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Trix Ransomware

Posted: May 5, 2020

The Trix Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan that stops your files from opening by encrypting their data. The Trix Ransomware may target media on multiple drives, and its ransom note sells a historically non-working decryption program. Users should always back their files up for general safe keeping and let professional anti-malware tools remove the Trix Ransomware safely.

A Second Son for a Pilfering Software Patriarch

Administrators not securing their servers can be a welcome mat for any threat actor, whether the attacker in question is after money, files, or something else. A variant of the GoGoogle Ransomware, a threat whose campaign compromises users' servers throughout 2020, is breathing new life into that peril. Although the Trix Ransomware's ancestry isn't as famous as the average Hidden Tear ripoff, it provides all of the core functions of a file saboteur and extortionist program.

The Trix Ransomware imitates the Windows component of 'svchost' with the name of 'svhost1' for hiding while it's operational – a traditional and effective disguise among similar Trojans. The Windows program uses a secure encryption routine that blocks files by converting them into encrypted formats and adds IDs, bracketed e-mails, and its extension ('.trix') at the ends of their names. Besides the last detail of the change of name, the structure is identical to that of GoGoogle Ransomware or a similar threat, the Meow767 Ransomware.

The locations that the Trix Ransomware blocks are worthy of mention. While some families of file-locking Trojans only target particular folders (music, documents, desktop, etc.), the Trix Ransomware locks most media on multiple drives. Fortunately, while the Trix Ransomware holds hostage videos, music, and similar content, malware experts see no instances of Windows OS damage occurring.

The Tricks a Crafty Trojan Pulls

The Trix Ransomware's family is most unusual for the behavior of related threat actors (possibly the same attacker distributing the Trix Ransomware) during the ransoming ordeal, which sells an 'unlocker' for a ransom. In most scenarios, the victim receives a decryption program that corrupts files permanently, instead of decrypting and unlocking them. Such dangers raise the stakes on any Trix Ransomware infection and make the decision of paying even more questionable than ordinarily.

Fake Windows files are a common enough mask for threatening software that it offers no help for discerning the Trix Ransomware's propagation patterns. Malware experts rate unprotected or poorly-protected servers – such as those using internet-accessible RDP – as more at risk than most targets. In theory, the Trix Ransomware could lock files on most versions of Windows computers, just like Hidden Tear, the Jigsaw Ransomware, or the Globe Ransomware extensive families.

Users can depend on traditional backup strategies with non-local storage for recovering without a ransom. Anti-malware applications also may delete the Trix Ransomware by default, as a danger to your computer.

The Trix Ransomware is a name change for a Trojan that, already, has a bad reputation. The chances are that it's not behaving any more sincerely than its 'father,' and users should look at ransoming possibilities with that knowledge in the forefront of their thoughts.

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