How to remove Beijing Ransomware and decrypt .beijing files

What is Beijing Ransomware

Beijing is a ransomware-classified infection that encrypts access to data and demands that victims pay money for its decryption. This file encryptor is also likely released by the same cybercriminals who previously developed another ransomware named LeakTheMall. During encryption, victims will see their files change visually – it is the new .beijing that will be eventually added to them. For instance, an originally named 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.beijing and become no longer accessible. After this, the virus creates text instructions in !RECOVER.txt explaining what should be done to recover the data.

It is said that ransomware developers are the only figures capable of returning full access to data. Victims are therefore guided to write an e-mail message to cybercriminals where they need to include their country and city, the !RECOVER.txt file, and up to two encrypted files (preferably images or text files). After providing this data ransomware developers will likely decrypt the two encrypted files and also give further guidelines on paying the ransom. Unfortunately, it is indeed rarely possible to decrypt data without the help of attackers. You can try free third-party decryption/recovery tools from our guide, however, it is less likely that they will help at the moment. For now, the only two methods to return your data are to either collaborate with extortionists (and purchase their decryption) or recover the files from available backups. Backups are copies stored on external storage (e.g., cloud, USB pendrives, etc.) that was not affected at the time of infection. Recovering data from backups is always a safer option as many cybercriminals tend to fool their victims and not send any decryption keys/tools eventually. Before trying to restore data without the involvement of cybercriminals, it is pertinent to remove the infection from your computer – to prevent its malicious activity. Use our guide below to do so.

How Beijing Ransomware infected your computer

The distribution of ransomware (and other malware) includes a diverse number of channels, such as e-mail spam letters, trojans, deceptive third-party downloads, fake software updates/installers, backdoors, keyloggers, botnets, system exploits, and more. The most typical infection scenario is when Inexperienced users get tricked into opening some malicious content (e.g., attachments or links). For instance, ransomware can be disguised as some legitimate file (.DOCX, .XLSX, .PDF, .EXE, .ZIP, .RAR, or .JS extensions) and distributed through e-mail letters. Such letters usually imitate names of legal companies/entities (e.g., delivery companies, tax authorities, banks, and so forth). The attached files are typically named in click-bait way (“important” or “urgent”) to make users curious and open them up eventually. If the attached content ends up opened according to cybercriminals’ guidelines, the contained infection will be deployed for installation on the targeted system. To prevent such and similar drive-by (stealth) installations of malware, you should avoid downloading software from unofficial resources (Peer-to-Peer websites, torrent pages, landing pages, etc.) and beware of opening content that looks suspicious. Read our guide below and learn how one can protect his PC against threats like ransomware (and other malware) in the future.

1. Download Beijing Ransomware Removal Tool
2. Get decryption tool for .beijing files
3. Recover encrypted files with Stellar Data Recovery Professional
4. Restore encrypted files with Windows Previous Versions
5. Restore files with Shadow Explorer
6. How to protect from threats like Beijing Ransomware

Beijing Ransomware files:


!RECOVER.txt
{randomname}.exe


Beijing Ransomware registry keys:

no information

How to decrypt and restore .beijing files

Use automated decryptors

Download Kaspersky RakhniDecryptor

Use following tool from Kaspersky called Rakhni Decryptor, that can decrypt .beijing files. Download it here:

There is no purpose to pay the ransom because there is no guarantee you will receive the key, but you will put your bank credentials at risk.

Dr.Web Rescue Pack

Famous antivirus vendor Dr. Web provides free decryption service for the owners of its products: Dr.Web Security Space or Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite. Other users can ask for help in the decryption of .beijing files by uploading samples to Dr. Web Ransomware Decryption Service. Analyzing files will be performed free of charge and if files are decryptable, all you need to do is purchase a 2-year license of Dr.Web Security Space worth $120 or less. Otherwise, you don’t have to pay.

If you are infected with Beijing Ransomware and removed from your computer you can try to decrypt your files. Antivirus vendors and individuals create free decryptors for some crypto-lockers. To attempt to decrypt them manually you can do the following:

Use Stellar Data Recovery Professional to restore .beijing files

1. Download Stellar Data Recovery Professional.
2. Click Recover Data button.
3. Select type of files you want to restore and click Next button.
4. Choose location where you would like to restore files from and click Scan button.
5. Preview found files, choose ones you will restore and click Recover.

Using Windows Previous Versions option:

1. Right-click on infected file and choose Properties.
2. Select Previous Versions tab.
3. Choose particular version of the file and click Copy.
4. To restore the selected file and replace the existing one, click on the Restore button.
5. In case there is no items in the list choose alternative method.

Using Shadow Explorer:

1. Download Shadow Explorer program.
2. Run it and you will see screen listing of all the drives and the dates that shadow copy was created.
3. Select the drive and date that you want to restore from.
4. Right-click on a folder name and select Export.
5. In case there are no other dates in the list, choose alternative method.

If you are using Dropbox:

1. Login to the DropBox website and go to the folder that contains encrypted files.
2. Right-click on the encrypted file and select Previous Versions.
3. Select the version of the file you wish to restore and click on the Restore button.

How to protect computer from viruses, like Beijing Ransomware , in future

1. Get special anti-ransomware software

Use ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware Dashboard

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware Alert

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware Blocked

Famous antivirus brand ZoneAlarm by Check Point released a comprehensive tool, that will help you with active anti-ransomware protection, as an additional shield to your current protection. The tool provides Zero-Day protection against ransomware and allows you to recover files. ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware is compatible with all other antiviruses, firewalls, and security software except ZoneAlarm Extreme (already shipped with ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware) or Check Point Endpoint products. The killer features of this application are: automatic file recovery, overwrite protection that instantly and automatically recovers any encrypted files, file protection that detects and blocks even unknown encryptors.

2. Back up your files

As an additional way to save your files, we recommend online backup. Local storage, such as hard drives, SSDs, flash drives, or remote network storage can be instantly infected by the virus once plugged in or connected to. Beijing Ransomware uses some techniques to exploit this. One of the best services and programs for easy automatic online backup is iDrive. It has the most profitable terms and a simple interface. You can read more about iDrive cloud backup and storage here.

3. Do not open spam e-mails and protect your mailbox

Malicious attachments to spam or phishing e-mails are the most popular method of ransomware distribution. Using spam filters and creating anti-spam rules is good practice. One of the world leaders in anti-spam protection is MailWasher Pro. It works with various desktop applications and provides a very high level of anti-spam protection.