Remove .Infowait Virus Ransomware (+File Recovery)

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Welcome to our .Infowait Virus Ransomware removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC for free.

If all or most of the personal user files on your computer have all of a sudden become inaccessible to you and if whenever you try to open then you are told that you must first issue a money payment for them to get released, then you have most likely have recently gotten your computer infected by a Ransomware cryptovirus. The cryptoviruses are one of the several types of Ransomware programs and they are typically regarded as the most problematic Ransomware subcategory. Here, we will tell you more about the .Infowait infection which is likely the precise reason you are on this page. .Infowait is one of the more recently released Ransomware cryptoviruses and currently the number of infected users is rapidly going up. We do not have too much information about this threat but what we can tell you for sure is that it uses advanced file encryption to make it impossible for its victims to open any or most of their personal data which is stored on the attacked machine. This is how the majority of cryptovirus infections operate – once the computer has been infiltrated, the virus scans it for certain file types and it then goes on to lock them up with the use of its advanced encryption algorithm. Upon the completion of the encryption process, the virus would normally display a note on the user’s desktop or generate a notepad file inside the directories where the locked files are. The purpose of the note is to tell the users that they are required to pay a certain amount of ransom money for the decryption of their files. Many users go for the payment but this is not something that we or the majority of other security researchers would advise you to do. Instead, a better option would be for you to use the following instructions in order to eliminate .Infowait from your system. 

Our guide above has a twofold aim – the first task it’s supposed to help you with is the removal of .Infowait. After you’ve done that, however, the files are still likely going to remain locked – the removal of the infection normally doesn’t directly release the sealed data. An additional section in our guide is focused on file restoration but the problem here is that we can’t guarantee that the recovery options will work since new cryptoviruses like .Infowait use really complex encryption algorithms making it really difficult to deal with them when it comes to releasing the locked data. However, note that paying the ransom also doesn’t always mean that your files will be restored to their accessible state. Many users that have made the payment have eventually realized that the hackers aren’t really going to help them with the recovery of the sealed data. Still, in the end, the choice is yours because you are the only one who knows how valuable your files truly are to you. However, no matter what you decide to do next, make sure to be more careful in the future and also remember to always keep safe backup copies of your important files so that you could never again end up in the same situation as now.

Remove .Infowait Virus Ransomware

 Here is what you need to do in order to remove a Ransomware virus from you computer.

I – Reveal Hidden files and folders and utilize the task manager

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1. Use the Folder Options in order to reveal the hidden files and folders on your PC. If you do not know how to do that, follow this link.
2. Open the Start Menu and in the search field type Task Manager.
   
3. Open the first result and in the Processes tab, carefully look through the list of Processes.
4. If you notice with the virus name or any other suspicious-looking or that seems to consume large amounts of memory, right-click on it and open its file location. Delete everything in there.
   

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• Make sure that the hidden files and folders on your PC are visible, else you might not be able to see everything.

5. Go back to the Task Manager and end the shady process.

II – Boot to Safe Mode

• Boot your PC into Safe Mode. If you do not know how to do it, use this guide/linked/.

III – Identify the threat

1. Go to the ID Ransomware website. Here is a direct link.
2. Follow there in order to identify the specific virus you are dealing with.
   

IV – Decrypt your files

1. Once you have identified the virus that has encrypted your files, you must acquire the respective tool to unlock your data.
2. Open your browser and search for how to decrypt ransomware, look for the name of the one that has infected your system.
3. With any luck, you’d be able to find a decryptor tool for your ransomware. If that doesn’t happen try Step V as a last ditch effort to save your files.

V – Use Recuva to restore files deleted by the virus

1. Download the Recuva tool. This will help you restore your original files so that you won’t need to actually decrypt the locked ones.
2. Once you’ve downloaded the program, open it and select Next.
   
3. Now choose the type of files you are seeking to restore and continue to the next page.
4. When asked where your files were, before they got deleted, either use the option In a specific location and provide that location or choose the opt for the I am not sure alternative – this will make the program look everywhere on your PC.
   
5. Click on Next and for best results, enable the Deep Scan option (note that this might take some time).
   
6. Wait for the search to finish and then select which of the listed files you want to restore.

• Keep in mind it is possible that not all files might be fully recovered. You can check in what condition the files are from the State column in the list of deleted files.