👍 An encryptor virus (also known as ransomware) is a most dangerous type of malware. After penetrating an operating system, they delete user files after creating encrypted copies. It is impossible to decrypt the files without a special encryption key, which is impossible for an ordinary user, so the information is lost forever, in fact.
Read: What Should I Do If Files Are Encrypted? – https://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/what-should-i-do-if-files-are-encrypted.htm.
Сontent:
0:00 – Intro;
0:39 – How to identify a Ransomware virus attack?
1:31 – Disconnect all media and Wifi from your computer
2:26 – Installing antivirus
3:10 – How to decrypt an xtbl file
3:48 – Note
Recovering Data From a Video Recorder: https://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/how-to-recover-data-from-the-dvr.htm
As a rule, such viruses show a pop-up message “Your personal files are encrypted” and suggest you should pay for decryption, but it’s just a waste of money, so don’t. Let’s see in detail what to do if your computer has been attacked by such virus and your files are encrypted.
How can you tell that you are attacked by a ransomware virus? Your files will be deleted and replaced by copies having the same extension.
Pause this video and study this information, or find it in the description of this video:
pzdc, crypt, good, locked-{original_name}.{4 random letters}, {CRYPTENDBLACKDC}, {original _name}@{mail_domain}_.{set of_symbols}, {original_name}.crypt, {original_name}.crypz, {original_name}.cryp1, .xtbl, .ytbl, .breaking_bad, .heisenberg etc.
Free Ransomware Decryptors – https://noransom.kaspersky.com/.
If you have such copy of your files, then you’re lucky and you can recover them after the virus is deleted. Such backup could be made by a program which you installed and adjusted, or independently by one of Windows tools: file history, restore points or system image backup. In the description, you will find links to the videos where we examine this problem in detail.
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