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Bancocrypt Ransomware is another name of Jhash Ransomware. Its primary goal is to help cyber criminals to obtain money from users, so the first activity it performs on affected computers is the encryption of victims’ personal files (for instance, pictures, downloads, games, videos, and much more). The encryption of victims’ personal data is nothing new – the majority of ransomware infections created using the source code of Hidden-Tear, open-source ransomware, lock users’ data right after slithering onto their computers. We suspect that your files have already been locked too if you are reading this article. There are hundreds of crypto-threats that could have done that, but you can be sure that Bancocrypt Ransomware is the one responsible for encrypting your data if these files you can no longer open have a new extension appended to them. Specifically speaking, this infection uses the .locky extension to mark those locked files. You will not remove this extension easily. In fact, only a decryptor can do that. You will be offered to purchase it, but you should not do that because cyber criminals behind this threat might not even give it to you. There might be no other ways to decrypt data for free, but you can always restore it from a backup you have. You should not rush to delete these encrypted files from your system even if you have never backed up your data too because free decryption software might be developed someday. Read more »

WannaPeace Ransowmare is not an application that should be up and running on your personal computer. If you ever encounter it while surfing the web, it is critical to do everything in your power to avoid it. Our malware experts advise you to do so because this devious application can act in an extremely malicious manner. If you are not familiar with ransomware programs, you must know that they are designed to lock a vast number of data without any notification or authorization. If you want to learn how that could happen, make sure to read the rest of our detailed report. Additionally, you will find a few virtual security recommendations, which will allow you to maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. To help you remove WannaPeace Ransowmare once and for all, we also include a detailed removal guide that we present below. Read more »

Shadow Ransomware is a vicious threat that may leave you with no working programs and none of your personal data. The malware does not exactly ruin any files, but it enciphers them with a secure encryption algorithm and without specific decryption tools such data becomes useless. To extort money from you, the threat’s creators should ask you to pay a ransom in exchange for a decryptor. No doubt they may sound quite sincere, but keep it in mind there are no guarantees they will keep up with their promises. There are plenty of users who got tricked while believing they could trust hackers and if you do not want to be one of them we would advise you to remove the malicious application. The instructions you can find a bit below the article should help you with such a task. However, if you are interested in getting to know more about Shadow Ransomware, we recommend reading the rest of our article too. Read more »

Originally, Crimson RAT is a publicly available, free Remote Administration Tool (RAT), which can be altered and used for malicious purposes by cyber criminals. We could say metaphysically that this tool is like a knife; it can be very useful when used for what it was designed for but can also be very dangerous in the wrong hands. This is exactly what happened to this application and cyber villains may use it for all kinds of malicious tasks operating on your system. Our malware specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say this the spin-off tools of this program are indeed Trojans that can infiltrate your computer without your knowledge and run different malicious operations behind your back. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you remove Crimson RAT from your PC and make sure that there is no other single threat present as well. Please continue reading our report if you would like to learn how to protect your PC against similar dangerous threats. Read more »

Wannapeace Ransomware is one more devious application that you must delete if it is ever found up and running on your operating system. Our malware experts urge you to do so without any hesitation since this malicious piece of software functions in an extremely malicious manner. Like any other ransomware program, the one in question can easily encrypt a vast amount of your data without any notification or authorization. It is not hard to imagine that having such application could lead to disastrous outcomes, to put it mildly. To help you understand how this malicious piece of software works we present findings of your researchers in this article. Also, you will find virtual security tips, which will help you maintain a fully secure operating system at all times. Besides all such information, we include an in-depth removal guide, which you should use to delete Wannapeace Ransomware once and for all. Read more »

Cyber Police Ransomware shows a message claiming it enciphered user’s data because of his illegal activities. Our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com say it is nothing more than a harmful program developed to extort money from inexperienced users. Consequently, if you come across it, we advise you to consider all options carefully. The malicious program’s creators could promise to deliver decryption tools once you pay the requested ransom, but there are no guarantees these hackers will keep up with such promises. To put it simply, there is a chance you might lose not just your files, but also some of your money. For users who would like to avoid such a scenario, we recommend erasing Cyber Police Ransomware with the instructions located below this text. As for those who wish to learn more about the malware first; we encourage reading the rest of the article. Read more »

Wannasmile Ransomware belongs to the group of crypto-malware, so it will encrypt your entire hard drive if it ever infiltrates your computer. This threat will affect your .jpeg, .docx, .rtf, .xlsx, .ppt, .mrw, .odb, .ods, .p7b, .wmv, .zip, .7z, .mp4, .avi, and a bunch of other files. No doubt the file you are trying to open belongs to the group of encrypted data if you cannot open it, and you see a new extension .WSmile appended to it. You will be told that you could unlock your files with the special decryptor after you purchase it from cyber criminals, but you should not fall for this. Nobody knows whether cyber criminals behind this infection will still be willing to share the decryptor with you after receiving a ransom you send to them, so we recommend that you do not spend your money on it. Instead, you should delete the ransomware infection from your computer right away. If you leave this infection active on your computer, it might encrypt even more files on your system because it has a point of execution and starts working automatically on system startup. That is, it scans the system with every new launch and encrypts those files that are not locked yet. We will talk about its removal in detail in the last paragraph. Read more »

If all pictures, videos, songs, slides, and other files that belong to you have been marked by the .nightmare extension, Foxy Ransomware must have infiltrated your computer. It is another HiddenTear-based ransomware infection, so our specialists have not found it surprising at all that it acts the way it does, i.e. goes to lock files on compromised machines the first thing. All ransomware infections act similarly – they make it impossible to access files so that cyber criminals behind them could have a chance to obtain easy money from users. At the time of writing, Foxy Ransomware was not a very prevalent threat if compared to similar ransomware-type infections, but it does not mean that it cannot become popular over time, so you should take all security measures to prevent it from entering your system. If it is already too late for prevention, i.e. you have already encountered this threat, you should delete it from your computer right away because the ransomware infection creates a copy of itself in %TEMP%, and you might accidentally launch it again one day. In this case, your files will become encrypted again. Once all components of Foxy Ransomware are erased from your system, you could restore your files. Unfortunately, free decryption software does not exist. Cyber criminals will not give you the special decryption tool to you for free either, so the only thing you can do is to restore these encrypted personal files from a backup. Read more »

Finding Relec Ransomware on your system may not cause severe devastation yet since this ransomware infection is not fully operational at the moment. As a matter of fact, our malware experts at anti-spyware-101.com say that this is an open-source educational project just like Hidden Tear Ransomware was originally. This ransomware program was coded in C++ and does have the capability of encrypting your files; however, this version does not do so. So if you have been infected with this sample, chances are your files have not been affected by this ransomware infection. Learning from the Hidden Tear spin-off cases, we can surely say that there will be more and more variants emerging as hackers and wannabes can both use it as a good base for their malicious attacks. We recommend that you regularly save a backup of your important files to cloud storage or a removable drive so that you can use these clean copies if the nightmare hits you. We advise you to remove Relec Ransomware even if right now it may not be as dangerous as it may soon become. Read more »

Goofed Ransomware is another malicious application based on an open source ransomware known as Hidden Tear. The malware got its name from the extension it appends to its enciphered data, for example, sky.jpg.goofed. If some of your files on the computer where marked by this extension too, we advise you to keep reading this article and learn more details about the threat. As you may already realize, the malicious application’s purpose is to take user's files as hostages, and by creating such an infection, its developers are hoping they will be able to extort money from their victims. Paying the ransom is not something we would advise you to do even if the sum does not look huge or the malware encrypts important data because there is not knowing if its developers will keep up to their promises. In other words, you could be left with nothing. Users who choose to delete Goofed Ransomware instead could follow the instructions available below the text. Read more »