[bannerTop]

Welcome to our Wana Decrypt0r Virus removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC for free.

If we were to point out a seriously dangerous virus version, which is extremely hard to counteract, this will surely be a representative of the Ransomware category. The exact version of the ransom-requiring software family, which we are discussing here, is Wana Decrypt0r Virus. Normally, this program can sneak into your device without giving any signs for that and without the need to receive neither your informed, nor your uninformed approval. After that, an encryption process begins – all the files the program has marked as essential to you become its victims. Later on, a ransom is demanded via an alert notification that appears on your display. All the other characteristic features and effects of this malware will be thoroughly explained in the paragraphs you are about to read. Judging by its name, Ransomware is a software type that does something damaging to a device of yours, and after that requires a ransom payment in exchange for undoing its harmful activities. There are various versions of ransom-requiring viruses, which may harm your PC or a different device. You can review them in the following paragraphs.

The different versions of Ransomware:

The main types of ransom-demanding software we have heard about are the ones below:

  • File encrypting Ransomware: This is the most well-known subcategory of Ransomware. Wana Decrypt0r Virus is an exemplary member of this kind of Ransomware exactly. What such viruses normally do is they infiltrate your system (which may happen via exploiting a Trojan horse virus or automatically after you have come across one of its common sources). Later on, they will go on by scanning all your hard drives for the most regularly modified/accessed data. Then, these viruses will be ready to perform the encryption process and will use a double key, consisting of two parts – a public and a private one, for this purpose. After the completion of the data encoding, you normally receive a full-screen ransom-requiring message, consisting of some extra payment and threat details.
  • Screen locking Ransomware: The programs from this subcategory can also infiltrate PCs like the ones from the file-encrypting subgroup. The difference is that NO file encoding does occur. Simply your monitor is rendered inaccessible, as a full screen pop-up gets generated and you are made unable to access any icons there. After that you are required to pay a ransom for removing this blocking message.
  • Mobile device Rasnomware: The viruses from this subgroup can only infect mobile devices and act in a way, which is similar to that of the aforementioned category – the screen-locking one. Once more, your entire mobile device display gets blocked by the produced ransom-demanding notification and you need to pay a ransom for your device’s display decryption.

Most contaminations caused by Wana Decrypt0r Virus normally occur when:

Actually, there may be many different means of spreading such viruses. Below we will only mention the most widely spread ones:

  • The process called malvertising – this malicious program may get distributed via fake contaminated advertisements in various forms that can pop up online. Immediately after you click on such a pop-up, the infection occurs automatically.
  • The email spam you receive daily – Ransomware might or might not be be bundled with a Trojan horse virus and spread as spam email or all of the corresponding attachments. As soon as you download/open such strange attachments or letters, you could get catch such serious contamination.
  • On all kinds of infected webpages like the torrent, shareware, video and audio-broadcasting ones.

Is it possible to remove such a threat?

To our mutual disappointment, there aren’t really any solutions, flexible and functional enough to both get rid of the virus and decrypt your encrypted files. No matter what you do, you are going to risk your encoded files and the future of your entire system. That’s why we suggest that you should not pay the hackers, who are harassing you with threats in the first place. Make sure to first try other methods:

  • Go and see a specialist who has some experience with such an issue.
  • Buy a specialized piece of software to try to save your encoded data.
  • Follow the instructions inside the Removal Guide, designed by experts. We have attached it here for you to use it for free.
  • If nothing works, proceed with paying the ransom, however, bear in mind that no guarantee is given for the restoration of your files even if you do so.

Always remember that the only thing that successfully deals with Ransomware-like viruses is the process of frequent file back-up. If you do that regularly, no threats will bother you because you will have more copies of all the data which you consider vital.

Wana Decrypt0r Virus Ransomware Removal

 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

[bannerMiddle]

  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.
    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.

    [bannerMiddleSecond]

    ransomware-guide-2-pic-4

  • Make sure that the hidden files and folders on your PC are visible, else you might not be able to see everything.
  1. 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.
    ransomware-guide-2-pic-5
  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.
    ransomware-guide-2-pic-6
  5. Click on Next and for best results, enable the Deep Scan option (note that this might take some time).
    ransomware-guide-2-pic-7
  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.
    ransomware-guide-2-pic-8