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Combo Ransomware is new reincarnation of Dharma/Cezar/Crysis Ransomware family. The successor of Arrow and Bip Ransomware. This version appends complex extension, that ends with .combo or .cmb and contains e-mail address and unique ID. Combo Ransomware encrypts all sensitive files including documents, images, videos, databases, archives, project files, etc. Windows files stay untouched for stable operation. Combo Ransomware uses AES-256 encryption, which makes the victim’s files inaccessible without decryption key. As for today, decryption is not possible, however, you can attempt to decrypt files from backups or trying file recovery software. There is also chance of decryption after using methods explained in this article.

December 10, 2018 James Kramer 0

How to remove Dharma-Santa Ransomware and decrypt .santa files

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Santa Ransomware is nearly identical to previous versions of Crysis-Dharma-Cezar ransomware family, except that now it adds .santa extension to encrypted files. Dharma-Santa Ransomware constructs file extension from several parts: e-mail address, unique 8-digit identification number (randomly generated) and .santa extension. ID number is also used for victim identification, when hackers send decryption key (although they do it rarely). Dharma-Santa Ransomware authors demand from $500 to $15000 ransom, that can be paid in Monero, Dash or BTC (BitCoins), and in return they promise to send decryption key. This type of ransomware is coded and distributed as RaaS (Ransomware as service), and people your are trying to contact can be just resellers. That is why, amount of money they want for decryption can be very big. Using cryptocurrency makes it impossible to track the payee. We do not recommend to pay any money to malefactors. Usually, after some period of time security specialists from antivirus companies or individual researchers break the algorithms and release decryption keys.

December 5, 2018 James Kramer 0

How to remove Dharma-Bkpx Ransomware and decrypt .bkpx files

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Bkpx Ransomware is one of the subspecies of Crysis-Dharma-Cezar ransomware family, that appends .bkpx extension to the files it encrypts. Virus utilizes extension, that consists of several parts: e-mail adress, unique 8-digit ID (randomly generated) and .bkpx suffix. As a rule, Dharma-Bkpx Ransomware virus asks for $500 to $1500 ransom, that have to be paid in Monero, Dash or BTC (BitCoins), and in return they promise to send decryption key. However, malefactors often do not hold back promises and do not send any decryption keys, or just ignore e-mails from victims, who paid the ransom. It is not advised to send any funds to the hackers. Usually, after some period of time security specialists from antivirus companies and individual researchers break the algorithms and release decoding key. Its noteworthy, that some files can be restored by using backups, shadow copies, previous versions of files or file-recovery software and instructions given on this page.

November 30, 2018 James Kramer 0

How to remove Dharma Ransomware and decrypt .adobe, .war, .risk or .myjob files

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Dharma virus, unlike similar types of ransomware, does not change desktop background, but creates README.txt or Document.txt.[amagnus@india.com].zzzzz files and places them in each folder with compromised files. Text files contain message stating that users have to pay the ransom using Bitcoins and amount is approximately $300-$500 depending on ransomware version. The private decryption key is stored on a remote server, and there currently impossible to break the encryption of the latest version.

November 20, 2018 James Kramer 0

How to remove Dharma-Fire Ransomware and decrypt .fire files

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Fire Ransomware one of the types of encryption viruses made from the family ща Crysis-Dharma-Cezar ransomware. Version, that is under review today has certain differences. It adds .fire extension to encrypted files and uses other e-mail addresses for communication. Fire Ransomware, as well as other latest Dharma variations, doesn’t have decryptor, that can automatically decrypt encoded data. However, using instructions below can help you recover some files. Dharma-Fire Ransomware creates suffix, that consists of several parts: prefix “id-“, identification number (alphanumeric and unique for each computer), developer’s e-mail address and .fire extension. The pattern of the filename after encryption looks like this: file called 1.doc will be converted to 1.doc.id-{8-digit-id}.[{email-address}].fire.