'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware

The 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware is a file-locking Trojan from the Xorist Ransomware's family. The 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware can block numerous formats of media files with encryption that may or may not be curable by freeware utilities, as well as solicit ransoms for the criminal's decryption assistance through various means. All users should have external backups for removing any need for extortionist recovery options and use anti-malware solutions for deleting the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware.

A Trojan Family Arising in Unexpected Places

Poland is becoming the initial epicenter of a file-locking campaign for the renewal of the Xorist Ransomware, a family that has been less active in 2019 than similar threats, like the Globe Ransomware. The newest version is receiving the name of the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware – referring to its impractically-long extension, which doubles as a ransoming demand. The use of filenames for directing victims to extortionist transactions isn't an ordinary trait of this family but guarantees that any victims can't miss the threat actor's intentions.

The 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware is a minor variation of a Ransomware-as-a-Service product that its authors 'rent' to other criminals with customization options available for the above extensions, as well as ransoming notes. The 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware can encrypt dozens of extensions, including most Microsoft Office files, images, music, archives, and even specialist formats like Doom's WADs or Casio camera CAMs. After encrypting this content, the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware adds its exceptionally lengthy extension, which includes the Scriptmail.com address and an entire sentence that demands a ransom for the 'VeraCrypt' decryptor license within twenty-four hours.

Some issues that malware experts tend to relate to the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware's family of the Xorist Ransomware include the endangerment of the Shadow Volume Copy-based backups (which are the foundation of the Windows' Restore Points) and the generation of both Notepad TXT notes and dialog box pop-ups. Most of the file-locking Trojans of the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware's family, such as the MBRCodes Ransomware, the Mcafee Ransomware, the TaRoNiS Ransomware, and the AAC Ransomware, don't name a price with their opening ransoming demands. However, the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware is asking for an upfront cost of one Bitcoin, which exchanges to nearly four thousand USD.

Servicing Your Files without a Four-Figure Price Tag

It's critical that users consider all options before paying a Bitcoin ransom, which threat actors can take without worrying about refunds occurring, even if they don't give any decryption help to the payers. Although its first victims are Polish, the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware's payload isn't Poland-specific and could affect most Windows systems around the world. The cyber-security industry is providing free decryptors for the Xorist Ransomware that may or may not be compatible with this newest variant.

The 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware, like many Ransomware-as-a-Service campaigns, is more likely of targeting business entities or governments than any individual PC owners. Infections for such a target may come through corrupted e-mail-attached files, such as Word documents with macro exploits, or after criminals brute-force a network's login combination successfully. Anti-malware products can't decrypt files but may delete the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware beforehand safely, in most cases.

Shrugging off the cost of the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware infections would be a difficult task for any PC owner, but especially, for those that place any importance in their digital media. Backup software is less expensive than a file-locker Trojan, even one with well-researched roots, like the 'restore_service99@scryptmail.com' Ransomware.