'.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware
The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware is an encryption ransomware Trojan released in November 2018. The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware belongs to a family of ransomware Trojans that seems to be a hybrid of the Dharma 2017 Ransomware and the Crysis Ransomware families, which first started to appear in the Fall of 2018. It is a recommended measure that computer users take precautions against the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware and the many other encryption ransomware Trojans active currently.
How You can Recognize an '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware Attack
The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware is typically used to take victims' files hostage. To do this, the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware uses a strong encryption algorithm to make the victim's files inaccessible. The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware targets a wide variety of the user-generated files in its attack, which may include numerous media files, databases and documents. Threats like the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware target the file types displayed below in these attacks:
.jpg, .jpeg, .raw, .tif, .gif, .png, .bmp, .3dm, .max, .accdb, .db, .dbf, .mdb, .pdb, .sql, .dwg, .dxf, .cpp, .cs, .h, .php, .asp, .rb, .java, .jar, .class, .py, .js, .aaf, .aep, .aepx, .plb, .prel, .prproj, .aet, .ppj, .psd, .indd, .indl, .indt, .indb, .inx, .idml, .pmd, .xqx, .xqx, .ai, .eps, .ps, .svg, .swf, .fla, .as3, .as, .txt, .doc, .dot, .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .docb, .rtf, .wpd, .wps, .msg, .pdf, .xls, .xlt, .xlm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsb, .xla, .xlam, .xll, .xlw, .ppt, .pot, .pps, .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .ppam, .ppsx, .ppsm, .sldx, .sldm, .wav, .mp3, .aif, .iff, .m3u, .m4u, .mid, .mpa, .wma, .ra, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .3gp, .mpeg, .3g2, .asf, .asx, .flv, .mpg, .wmv, .vob, .m3u8, .dat, .csv, .efx, .sdf, .vcf, .xml, .ses, .qbw, .qbb, .qbm, .qbi, .qbr , .cnt, .des, .v30, .qbo, .ini, .lgb, .qwc, .qbp, .aif, .qba, .tlg, .qbx, .qby , .1pa, .qpd, .txt, .set, .iif, .nd, .rtp, .tlg, .wav, .qsm, .qss, .qst, .fx0, .fx1, .mx0, .fpx, .fxr, .fim, .ptb, .ai, .pfb, .cgn, .vsd, .cdr, .cmx, .cpt, .csl, .cur, .des, .dsf, .ds4, , .drw, .eps, .ps, .prn, .gif, .pcd, .pct, .pcx, .plt, .rif, .svg, .swf, .tga, .tiff, .psp, .ttf, .wpd, .wpg, .wi, .raw, .wmf, .txt, .cal, .cpx, .shw, .clk, .cdx, .cdt, .fpx, .fmv, .img, .gem, .xcf, .pic, .mac, .met, .pp4, .pp5, .ppf, .nap, .pat, .ps, .prn, .sct, .vsd, .wk3, .wk4, .xpm, .zip, .rar.
The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware encrypts the files and marks them with the file extension '.AUDIT,' which will be added to the end of each affected file's names. The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware also delivers its ransom note in the form of a text file named 'FILES ENCRYPTED.txt.' The '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware ransom note's full text reads:
'all your data has been locked by us
You want to decrypt?
Write to email payransom@qq.com'
Dealing with the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware Infection
If your files have been damaged by the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware attack, they will, unfortunately, no longer be recoverable without the decryption key. Because of this, PC security researchers advise computer users to ensure that they have preventive measures in place to protect from threats like the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware. The best protection to ensure that you can restore your data after an '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware attack is to have backup copies of your files. Having backup copies of your data ensures that the data compromised by the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware can be recovered after an attack without having to negotiate with the criminals responsible for the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware attack. Apart from file backups, computer users should have a dedicated security program, which can be used to intercept the '.AUDIT File Extension' Ransomware before it carries out its attack and remove this threat (even if the affected files cannot be restored).
