Cryptexplorer.us

Cryptexplorer.us is a threatening Web domain associated with the activities of backdoor Trojans and some forms of ransomware, such as file encrypting Trojans. Like any threatening site, and even if you make no effort to interact with it, Cryptexplorer.us should be regarded as a direct threat to your PC's safety. Repeated, unwanted contact with Cryptexplorer.us can be resolved with the same anti-malware products malware researchers would advise your using in most cases of infections.

Exploring What goes into a Cryptexplorer.us Pop-Up

Cryptexplorer.us is just one of many websites with close ties to illicit cryptocurrency activities, such as processing ransom transactions for file encrypting Trojans. Only a minority of PC security institutions have verified Cryptexplorer.us as toxic, potentially due to most registered threat activity related to Cryptexplorer.us occurring in February and March of this year. Visiting sites like Cryptexplorer.us may pose an inherent threat to your computer due to the potential embedding of corrupted scripts that may install threats or conduct other attacks. However, malware experts have identified Cryptexplorer.us primarily used as a financial transactor for already-successful infections, rather than a primary vehicle for threat distribution.

The latest attacks involving Cryptexplorer.us typically use non-consensual, script-based connections that hijack wscript.exe, a default Windows file. Unlike a browser hijacking or redirect, this network contact may be undetectable by eye, and not necessarily intended for the use of the PC user. All current evidence is indicative of these attacks being triggered by threats that encode various files on your hard drive, thereby blocking access to them until you pay the demanded ransom. These may include high-level threats with rootkit functions, as well as specialized file encryption Trojans.

Cryptexplorer.us facilitates this ransom process via cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin. However, there are no guarantees of its perpetrators decrypting your files after the fact, and paying the ransom demanded through Cryptexplorer.us is inadvisable, regardless of the nature of the encrypted data.

Specific file types attacked by file encryption Trojans may include images, audio content (such as MP3s) as well as Microsoft Office documents.

Sending Cryptocurrency Trojans Back to the Crypt

You shouldn't attempt to delete wsscript.exe, which is a subverted system component, and not the cause of any non-consensual contact with Cryptexplorer.us. Appropriate anti-malware tools should be viable for removing any settings changes that are forcing your PC to communicate with Cryptexplorer.us, as well as block any attempted contact as it occurs. Most file encryptors include ransom messages and other, visible symptoms of their attacks, although malware researchers also have connected Cryptexplorer.us issues with rootkits that may be difficult to identify on sight.

Some cases of Cryptexplorer.us problems also may be associated with pirated software installers. Although the actual efficacy of key generators and similar piracy tools may be debatable, their common bundling of threats should be taken as an obvious reason to avoid using 'cracked' programs. Like other threats of a recently identified nature, Trojans and rootkits linked to Cryptexplorer.us also may be difficult to identify without anti-malware products updated to use their most recent databases.