SunCrypt Ransomware

Posted: August 27, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The SunCrypt Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan with a business association with the Maze Ransomware campaign's threat actors. This element primarily manifests in sharing domain contacts and, potentially, techniques for infecting victims' computers. Despite the originality of its history, users can protect their files through the same means of backing work up to other storage devices and keep a reliable anti-malware product for removing the SunCrypt Ransomware. File-locking Trojans can...

FDFK22 Ransomware

Posted: August 26, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The FDFK22 Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of the AES-Matrix Ransomware family. It can keep files from opening with its encryption-based attacks against them and may include other features, such as overwriting drive space, for hindering data recovery. Users should have backups on other devices as a practical solution and let qualified anti-malware programs remove the FDFK22 Ransomware as soon as they identify it. The  AES-Matrix Ransomware  isn't nearly as sensational...

ViluciWare Ransomware

Posted: August 26, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The ViluciWare Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that uses encryption to block documents and other media and create a screen-blocking ransom pop-up. Users have no guarantee of receiving an unlocking service after paying and should depend on previously-established backups, in most situations. Anti-malware products can protect vulnerable Windows PCs by blocking installation exploits or uninstalling the ViluciWare Ransomware. An independent cyber-security researcher confirms the presence...

Sfile Ransomware

Posted: August 25, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Sfile Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan family that blocks media content on Windows PCs and holds them hostage. The Sfile Ransomware may change their extensions with configurable strings or leave multiple formats of ransom notes for the unlocking service, and often targets poorly-secured business networks. Users can secure their systems through standard security guidelines, update their backups for recovery, and remove the Sfile Ransomware variants through dedicated anti-malware...

Boop Ransomware

Posted: August 25, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Boop Ransomware is a file-locker Trojan from the Ransomware-as-a-Service STOP Ransomware. The Boop Ransomware hides from the user while blocking files with its encryption feature and sells the unlocking service for restoring them afterward. A well-maintained backup on other devices is ideal for recovering any data that the Trojan attacks and most anti-malware programs will counter infection exploits and remove the Boop Ransomware. In-jokes, memes, and other such social phenomena are...

Morseop Ransomware

Posted: August 24, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Morseop Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's a significant update of the Sfile Ransomware family. The Morseop Ransomware blocks files from opening with a secure encryption feature and holds the data for ransom and threatening to sell it on the Dark Web. Users should have anti-malware products to block or delete the Morseop Ransomware and secure backups of their files for a ransom-free recovery path. The small family of the Sfile Ransomware, previously known for variants like the...

WinWord64 Ransomware

Posted: August 21, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The WinWord64 Ransomware is an independent, file-locking Trojan that blocks media files by encrypting them, and holds them for a ransom. Other symptoms include extension changes in files' names and multiple pop-up alerts that relay the Trojan's Bitcoin-based ransom demands. Users with secure backups have adequate protection from any data loss, and high-quality anti-malware software should remove the WinWord64 Ransomware in a majority of cases. The lack of a connection with a...

TapPIF Ransomware

Posted: August 21, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The TapPIF Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that stops users from opening media files such as pictures and documents. The TapPIF Ransomware attacks include a multi-language, interactive ransom note that recommends downloading additional instructions from a Dropbox link. Users should avoid criminal-endorsed downloads and ransom demands, have their anti-malware services remove the TapPIF Ransomware, and retrieve any files through unaffected backups. One can tell much of a Trojan's...

Pants Ransomware

Posted: August 21, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Pants Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of the Ransomware-as-a-Service, Globe Imposter Ransomware. A secured and non-local backup is the ideal recovery solution to attacks by this family and other RaaSes, which can hold documents and other media as permanent hostages. Reliable anti-malware utilities also will remove the Pants Ransomware without requiring significant user assistance. The  Globe Imposter Ransomware  is sticking it out in an increasingly-constricted...

DaVinci Ransomware

Posted: August 20, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The DaVinci Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that encrypts the contents of the user's hard drives for holding their media hostage. Although its ransom note, a screen-blocking pop-up, claims otherwise, the Trojan doesn't include an authentic recovery service, which functionally makes it no different from a file-wiper Trojan. Users with live anti-malware products should remove the DaVinci Ransomware without further help automatically, but the data loss from infections could only be...

'LOCKED ON POSSESSION OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL' Ransomware

Posted: August 19, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The 'LOCKED ON POSSESSION OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL' Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that pretends to attack the user's computer as a punishment for copyright infringement. The threat has no relationship with any nation's law enforcement and is similar to illicit and threatening software like Hidden Tear or a Ransomware-as-a-Service. Users with reliable anti-malware products should remove the 'LOCKED ON POSSESSION OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL' Ransomware by default, although a secured backup may...

Aim Ransomware

Posted: August 18, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Aim Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of a large Ransomware-as-a-Service, the Crysis Ransomware or the Dharma Ransomware. The Trojan blocks most media formats of files on the PC with encryption and sells a custom unlocking service for each victim. Users with backups can protect and recover their data without considering the ransom, while most anti-malware products will delete the Aim Ransomware. With the regularly reasserted theme of anonymous and 'secure' e-mail...

Vari Ransomware

Posted: August 17, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Vari Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that's part of a Ransomware-as-a-Service business, the STOP Ransomware or (Djvu Ransomware). The Vari Ransomware can block files, media-related formats like documents and images, particularly, and hold them hostage while demanding ransoms. Windows PC users should attend to backup practices for the safest recovery and have anti-malware services active for removing the Vari Ransomware. The file-locking Trojan family with a grip on users' files...

Lampar Ransomware

Posted: August 14, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The Lampar Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the Scarab Ransomware family, a Ransomware-as-a-Service business. Like other members of the same family, it uses a secure encryption feature to block non-essential media files and creates a text ransom note for monetizing the attack. Users should depend on their backups for recovery and anti-malware applications for preventing infections or uninstalling the Lampar Ransomware. For one of the few families with a predisposition towards...

ZaCaPa Ransomware

Posted: August 14, 2020 | Category: Ransomware
The ZaCaPa Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the Xorist Ransomware family. Besides blocking media files and holding them hostage, the ZaCaPa Ransomware can create ransom notes in text, change files' extensions, and swap the user's wallpaper. Users should remove the ZaCaPa Ransomware with applied anti-malware tools and use backups or free alternatives to its ransom-based unlocking help. The kit of file-locking Trojans that leverages XOR and TEA encryption against victims' files is...
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