'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware
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| Ranking: | 18,962 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 1 |
| First Seen: | July 16, 2023 |
| Last Seen: | July 19, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware is an encryption ransomware Trojan, a threat infection designed to keep the victims' files hostage by enciphering them with a strong encryption algorithm. These attacks are becoming common increasingly, and there is little to differentiate the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware from the countless other encryption ransomware Trojans that are being used to carry out attacks on computer users currently. PC security researchers first observed the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware on January 18, 2018, and it seems to be an independent threat rather than part of a larger family of threats. The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware may be delivered to victims using spam email messages, which will often contain corrupted file attachments that use embedded macros to download and install the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware onto the victim's computers. Most aspects of the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware attack are nothing new and have been seen countless times before and perfected by high-profile versions of these same hoaxes.
How the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware Carries out Its Attack
The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware will run as an executable file with a randomly generated name. The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware will target a wide variety of file types, which may include texts, images, videos, music, and numerous other user-generated files in its attack. The following are some of the files that are targeted in attacks like the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware:
.3dm, .3g2, .3gp, .7zip, .aaf, .accdb, .aep, .aepx, .aet, .ai, .aif, .as, .as3, .asf, .asp, .asx, .avi, .bmp, .c, .class, .cpp, .cs, .csv, .dat, .db, .dbf, .doc, .docb, .docm, .docx, .dot, .dotm, .dotx, .dwg, .dxf, .efx, .eps, .fla, .flv, .gif, .h, .idml, .iff, .indb, .indd, .indl, .indt, .inx, .jar, .java, .jpeg, .jpg, .js, .m3u, .m3u8, .m4u, .max, .mdb, .mid, .mkv, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .mpa, .mpeg, .mpg, .msg, .pdb, .pdf, .php, .plb, .pmd, .png, .pot, .potm, .potx, .ppam, .ppj, .pps, .ppsm, .ppsx, .ppt, .pptm, .pptx, .prel, .prproj, .ps, .psd, .py, .ra, .rar, .raw, .rb, .rtf, .sdf, .sdf, .ses, .sldm, .sldx, .sql, .svg, .swf, .tif, .txt, .vcf, .vob, .wav, .wma, .wmv, .wpd, .wps, .xla, .xlam, .xll, .xlm, .xls, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xlsx, .xlt, .xltm, .xltx, .xlw, .xml, .xqx, .xqx, .zip.
How the Cybercrooks may Use the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware to Generate Revenue
The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware main purpose, like all of the Trojans Ransomware active nowadays, is to produce undeserved revenue at the expense of the victim. To do this, ransomware Trojans like the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware will demand a ransom payment. This ransom payment supposedly will pay for the decryption key necessary to recover the affected files. The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware and similar threats will deliver a ransom note to the victims to alert them of the attack. These ransom notes can take various forms, including a program window, a text file dropped on the infected computer or a new desktop wallpaper image. After the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware has encrypted the victim's files, the victims will no longer be able to use most of their data, and the files will appear as blank icons on the Windows Explorer. The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware will mark the affected files by adding the file extension '[insane@airmail.cc].insane' to each affected file. The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware delivers its ransom note as a text file named 'How_decrypt_files.txt.' The 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware will demand a ransom that will be at least 300 USD, to be paid using Bitcoin or other anonymous methods.
Protecting Your Data from Threats Like the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware
If the ‘Insane@airmail.cc’ Ransomware, unfortunately, has encrypted your files these files will no longer be recoverable. Therefore, to protect your data from threats like the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware you should have backup copies of your data either on the cloud or an external memory device. This way, you can restore your files after the attack without having to worry about contacting the extortionists. In fact, this is so effective that if enough computer users were to have file backups, attacks like the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware would become unprofitable for its perpetrators. Most security programs that are fully up-to-date should be able to remove the 'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware infection itself, although they will not be able to reverse the effects of the attack.
URLs
'Insane@airmail.cc' Ransomware may call the following URLs:
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