AutismLocker Ransomware

The AutismLocker Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that can encrypt your media, such as text documents or images. The AutismLocker Ransomware attacks also include dropping a 'ransom note' that demands that the victim deliver nude photographs or commit murder for gaining access to an unlocking service. Users should ignore this Trojan's instructions, have their anti-malware products remove the AutismLocker Ransomware, and use their backups for recovering any files.

Trojans Start Demanding More Harmful Actions

Almost all file-locking Trojans include a financial motivation for their development, but, rarely, there are exceptions. One of the most heinous divergences from common ransoming methodology comes from the AutismLocker Ransomware, an in-development threat that locks the user's files for forcing them to commit further harmful actions. Although the AutismLocker Ransomware may be meant as a prank, presumably, its victims have no way of knowing whether the Trojan's demands are serious or joking.

The AutismLocker Ransomware enciphers the media on the infected PC with an unknown encryption algorithm and may make changes to their names, such as added new extensions to them. The formats of data that malware experts point out as being likely of being targets, in particular, include documents, pictures, compressed archives, audio, and the contents of various Windows default storage locations, such as the desktop and the Downloads folder.

The feature that makes the AutismLocker Ransomware different from the many variants of the Globe Ransomware or the 'freeware' Hidden Tear family, is its ransoming message. Instead of extracting monetary concessions from the victims for decrypting their files, the AutismLocker Ransomware demands either nude photographs or evidence of the victim murdering children. As always, following the ransoming demands doesn't provide a guarantee of access to a decryptor for unlocking any media.

Refusing to Enable a Software Cycle of Violence

The AutismLocker Ransomware's message is partially a copy from an unrelated Trojan's campaign. Although it's unlikely that the AutismLocker Ransomware's development is a serious attempt to increase murder rates or collect erotica, its victims still have their data converted into encrypted and non-opening formats. Malware researchers aren't finding any additional features in the AutismLocker Ransomware implying any attempts at accessing remote backups, and users can protect their media via cloud storage or detachable storage drives.

Because its development is incomplete, the AutismLocker Ransomware has no distribution methods available for further analysis. However, the con artists often distribute 'low-effort' Trojans like the AutismLocker Ransomware via file-sharing networks or corrupted websites. E-mail attachments also are a prevalent means of installing file-locking threats particularly. Malware experts recommend updating the databases of all appropriate anti-malware tools for detecting and deleting the AutismLocker Ransomware, which is avoiding the current detection methods of many brands.

The AutismLocker Ransomware is a threatening example of Trojans abusing their power unpredictably. Hopefully, no victims of its attacks will value their files more than the lives of others, but any data with that degree of value always should have a backup, regardless.