'.krypted File Extension’ Ransomware

Posted: March 14, 2016

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	9

First Seen:	March 14, 2016
Last Seen:	April 25, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware is a file encryptor that prevents you from accessing your information until you've paid a fee to its admins. Many file encryptors may be decrypted by free utilities or include other reasons that make paying their ransoms impractical, and malware researchers emphasize taking free data recovery options, whenever they're available. Your dedicated anti-malware software always should be allowed to remove the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware, although separate strategies may need to be taken for restoring any data.

An Encryptor that's Back from the Past without Warning

Although their symptoms tend to be very high in visibility, file encryptors aren't always distributed without design flaws. Some variants of common threats, like the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware, are developed for the purpose of demanding ransoms, but may 'forget' incidentally, that they need to include ransom guides for their victims. In such a scenario, a victim most likely will identify the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware by its file name changes, but have no idea how to respond to the attack.

Previous incidents involving the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware have been subjects of interest since mid-2015. Slightly less than a year later, new variants of the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware have appeared, including changes that prevent them from dropping the standard ransom instructions. Regardless of the version, all samples of the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware found so far include successful attacks against the compromised PC's file data. These attacks use an encryption technique (similar to the process used to compress data in archives, such as ZIP) for blocking your ability to open or read the files.

As usual, malware researchers saw the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware targeting files according to their formats, such as DOC documents, JPG images or XLS spreadsheets. Users of the Microsoft Office software are at risk especially. However, the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware avoids damaging the PC's operating system so that any victims can read its ransom demands and transfer payments.

The Only Anti-Encryption Solution that's Worth Your Money

The '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware tries to sell victims a decryption service that may or may not be functional or provided after con artists process your payment. Identifying files given a Trojan associated extension like '.krypted' should be followed by taking steps for stopping the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware from causing any additional damage to your PC. Disconnect your machine from the Internet, reboot to Safe Mode, and use anti-malware applications as required for deleting the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware. This threat may not be installed by itself and does not show current signs of using sophisticated self-distribution features.

Removing the extensions from the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware attacks will not decrypt your files, and malware analysts do warn that the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware may delete any local backups on your PC. However, most file encryptors aren't designed for attacking remote backups, such as USB-based storage. Acting beforehand to protect your data always is the cheapest way to resolve the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware infections, like those of most file encrypting campaigns.

Victims of the '.krypted File Extension' Ransomware also should consider submitting samples to trusted PC security and anti-malware organizations. Such samples can provide data for developing free decryptor utilities for containing damage losses of further attacks.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

file.exe

File name: file.exe
Size: 64.96 KB (64960 bytes)
MD5: 23fb59ad1eb4be42f91c3d58c63ac67b
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 25, 2020