JohnyCryptor Ransomware

The JohnyCryptor Ransomware is a Trojan that uses encryption technology to modify and block your files temporarily, holding them hostage until you pay some form of ransom. The encrypted data is identifiable from the characteristic name changes, and occasionally may be decrypted by the free software developed by any of several PC security organizations. Rely on your proven anti-malware technology for removing the JohnyCryptor Ransomware, as well as data storage redundancy for keeping its attacks from causing any permanent harm.

The Johnny You'll Never Want to Come Calling

The effort put into designing a fully-featured threat program may be too much for the average con artist, with many of them taking shortcuts to minimize the hard work of programming. Nowhere is this more evident than in threats like the JohnyCryptor Ransomware: a threatening file encryptor reducing itself to the simplest, most essential elements, without even a ransom message to associate with its payloads. Like the somewhat older 'Av666@weekendwarrior55' Ransomware, the JohnyCryptor Ransomware provides an e-mail address while assuming that its victims will understand to contact it for buying a solution to the infection.

The JohnyCryptor Ransomware uses standardized encryption technology to modify multiple bytes of data for a given set of data, such as local content with the DOC, JPG or HTML formats. Although the operating system is untouched, information is encrypted and renamed, including both the e-mail address and an additional ID number.

Although most con artists conduct similar attacks for the purpose of selling their decryption services to any victims, paying a Trojan's author can't guarantee your content's safe restoration. Malware researchers also warn that victims should not try to rename their data back to the original filenames, which will not only not affect the encryption, but also confuse the process of identifying all damages.

The Only Message Worth Sending to the JohnyCryptor Ransomware's Owner

The JohnyCryptor Ransomware's traits include various hallmarks making it a probable relative, if not outright offspring, of the Rakhni Trojan. Many variants of that threat can have their payloads fully decrypted by the publicly available tools of several PC security organizations. Samples of any threatening files or encrypted data also can give security researchers the additional samples required for developing new decryption programs.

These relatively promising strides in fighting against threatening encryption are adequate last resort measures that don't entail paying con artists for attacking you. However, backing your content up to a safe storage source is equally affordable and an even safer way of guaranteeing that you'll never need to ransom your data out of a JohnyCryptor Ransomware attack. In the past, malware researchers saw very few Trojans extending encryption-based attacks to cloud servers, and the JohnyCryptor Ransomware shows no signs of being among their number. Detachable hard drives also are as viable means of data protection as always.

Although the JohnyCryptor Ransomware's preferred infection vectors still are being verified, similar threats may spread via e-mail spam targeting specific business entities. Any fully-patched anti-malware program of high quality should be entirely able to remove the JohnyCryptor Ransomware or additional threats required for its installation, as long as you remember to scan the file.

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