FileCoder Ransomware

FileCoder is a broad category of Trojans that use file encryption attacks to back up their ransomware scams, which demand money in exchange for restoring the files on your PC. Variants of Filecoder may claim that the first attack was implemented by a third party or that legal penalties involving file encryption have been enacted against you, but these attacks never are legally justified, nor do SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend paying the ransoms that FileCoder Trojans request. Since 2013 has seen a meteoric rise in confirmed FileCoder Ransomware infections, protecting your PC from attacks that may install a variant of Filecoder and having anti-malware programs capable of removing FileCoder infections are even more relevant to the modern PC user than ever before.

The Ransom Demand that's Backed Up with More Than Just Lies

FileCoder is a family of ransomware Trojans – similar to the Ukash Virus or various Police Ransomware Trojans – that display system alerts in an attempt to make you pay ransoms. Unlike most kinds of ransomware, the FileCoder Ransomware Trojans differentiate themselves from less invasive PC threats by doing more than displaying a ransom and blocking your PC: they also encrypt many file types on your computer. Often targeted file types include text documents, PDFs, music and videos. The type of encryption varies, but malware researchers warn that it always will make the affected files temporarily unusable. Many encryption attacks also change the names of the files they encrypt so that the victim can tell very easily what's at stake.

In some cases, there are free decryption utilities that will allow you to reverse a Filecoder's attacks against your files. However, in some scenarios, the only way to decrypt your files will be to acquire a decryption key, which is where FileCoder Ransomware's ransom demand comes into play. Despite Filecoder's ransom seeming like your only hope for getting your files back, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend saving your money and, instead, restoring any affected files from a remote backup (such as a DVD or USB drive).

How to Keep Your Files from Being Exploited by Filecoder

FileCoder has a distribution pattern that currently is foremost in Russia, followed by various regions of Europe and the United States. PC users in these countries should be particularly cautious about potential infection vectors for the FileCoder Ransomware, such as e-mail file attachments (most often used against private industry or government targets) and potentially harmful websites disguised as media sites (a common infection method for personal computers). Appropriate Web-browsing habits and having anti-malware programs capable of blocking most Web-based attacks will protect your computer from all of these means of getting infected with Filecoder.

Once the FileCoder Ransomware infects your PC, Filecoder usually will severely limit your access to other applications, besides its already mentioned attacks against other files. SpywareRemove.com malware experts consider booting your PC from a removable drive to be the simplest way around such issues, which will allow you to remove the FileCoder Ransomware with whatever anti-malware product you consider being appropriate.

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