'.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware
The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware is an encryption ransomware Trojan. Threats like the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware are designed to take the victims' files hostage. To do this, the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware will encrypt the victim's files, making them inaccessible. Then, the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware, like most encryption ransomware Trojans, demands a ransom payment from the victim in exchange for a decryption tool. The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware receives its name because the files encrypted by the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware attack are marked with the file extension '.FileEncrypted' added to the end of each affected file's name.
How the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware Attack Works
The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware is delivered to the victims through email attachments. The affected PC users will receive a spam email message, often using social engineering techniques to trick the victim into thinking that the email message is from a legitimate source, such as Amazon or PayPal. When the attached file is opened by the victim, the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware will be installed on the targeted computer. The files used to deliver the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware are delivered via Microsoft Word files with embedded macro scripts that connect to a remote server and download and install the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware. The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware targets the user-generated files in its attack, which include a large variety of file types, ranging from media files and images to databases and configuration files, as well as a large number of document types. The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware will target the file types below in its attacks:
.ebd, .jbc, .pst, .ost, .tib, .tbk, .bak, .bac, .abk, .as4, .asd, .ashbak, .backup, .bck, .bdb, .bk1, .bkc, .bkf, .bkp, .boe, .bpa, .bpd, .bup, .cmb, .fbf, .fbw, .fh, .ful, .gho, .ipd, .nb7, .nba, .nbd, .nbf, .nbi, .nbu, .nco, .oeb, .old, .qic, .sn1, .sn2, .sna, .spi, .stg, .uci, .win, .xbk, .iso, .htm, .html, .mht, .p7, .p7c, .pem, .sgn, .sec, .cer, .csr, .djvu, .der, .stl, .crt, .p7b, .pfx, .fb, .fb2, .tif, .tiff, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .docm, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .ppt, .pptx, .ppsx, .txt, .cdr, .jpe, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .jiff, .jpf, .ply, .pov, .raw, .cf, .cfn, .tbn, .xcf, .xof, .key, .eml, .tbb, .dwf, .egg, .fc2, .fcz, .fg, .fp3, .pab, .oab, .psd, .psb, .pcx, .dwg, .dws, .dxe, .zip, .zipx, .7z, .rar, .rev, .afp, .bfa, .bpk, .bsk, .enc, .rzk, .rzx, .sef, .shy, .snk, .accdb, .ldf, .accdc, .adp, .dbc, .dbx, .dbf, .dbt, .dxl, .edb, .eql, .mdb, .mxl, .mdf, .sql, .sqlite, .sqlite3, .sqlitedb, .kdb, .kdbx, .1cd, .dt, .erf, .lgp, .md, .epf, .efb, .eis, .efn, .emd, .emr, .end, .eog, .erb, .ebn, .ebb, .prefab, .jif, .wor, .csv, .msg, .msf, .kwm, .pwm, .ai, .eps, .abd, .repx, .oxps, .dot.
The '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware will deliver a ransom message demanding the payment of a large ransom sum, which will purchase the decryption key needed to restore the compromised data.
Protecting Your Computer from the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware
The best way to ensure that your data is protected from threats like the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware is to have file backups stored in a device away from the reach of this threat or on the cloud. This allows you to restore the files compromised by the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware. Unfortunately, without a backup, it is not possible to restore the files encrypted by the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware attack currently. However, the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware can be deleted or its attack prevented by a security application, but once the files have been encrypted, they will not be recoverable without the decryption key. This is why it is necessary to refrain from following the instructions in the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware, as well as contacting the criminals responsible for the '.FileEncrypted File Extension' Ransomware attack is highly unrecommended since it is very unlikely that they will help restore the affected files, even if the victim pays the ransom amount.
