Do you know what legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware is?
If you find all your files encrypted one day, it might be true that legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware has entered your computer secretly. It is especially true if you see the new extension .id-(unique ID).legioner_seven@aol.com assigned to all the personal files stored on the computer. The presence of this extension not only indicates that all the most valuable files are encrypted, but also means that it is impossible to open them, use them, or work with them. As there are so many users’ complaints on the web, it is very likely that this ransomware infection locks third-party applications as well. Fortunately, it will not lock the screen, so you could access your Desktop. In addition, this means that it will not be that hard to delete legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same about the decryption of files. To be frank, it might be impossible to decrypt files it has locked at the time of writing. Of course, you can risk sending money to cyber criminals, but you should know that your files might stay encrypted even if you make a payment. In such a case, cyber criminals will definitely not give you a refund.
As you already know, legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware is a dangerous computer infection. Actually, our specialists did not get surprised when they found that because they know that all ransomware infections providing email addresses, e.g. Alex.vlasov@aol.com Ransomware and Ecovector3@aol.com Ransomware seek to extort money from innocent people. All these infections are created on the basis of the same source code, so specialists know what to expect from them. According to our researchers, there are hundreds of similar threats that can enter your computer without permission and encrypt files. Like legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware, they are usually distributed through spam emails. To be more specific, the malicious file comes as a spam email attachment. It might even pretend to be a harmless document, e.g. a .ppt presentation, which explains why users open it and do not even think that they do something wrong. What you can do for the sake of your system’s safety is to ignore all spam emails. In addition, be careful on P2P and other third-party websites because you might get malicious software from these places too.
legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware screenshot
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You will quickly understand that the ransomware is inside your system, and your efforts to protect the computer from harm were in vain. The first symptom that the ransomware is inside the computer is, of course, a bunch of encrypted files. Secondly, you will notice a new picture with a message set as Desktop background and a file How to decrypt your files.txt. They are both placed on Desktop to inform users how to decrypt personal files. Unfortunately, the only thing you will notice on them is an email address. There is no point in writing an email to the provided email address if you are not going to transfer money for cyber criminals. Yes, we are sure that they will ask you to pay money for the decryptor. In most cases, cyber criminals ask users to pay money in Bitcoins because they do not want anyone to track the transaction. It is up to you what to do, but if you have copies of your files or simply do not have any valuable data, you should delete legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware and do not pay money because users who make a payment risk losing their money, and they often do not get anything in exchange, i.e. the decryption tool. If you are not going to pay money but wish to get your files back, you should use free software for the recovery of your files. Of course, you need to know that the free tool might be ineffective in your case.
We are sure that you will delete legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware fully from your computer with our help. If you find the manual method too difficult, scan your computer with SpyHunter. It will delete all the infections, including ransomware, adware, browser hijackers etc. it finds on your computer.
Remove legioner_seven@aol.com Ransomware
- Press two buttons Win+R.
- Type regedit and click OK.
- Move to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
- Delete the Value having the Data %WINDIR%\Syswow64\*.exe or %WINDIR%\System32\*.exe (*-random name).
- Go to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers.
- Locate the Value with the name BackgroundHistoryPath0 (it has Data :\Users\user\how to decrypt your files.jpg).
- Right-click on it and select Modify.
- Clear the Value data field. Click OK.
- Move to HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop.
- Right-click on the Wallpaper Value and click Modify.
- Clean the Value data C:\Users\user\how to decrypt your files.jpg. Click OK.
- Delete the executable (.exe) file of the ransomware from these directories:
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
- %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
- %USERPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
- %WINDIR%\Syswow64\
- %WINDIR%\System32\
In non-techie terms:
Ransomware infections are on the rise these days, so you need to be careful all the time. You should never open any email from the spam mail folder. Also, you need to be very careful on third-party websites, torrents, and similar web pages promoting the free data because you might get malware instead of a movie, program, or another legitimate-looking piece of software.