Arrow Ransomware

By GoldSparrow in Ransomware

The Arrow Ransomware is an encryption ransomware Trojan that was first observed on March 7, 2018. The Arrow Ransomware may be delivered to victims of the attack through the use of corrupted email attachments. Victims of the attack will receive phishing email messages containing a file attachment in the form of a Microsoft Word document with damaged embedded macros that download and install the Arrow Ransomware onto the victim's computer. These emails will often pose as invoices or legitimate messages from a reputable source to trick computer users into opening the unsafe file attachment. This is a typical method used to deliver these threats. Because of this, computer users are advised to learn how to handle spam email messages and similar content safely.

This Arrow's Target is Your Files

The Arrow Ransomware is a variant in the Dharma family of ransomware and is very similar to numerous encryption ransomware Trojans that have been used to extort computer users in the last couple of years. The Arrow Ransomware, like other ransomware Trojans, will use a strong encryption algorithm to make the victim's files inaccessible. This allows the Arrow Ransomware to take the victim's files hostage. The Arrow Ransomware will demand a ransom payment from the victim in exchange for the decryption program needed to restore the affected files to normal. The following are some of the file types that are typically encrypted in attacks like the Arrow Ransomware:

.PNG, .PSD, .PSPIMAGE, .TGA, .THM, .TIF, .TIFF, .YUV, .AI, .EPS, .PS, .SVG, .INDD, .PCT, .PDF, .XLR, .XLS, .XLSX, .ACCDB, .DB, .DBF, .MDB, .PDB, .SQL, .APK, .APP, .BAT, .CGI, .COM, .EXE, .GADGET, .JAR, .PIF, .WSF, .DEM, .GAM, .NES, .ROM, .SAV, .DWG, .DXF, .GPX, .KML, .KMZ, .ASP, .ASPX, .CER, .CFM, .CSR, .CSS, .HTM, .HTML, .JS, .JSP, .PHP, .RSS, .XHTML, .DOC, .DOCX, .LOG, .MSG, .ODT, .PAGES, .RTF, .TEX, .TXT, .WPD, .WPS, .CSV, .DAT, .GED, .KEY, .KEYCHAIN, .PPS, .PPT, .PPTX, .INI, .PRF, .HQX, .MIM, .UUE, .7Z, .CBR, .DEB, .GZ, .PKG, .RAR, .RPM, .SITX, .TAR.GZ, .ZIP, .ZIPX, .BIN, .CUE, .DMG, .ISO, .MDF, .TOAST, .VCD, .SDF, .TAR, .TAX2014, .TAX2015, .VCF, .XML, .AIF, .IFF, .M3U, .M4A, .MID, .MP3, .MPA, .WAV, .WMA, .3G2, .3GP, .ASF, .AVI, .FLV, .M4V, .MOV, .MP4, .MPG, .RM, .SRT, .SWF, .VOB, .WMV, .3D, .3DM, .3DS, .MAX, .OBJ, .R.BMP, .DDS, .GIF, .JPG, .CRX, .PLUGIN, .FNT, .FON, .OTF, .TTF, .CAB, .CPL, .CUR, .DESKTHEMEPACK, .DLL, .DMP, .DRV, .ICNS, .ICO, .LNK, .SYS, .CFG.

After the Arrow Ransomware encrypts the files, they will be easy to identify because the Arrow Ransomware will add one of the following file extensions to the affected files' names:

'.id-[random-characters].[vauvau@cock.li].arrow'
'.[marat20.cock.li]'

These two versions of the Arrow Ransomware are identical, but identify files using different file extensions. Once the Arrow Ransomware has compromised the victim's files, the Arrow Ransomware will deliver a ransom note that may be presented as a program window that asks the victim to communicate with the cybercrooks via email to receive instructions on how to carry out payment to recover the affected files.

Dealing with the Arrow Ransomware Infection

Although affected computer users may be willing to pay the ransom demanded by the Arrow Ransomware, they shouldn't do it. Instead, computer users should restore their files from a file backup, which should be stored in safe locations. Unfortunately, the encryption used by threats like the Arrow Ransomware is quite strong, and recovering the files without the decryption key may not be an option. This is why having file backups is the best protection against the Arrow Ransomware. A security product that is always up-to-date can be used to remove the Arrow Ransomware infection and to prevent these threats from being installed on a computer. Apart from security software and file backups, learning how to handle spam email messages and other possible sources of the Arrow Ransomware infections is an essential part in preventing and stopping threat attacks like the Arrow Ransomware and numerous other threats that use similar distribution techniques.

2 Comments

Hi Please kindly assist in decrypting my server that's infected with ransomware. I do not have a backup at this point.

I need to decrypt sql server files .arrow encrypted files. A licensed Spy Hunter software version can do it? Please confirm to buy the product.

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