Do you know what WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware is?
WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware is a malicious computer infection that will not allow you to work on your PC properly because it will encrypt your files. Once the encryption is complete, the program will demand that you pay a ransom fee in order to restore your files. We would like to point out that there is no guarantee the files would be restored even if you were to pay the ransom. Hence, you should look for other ways to restore your files. And the most important thing right now is removing WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware from your system.
It doesn’t look like WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware is a global infection because the program’s interface and the ransom note are in Russian. Thus, it is very likely that the people behind this infection a primarily targeting the Russian-speaking victims. On the other hand, depending on the malware distribution methods, anyone could get infected with it, so no one should feel relaxed when they’re dealing with unfamiliar third-party content.
The annoying thing about ransomware is that users tend to download and install these malicious infections themselves. WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware and other similar infections usually travel through spam email attachments. So, it is quite easy to simply delete an email that carries these dangerous programs, but users often fail to recognize a potentially harmful message.
WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware screenshot
Scroll down for full removal instructions
How to know that an email is fake? Well, if it comes from unknown sender and the message sounds extremely urgent, it can be the first flag that something is off. Also, if the message urges you to download and open the file immediately, it might be the second sign that the email is fake. Finally, even if the file looks legitimate (and most of the ransomware installer files do!), you would still do yourself a favor by scanning the file with a security tool of your choice before opening it. Do not hesitate to employ all the possible security measures to make sure that the files you open are safe.
After all, if you fail to protect your system from harm, WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware will slither into your computer and then it will encrypt your files. Our research team says that this infection can encrypt all the main picture and document file formats. Based on the ransom note that this program displays, the encryption affects the following file types:
DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, XLST, PPT, PPTX, ACCDB, RTF, PUB, EPUB, PPS, PPSM, POT, PAGES, ODF, ODT, ODS, PDF, DJVU, HTML, RTF, 1CV8DDB.1C1, 1CD, CF, DT, EFD, JPG, PNG, MP4, MOV, AVI, MPEG, FLV, GIF, BMP, 3GB, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, GZIP, GZ, TIB, BAK, ISO, DAT, CPP, PAS, DPR, DPROJ, PY, JS, CSS, PHP, ASM, JAR, APK, XML, PSD, PSB, AEPX, PRPROJ, SWF, VEG, TXT, BD, DEFAULT
The infection also affects Cookies, History, Login Data, Favicons, Web Data, and default directories. All in all, WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware can easily stop you from accessing most of your files, so it might seem like the world has come to an end, but this program encrypts your files.
It will also ask you to contact the people behind this infection so you could supposedly transfer the ransom fee. Needless to say, paying the ransom doesn’t guarantee that these crooks would issue the decryption key. And seeing how there’s no public decryption tool available, in the most extreme and dire cases, users have no other choice but to start building they media/file library anew.
Due to such threats, the importance of a file backup has been emphasized multiple times before. If you create a file backup, you will be able to access your files even if something happens to your computer. Of course, you might have saved your files somewhere along the way, and there’s a chance that you will be able to restore at least part of your data. Maybe you have files on your mobile device, on your flash drive or some other storage.
However, it’s not just about the situation you’re in right now. You have to have a perspective and think about the future, too. Hence, please consider investing in a licensed antispyware tool, and a file storage system that will help you protect your files from ransomware infections.
How to Remove WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware
- Remove the newest files from Desktop.
- Delete the newest files from the Downloads folder.
- Press Win+R and enter %TEMP%. Press OK.
- Remove the most recent files from the directory.
- Use SpyHunter to perform a full system scan.
In non-techie terms:
WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware will probably take you by surprise because it is a sneaky malware infection that fools users into installing it on their computers, and then it encrypts all the personal files. Users are left with several ransom notes that tell them to contact the criminals behind this infection and purchase the decryption key. You should never do that as it would not guarantee that your files get decrypted. Remove WANNACASH NCOV Ransomware instead with a licensed security tool and protect your system from similar intruders in the future.