'Everything On Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware

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The 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware Trojan is a ransomware infection that belongs to the Harasom family of ransomware. It carries out a Winlocker attack, preventing all access to the Windows files or desktop and demanding that the victim pay a fine via an online payment service. The 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware Trojan exhibits a bogus message from the United States Department of Justice, demands a fine of one hundred dollars and asks for payment using MoneyPak, Vanilla Reload or Reloadit. It is important to note that the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware infection has no actual connection to the United States Department of Justice and is actually part of a well known online scam. Refrain from paying this scam's ransom and instead use a reliable anti-malware program to remove the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware infection from your computer.

Although very similar to other ransomware infections, the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware includes malicious components that encrypt all non-system files on Your computer, detecting all the files with extensions in categories such as image files or Microsoft Office documents. The 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware then encrypts them and turns them into HTML files that lead the computer user to a website containing the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware Trojan's ransomware message. Fortunately, ESG security analysts had noted that advanced, fully updated anti-malware applications are capable of undoing this 'encryption' and restoring your computer to normal.

Police Ransomware scams like the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware are quite common and typically involve taking over the victim's computer and blocking access to all its components, accusing the victim of criminal activities, and then demanding the payment of a 'fine'. It is important to note that paying the 'Everything on Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware's fine will not remove this threat from your computer or restore your computer to normal. Instead, ESG security researchers advise starting up the infected computer using alternate start-up methods (such as booting in Safe Mode) to prevent the appearance of the 'Everything On Your Computer Has Been Fully Encrypted' Ransomware's ransom message and then using a reliable anti-malware program to scan your computer.