Hand of God Ransomware

Posted: November 21, 2017

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	31

First Seen:	September 30, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Hand of God Ransomware is a Trojan that uses pop-ups to pretend to be software with endorsement by the US FBI for locking your computer. As an illegal Trojan whose distribution doesn't correlate with actual cybercrook activity on the victim's part, the Hand of God Ransomware's warning is non-binding, and the Trojan should be presumed to be a threat to your computer. Use the solutions recommended in this article for suppressing this Trojan's symptoms before removing the Hand of God Ransomware with a trusted brand of anti-malware software.

God's Hand is Waiting for Bitcoins

Cybercrooks are just as attentive to the ever-present temptation of media piracy as rights holders are, and sometimes include them as motifs for unrelated ill-minded acts. This exploitation of public psychological norms is starting to surge again with file-locking threats and their relatives, screen-locking ones. For a generic victim, taking a Trojan like the Hand of God Ransomware too seriously can cause them to give away money that's going to extortionists instead of their country's law enforcement.

While its executable names itself as being a 'ransomware,' the Hand of God Ransomware does not encrypt or lock files on your PC, and malware experts also note an absence of data-deleting features, such as removing the Shadow Copies. However, when it's run, the Hand of God Ransomware does generate a pop-up that imitates the typical ransom note of a file-locking Trojan. The window includes a fake FBI anti-piracy emblem, an extortionist message in French, and interactive fields for the Trojan's payment and unlocking details.

The Hand of God Ransomware's message to the victim also includes significant misinformation. The Trojan claims that it's capable of attacking your local data, is targeting the PC as compensation for a Canadian work-from-home tactic, and threatens to delete your files after two days falsely. Like the FBI logo, all of these assertions are inaccurate and have no purpose beyond forcing the victim into paying the 0.06 Bitcoin fee.

Responding to an Open Hand with a Closed Fist

Unlike Hidden Tear, the Jigsaw Ransomware, or the zCrypt Ransomware, the Hand of God Ransomware doesn't display any capability for locking the user's files or damaging them in any other way. However, its pop-up feature can block you out of accessing the Windows interface, including the desktop and toolbar. Although there's no need to purchase a decryption software for the Hand of God Ransomware or abide by its timing limitations, victims should try to remove the Hand of God Ransomware as soon as possible since it can facilitate attacks by other threats.

Windows and other, major operating systems provide Safe Mode and equivalent environments that can boot your PC without launching any 'unnecessary' software, including the Hand of God Ransomware. Use these features from the appropriate startup menu by the means recommended by your OS version (such as pressing F8 before the Windows logo displays itself). Alternately, you can restart your computer through another device or drive that this Trojan hasn't infected directly. Almost every anti-malware programs are detecting and removing the Hand of God Ransomware, which may be concealing itself as a Hewlett-Packard program.

The Hand of God Ransomware's name is an inappropriate choice that, hopefully, helps its victims tell that it's not nearly as legal as it would like them to think it is. Although the US government may or may not be interested in your computer, it never takes payment in Bitcoins for your indiscretions.

Hand of God Ransomware

Threat Metric

God's Hand is Waiting for Bitcoins

Responding to an Open Hand with a Closed Fist

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