iRansom Ransomware

Posted: November 9, 2016

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	10

First Seen:	November 9, 2016
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The iRansom Ransomware appears to be the creation of people that are fans of the Apple products since they have chosen to adopt the iconic naming pattern that Apple uses for most of its products. However, instead of improving your everyday life, the iRansom Ransomware focuses on making your life miserable by encrypting the files stored on your computer. This particular threat uses a strong encryption algorithm that locks the files with the help of a randomly generated private encryption key, which is stored on a Command & Control server owned by the iRansom Ransomware's operators. The only way to recover the files that the iRansom Ransomware has locked is to obtain the private decryption key, but to do this, victims of this threat have to pay a ransom fee of 0.15 Bitcoins by sending the amount to a Bitcoin wallet address, which can be found in the ransom note this threat leaves behind.

Just like popular crypto-threats, the iRansom Ransomware also uses a custom file extension to make sure that its victims will be able to recognize all the files they lost during the attack. The unique extension that the iRansom Ransomware uses is '.Locked' and it is appended after the file extension of all encrypted files (e.g. 'document.txt' becomes 'document.txt.Locked'). When the encryption is complete, the iRansom Ransomware displays a lock screen, which contains a ransom message that instructs the users to pay a ransom fee if they want to get their files back. Unlike some of the more severe crypto-threats we've come across, the iRansom Ransomware does not use randomly generated Bitcoin wallet addresses. Instead, the iRansom Ransomware asks all its victims to send their ransom fee to the same Bitcoin wallet address, as well as send the transaction ID to galaxyhiren@sigaint.org, and as a response, they'll receive a decryption tool and instructions on how to use it.

The only unusual thing about the iRansom Ransomware's ransom message is that it warns users that their files will b damaged irreversibly if they attempt to restart their computers, terminate the ransomware, or run an anti-malware application. In addition to this, the iRansom Ransomware also gives its victims just 48 hours to pay the full amount of the ransom fee or their private decryption key will be deleted forever. Unfortunately, because the iRansom Ransomware was just discovered recently, there's still not enough information to determine whether the files encrypted by this threat may be recovered for free in the future. However, at the moment, there isn't a free and reliable way to fully recover the data that has been encrypted by iRansom Ransomware. Regardless of this, we advise against paying the ransom fee that the iRansom Ransomware's operators ask for, because even if you follow their instructions, there isn't a single guarantee that they'll help you get your files back when you fulfill your part of the deal. The best way to act against the iRansom Ransomware and similar crypto-threats is to use an advanced anti-malware removal tool to take care of the infection, followed by an attempt to recover your files with the help of reliable file recovery software. As for the ransom fee that the iRansom Ransomware and other crypto-threats ask for, paying money to cyber crooks should only be done in situations that involve very valuable files, and there does not appear to be any other way to resolve the issue.

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