from Chrome
- Type in „chrome://extensions“ into the URL field and tap Enter.
- Terminate unreliable browser extensions
- Restart Google Chrome.
- Open Chrome menu, click Settings → Show advanced settings, select Reset browser settings, and click Reset (optional).