Xdddd Ransomware

The Xdddd Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the family of the Paradise Ransomware. This Trojan blocks Windows users' files, generally, in regions outside of Post-Soviet states. Robust backups on other devices may be necessary for the recovery of any files that it attacks. Users with appropriate anti-malware products should quarantine or remove the Xdddd Ransomware as soon as possible after its detection.

One Criminal's Paradise is a Victim's Data Damnation

The Paradise Ransomware, a family of Trojans most notable for self-terminating on systems with Russian language settings, is nowhere near the most widely used file-locker Trojans today. Still, malware experts rate it as an ongoing threat for Windows users without backups, as its latest campaign through the Xdddd Ransomware proves. The innocuous name of 'DP_main' – also part of past Paradise Ransomware familial attacks from 2018 – remains its installer's calling card.

Besides not bothering with changing its executable's name, the Xdddd Ransomware also bears all the standard features, as per old campaigns like the Sambo Ransomware, the Recognizer Ransomware, the R00t Ransomware and the Yourencrypter@protonmail[.]ch Ransomware. It can block most of the user's media files (documents, pictures, etc.) by encrypting them with the slow but effective means of RSA-1024. The blocking feature also adds an extension, with the victim's ID in one set of brackets and the criminal's e-mail in another.

Other features that any victim of the Xdddd Ransomware infections should prepare for include hijacked desktop backgrounds, Restore Point deletion, and a local Web page ransom note that shows the ID and other ransoming information. Paying the ransom isn't a definitive promise of ever getting the decryptor, though, and users might interest themselves in the current freeware Paradise Ransomware unlocker that's on offer at the official Bitdefender website.

Stopping Hackers from Reaching an Undeserved Heavenly Reward

The dangers of the Xdddd Ransomware are neither more nor much less than those of most similar, file-locking Trojans. Users without backups have limited restoration options besides hoping that the free decryption service remains compatible. Local backups also are wipable by threats like the Xdddd Ransomware. Appropriate data protection measures should always include one or more backups on protected devices not directly connected to the internet or precautions like unique password requirements.

Network and server administrators should use unique passwords for their accounts and avoid having ones that could fall during a brute-force 'guessing' style attack. All workers should be careful around e-mail attachments, especially documents or spreadsheets with macros, which are traditional sources of exposure to drive-by-downloads. Average users at home also should concern themselves with disabling threatening features like Flash or JavaScript and avoiding torrents and illegal downloads.

Evasion isn't the Xdddd Ransomware's strong suit, and most file-locker Trojans are readily-detectable as being such. Windows users should update any security services for the best chances of removing the Xdddd Ransomware before it attacks, and submit samples, when appropriate, to established security researchers.

The Xdddd Ransomware only is paradisaical to criminals who don't warrant the monetary rewards it solicits. With such worldly concerns on its mind, everyone on Windows can easily place themselves above its campaign with a few self-proscriptions – like backing up every day.