Gillette Ransomware

The Gillette Ransomware is a file-locker Trojan from Rapid Ransomware's family. It blocks files on your computer by encrypting them and asks for a ransom for the criminal's unlocking solution. Like similar threats, the best protection from this Trojan is a preexisting, non-local backup, followed by anti-malware tools that are capable of removing the Gillette Ransomware by default.

The Gillette Ransomware: The Best a Trojan can Get

Threat actors are borrowing the brand-name of the famous line of men's razors for a new variant of the Rapid Ransomware. While our malware experts require additional samples for confirming it, the Gillette Ransomware is a likely development from one of the later builds of that family and appears no more decryptable for free than its ancestors were. Most of its characteristics show a minimum of evolution, but it does use a new extension and a new ransoming message.

The Gillette Ransomware, just like the No_More_Ransom Ransomware, the '.Nano File Extension' Ransomware, and other members of its family uses encryption for blocking different media formats on the PC. It automatically closes some database-related processes for improving its access to these files, as well as disabling several Windows recovery and repair features. As readers might expect, it flags the now-locked content with 'GILLETTE' extensions, which isn't a legitimate format.

Although malware researchers find the Gillette Ransomware's using the same type of Notepad-based ransoming message, the name and text are different from old versions. The Gillette Ransomware asks for Bitcoins without giving a specific price and gives victims a promise of a limited sample, as well as e-mail addresses for more communication. The grammar errors in the Gillette Ransomware's English suggest that the campaign's threat actors, like many, are depending on automatic translators instead of being fluent speakers.

Preventing Your Files from Getting a Close Shave

Since its cryptography choice is a secure one, there isn't a free decryptor for counteracting any digital media-based damages that the Gillette Ransomware might cause. Users are best capable of protecting their files by saving backups of them onto other PCs or storage devices beforehand. Unless the Gillette Ransomware's payload is interrupted or experiences unexpected bugs, a recovery via Windows' Shadow Copies shouldn't be possible.

Infection strategies for file-locker Trojans may be either under the supervision of a threat actor, directly, or exploit tactics that trick users into opening harmful files like the Gillette Ransomware's installer. In the former case, brute-forcing logins and passwords can be a commonplace culprit. In the latter one, you may infect your PC after opening a dangerous e-mail attachment, torrent, or fake software update from a compromised site. A majority of anti-malware brands can, however, delete the Gillette Ransomware after identifying it as a danger to your computer.

The Gillette Ransomware's branding choice may or may not be a clue that leads to its infection strategy of choice. Until malware analysts uncover more data on its campaign, users should expect attacks from this file-locker Trojan from virtually any angle.