PoisonFang Ransomware

The PoisonFang Ransomware appears to be a proof-of-concept (PoC) file-locker, which was developed by two researchers at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology – Omer Cohen and Tal Porat. The ransom message that the PoisonFang Ransomware uses states that the threat was developed for academic research purposes clearly, and the authors have no intention to use it to carry out harmful attacks on random users.

Despite their good intentions, it is undeniable that the PoisonFang Ransomware is a fully weaponized file-locker, which possesses the capability of leaving its victims with a large number of encrypted files swiftly. Although the PoisonFang Ransomware might not be a threat, there are countless other file-lockers that you need to be wary of. To make sure that you will never have to deal with the consequences of a ransomware attack, use a trustworthy anti-malware application that will keep potentially threatening files away from your PC. Also, you should also consider making regular backups of your important data so that you will be able to recover a recent copy of the files in case they get encrypted by a file-locking Trojan.

One of the distinctive features of the PoisonFang Ransomware is that it also brings in a cryptocurrency mining module in addition to the main module used to encrypt the files. However, the miner does not seem to be active yet so that it is possible that the authors are yet to fully complete this educational piece of ransomware.

If you somehow come across the PoisonFang Ransomware's executable and run it on your computer, then it is very likely that some of your files will be encrypted in the process. Thankfully, the operators of the PoisonFang Ransomware should be willing to recover your data for free so that you will need to use the contact details left in the ransom note to get in touch with them.