'.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware

The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware is a Trojan using a combination of the AES and RSA encryption to block your media, such as work documents or pictures. As a follow-up, its attacks create messages asking for ransom money before the threat actor supposedly decrypts the files. As a protection against such attacks, malware experts strongly recommend maintaining your backups diligently and using anti-malware products for deleting the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware during the attempt to compromise your PC.

Going Crazy over a New Razy

Although not every ill-minded programmer has the talent to create a brand-new file-encrypting threat, the overall ease of access to preexisting threat projects has created a sharp rise in new versions of these Trojans. Even small families like the Unlock92 Ransomware and the Razy Ransomware can be viable resources for con artists to produce new spins on old attack campaigns, like the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware. Although this Trojan requires some level of misinformed permission from the victim, afterward, it can block your files with a potentially unbreakable encryption cipher.

The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware uses the standard ploy of compromising PCs through targeted spam campaigns via e-mail messages. Although the 'document,' often disguising itself as an invoice or delivery notice, may be a real text file, it includes a concealed macro exploit for installing the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware. The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware then loads a payload that malware analysts can confirm as consisting of:

• The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware blocks any files in default directories, such as the Windows 'Downloads' folder, by encrypting them. The AES-based encryption generates a key that the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware protects with an RSA cipher, preventing any third-party decryption attempts from succeeding.
• The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware also erases the original extensions, replacing them with the '.razy1337' tag (with 1337 being a reference to the gamer slang term of 'elite').
• The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware generates extra files in every folder with any blocked content, as well as on your desktop. The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware also may reset your desktop's wallpaper for displaying one of these files, all of which are messages extorting money in exchange for the Trojan's decryptor.

Being More 'Leet' than the People Hacking Your Files

The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware is a potentially competent variant of the first Razy Ransomware, but malware analysts see no innovations that would stop it from being mitigated by the security practices proved against other file-encrypting Trojans. Saving daily backups on cloud storage servers or removable devices opens up the possibility of recovering your files without needing to decrypt them. The '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware's family uses an encryption technique that is not yet reversible by actors in the PC security industry, meaning that reversing the file damage directly depends on con artists honoring their word after taking your money.

Disabling document macros and scanning potentially threatening files before launching them also provides means for detecting prominent Trojan droppers before an infection occurs. Removing the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware with anti-malware software after the fact, while halting any future file damage, also runs the risk of leaving you with data that will remain damaged and unreadable indefinitely. Malware experts also stress that since modern versions of the Windows software disable macros by default, most cases of the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware infections require the victim to disable this protection deliberately, which often is the result of the document faking its contents as being work environment-oriented.

Persistent resources for a Trojan code make the process of building a new Trojan campaign incredibly rapid. As long as such tools and the motivation for profit exist, PC owners will need to watch for attacks like the '.razy1337 File Extension' Ransomware.