BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware

The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan and a possible fork of the XiaoBa Ransomware. This threat uses encryption as a means of blocking different data kinds, such as images and documents, and also shows pop-ups associated with its ransoming negotiations. You can preserve your files from similar attacks by keeping secure backups of them and letting your anti-malware applications block and remove the BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware.

A Fake Dharma Ransomware Arrives in Asia

Victims of file-locking attacks can suffer confusion from judging a Trojan by the symptoms that they see, alone, which aren't always accurate depictions of its identity. The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware, an estimated update of the Chinese XiaoBa Ransomware, is an example of how the looks of a Trojan can be more harmful than helpful for determining the right solutions. While this threat uses Japanese image components, like the second Trojan, its ransoming instructions are for victims fluent in Chinese.

Just like the other Trojan, the BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware uses an encryption routine (AES and RSA-based) for blocking files and keeping other programs from opening them, with documents and similar, prominent media types being the usual targets. The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware also includes a variation of the XiaoBa Ransomware's extension-adding behavior but also inserts the threat actor's e-mail contact inside of brackets.

Related symptoms of the BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware infections, as per malware experts confirmations, also include:

• The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware delivers an advanced HTML, or HTA note containing part of its ransom demands and a request for contacting the threat actor. This component is identical to similar ones in the Dharma Ransomware family.
• The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware loads a pop-up, similar to the XiaoBa Ransomware, which also uses a Visual Basic file for playing a looping audio clip.
• The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware also maintains system persistence and uses excessive CPU resources while doing so, which may cause instability and performance problems in other programs.

Fresh Reasons for Bewaring of Fake Documents

The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware's samples are pretending to be PDF documents and might be installing themselves after gaining access to a PC by spam e-mails. The templates of these hoaxes often use themes including package delivery services, office equipment notifications, messages from coworkers, or warnings regarding taxes or billing. In many cases, malware experts connect associated drive-by-download attacks to victims enabling macros in documents for the Microsoft's Word program.

Contact an experienced cyber-security expert for any help you may need with determining whether or not the BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware's locked files are decryptable. Paying ransoms for unlocking your media always includes some risk that the threat actor will defraud the user and is one of several reasons why malware experts encourage your keeping backups. Windows-compatible anti-malware products also should delete the BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware without allowing any encryption.

The BaYuCheng@yeah.net Ransomware offers both misleading extensions and equally disingenuous ransom notes to anyone whose PC suffers from an infection. The appearance of a Trojan is often no more than surface-deep, and looking at it never should take the place of analyzing a threat with a dedicated security program.