Do you know what Locky Locker Ransomware is?
Locky Locker Ransomware is a new malicious application that may turn your life upside down because it locks personal files on affected computers. These personal files include important documents, images, music files, and even videos. If you have already encountered this threat and it, for example, has locked your business documents, you could get them back only with a special decryptor that can unlock files. Of course, only cyber criminals have it. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that cyber criminals will give you the promised decryption tool, so if you decide to make a payment, you might lose your money as well – be prepared for this unfortunate event. This particular ransomware infection claims that it locks files with “Military Grade Encryption RSA AES-256.” If it is true, it is not very likely that a free decryption tool will be released soon. We leave the decision regarding the payment in your hands, but keep in mind that you are the one who will have to take care of the ransomware infection no matter what you decide to do.
It seems that Locky Locker Ransomware mimics another ransomware infection well-known for malware researchers – Locky Ransomware, but we can assure you that it is a completely different threat. Of course, it still tries to push users into sending money. We know that you need your files back, and you have probably found a bunch of files with the .locky extension appended (encrypted), but you should carefully think whether it is worth making a payment, especially when there are no guarantees that the decryption tool will be given to you. In case you still decide that you want to try to get a special decryptor, make sure you transfer the ransom within 96 hours – the price will be doubled when the clock reaches zero. There are no alternative ways to decrypt files, but you do not even need to send a cent to cyber criminals if you have always backed up your files regularly. You could transfer all your files from a backup to your computer. It would be best that you recover encrypted data only after you fully delete the ransomware infection so that these recovered files would not be encrypted again.
Locky Locker Ransomware screenshot
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You already know how Locky Locker Ransomware acts once it infiltrates computers, but you still do not know HOW this infection manages to enter systems. We are not going to lie here – almost all users contribute to the entrance of this threat one way or another. For example, it is very risky to open suspicious email attachments because they may hold malicious software. Also, software should be downloaded only from trustworthy websites. Last but not least, you should not click on random advertisements displayed to you because you might install untrustworthy software if you click on the so-called click-to-install advertisement and initiate the installation of software it promotes. No, it is not a piece of cake to protect the system against harmful threats. It is not that easy to recognize tiny infections too because they often look like reliable software at first glance. This is the main reason why we recommend installing a trustworthy security application on the system as well. It will inform you that you are about to download malware.
You cannot do anything to get your files back if you have never backed up your files and you know that you will not purchase the decryption tool from malicious software developers, but you must delete the ransomware infection from your computer as soon as possible because you might launch it again accidentally and find even more files encrypted on your system. Luckily, Locky Locker Ransomware does not have many components and can be deleted within a minute. If you do not know how, feel free to use instructions you will find below.
Delete Locky Locker Ransomware
- Locate the ransom note LOCKY-README.TXT on your computer.
- Delete it.
- Open Windows Explorer (tap Win+E) and access the Downloads folder.
- Remove all files downloaded recently.
- Acquire a diagnostic antimalware scanner and perform a system scan.
In non-techie terms:
Locky Locker Ransomware is a malicious application that will encrypt your files without mercy. It affects all important file formats, so if you ever encounter it, you could no longer access any of your documents, pictures, and other files. Cyber criminals claim that they have a decryptor and will give it to users once they receive money from them, but there are no guarantees that this is really going to happen. Consider this before you make a payment. No matter what you decide to do, do not forget to erase Locky Locker Ransomware.