MauriGo Ransomware

The MauriGo Ransomware is a file-encryption Trojan whose presence on your computer is guaranteed to mean lots of trouble. The reason for this is the MauriGo Ransomware's ability to encrypt the majority of the hard drive's contents swiftly, therefore leaving its victims with a large number of inaccessible files, which can only be decoded with the help of a private decryption key which, unfortunately, is stored on the servers of the MauriGo Ransomware's authors. In addition to the file-encryption attack, the MauriGo Ransomware also will deploy a CPU miner, which will use the victim's computer to mine for the Monero cryptocurrency.

It is likely that the people behind the MauriGo Ransomware are using e-mail spam to spread the harmful executable meant to deploy this file locker, but there's a significant chance that they also might utilize other threat-propagation channels to maximize the reach of their attacks. The only surefire way to stop the MauriGo Ransomware from infecting your computer and corrupting your files is to use an up-to-date anti-malware service, which offers both passive and active protection against cyber-threats.

Failing to stop the MauriGo Ransomware on time is never going to end well for the victim since this threat needs just a few minutes to carry out its entire attack. The files that the MauriGo Ransomware aims to encrypt are mostly images, videos, documents, text files, archives, and backups but its complete list of targeted file formats include many other obscure and commonly used file types. All locked files also will experience a minor name change since this Trojan will apply the ‘'encrypted' extension to their names automatically. After the attack is complete, the MauriGo Ransomware will deploy the file ‘READ_TO_DECRYPT.txt,' which contains a ransom message meant for the victim. According to the message, victims of the MauriGo Ransomware have several options ahead of them:

• Decrypt one computer from the network for 0.7 BTC.
• Decrypt half of the computers on the network for 2.6 BTC.
• Decrypt all computers on the network for 5 BTC.

This pricing scheme is likely to mean that the primary targets of the MauriGo Ransomware are going to be companies, which might lose the data stored on more than one PC during the attack. Regardless if the victim is a regular user or a company, the advice remains unchanged – do not send any money to the attackers because there's a significant risk that you'll end up being tricked out of your money. The best way to proceed if the MauriGo Ransomware has attacked your PC is to remove the threatening application immediately by using a trustworthy antivirus tool. After this step is complete, it is recommended to create a backup copy of the encrypted files and then try and use 3rd-party file recovery software.