FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware

The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware is a screen locker Trojan, a threat that is designed to block computer users' PCs in an attempt to force them to pay a ransom amount to restore access to their computes. Threats like the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware are among the oldest and most common strategies used by criminals to extort computer users. Because of their relative prevalence, it is important for computer users to learn how to recognize and deal with threats like the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware. Fortunately, screen lockers are usually not difficult to remove or deal with, particularly when compared to other, more threatening ransomware Trojans that use encryption or rootkit technologies.

How You can Get Infected by the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware

The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware is being used to target computer users that play Fortnite, a popular PC game published by Epic Games. This game, popular since late 2017, has spawned an industry of cheat and hacked software. Criminals take advantage of computer users by looking for an easy way to obtain in-game currency for Fortnite. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware is being delivered to victims disguised as a hacking tool that supposedly lets computer users generate Vbucks, the in-game currency. However, these methods are usually hoaxes used to take advantage of unsuspecting computer users. Numerous threats are distributed to gamers using these strategies, with the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware being just one more threat being distributed using these methods.

How the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware Carries Out Its Attack

The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware will be delivered in the form of an archive file that is password protected, preventing computer users from inspecting its contents at the moment that it is downloaded. When computer users open the file, expecting to receive free in-game currency, the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware will start its attack. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware prevents computer users from accessing their computer's desktop or applications. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware displays a full-screen program window that prevents computer users from using their machines as normal. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware does not operate like most encryption ransomware Trojans, which use strong encryption algorithms to make the victim's files inaccessible. Instead, the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware prevents the victim from opening their programs and files physically by filling the screen with a program window. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware is also designed to terminate several programs, which can often be used to bypass these attacks. After blocking access to the victim's PC, the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware delivers a ransom message that reads as follows:

'YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED
If you are seeing this message, that means your files are being encrypted, meaning you will no longer have access to them.
Trying to close this program normally or in task manager will result in corrupted files, so it's best to not do that.
The following programs have been encrypted:
bootcfg.exe
notepad.exe
explorer.exe
osu!.exe
osu!.cfg
EpicGamesLauncher.exe
chrome.exe
firefox.exe
BootDebuggerFiles.ini
If you want your files back, you will need to send 500,000 RUB worth of Bitcoin to this address:
6yDF3jhg50JGFVNRi49li9DaB925OmNI329J
Once that is done, go to www[.]FortniteVBucksHax[.]org/decryption/confirm to get the decryption before we can give you the key by monitoring you via your Internet connection.
This program will now close...'

It is important to ignore the contents of the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware ransom message. It is also important to note that, despite what the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware message says, the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware is incapable of encrypting the victims' files.

Dealing with the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware

A good security program can be used to remove the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware infection. However, avoid downloading these programs in the future. Cracks and hacking software for popular games are one of the most common ways for criminals to deliver threats to unsuspecting computer users. The FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware program window can be bypassed by using alternate start-up methods, such as Safe Mode or starting from a different drive, both of which can prevent the FortniteVBucksHack Ransomware from loading automatically, which allows computer users to remove this threat.