Do you know what TurkStatik Ransomware is?
TurkStatik Ransomware is a dangerous infection that will encrypt all of your files. Luckily, there is a public decryption tool that can help you restore all of the affected data. Nevertheless, going through the stages of a ransomware infection is a very stressful experience, so you shouldn’t take this program lightly. What’s more, if TurkStatik Ransomware managed to enter your system, there is a chance that another ransomware program will enter it again. Thus, when you remove TurkStatik Ransomware, please learn more about ransomware distribution patterns, so you could avoid similar intruders in the future.
It should be obvious by now that ransomware cannot enter the target system unless users allow it themselves. TurkStatik Ransomware and other similar infections often travel via spam email messages. Spam that carries ransomware comes with file attachments. These attachments are ransomware installer files, and users get tricked into opening these files because the messages say that those are important documents, and users must check them immediately. Of course, if you receive messages from unknown senders, you shouldn’t interact with the content at once. If you think that the documents are legit, but you do not know the sender, make it a point to scan the received documents with a reliable antispyware tool.
If you fail to notice the first signs of ransomware distribution patterns, TurkStatik Ransomware slithers into your system and launches the file encryption. Judging from what our research team has found, the program is written in the .NET programming language and it encrypts all logical drives. In other words, the encryption affects all partitions, USB, and networks. There is also an extensive list of file types that this ransomware can encrypt. That includes DOCX, ZIP, RAR, PDF, JPG, PNG, WAV, PSD, and many other file types.
TurkStatik Ransomware screenshot
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It is actually safe to say that if TurkStatik Ransomware enters your system, most of the files that you use daily will end up locked up behind a very sophisticated encryption algorithm. What’s more, every affected directory receives a ransom note, too. Originally, the ransom note is in Turkish (which is kind of obvious from the name of this infection), but here’s an English version of it:
We have encrypted your important data on your system. We would like you to know that you cannot restore your data with familiar data recovery methods.
These methods will only waste your time.
However, if you want to use data recovery companies or programs, please do not use your original files, process and/or have copies of them.
Corruption of master files can cause irreversible damage to your data.
The originals of your encrypted files have been deleted using random data write technique.
The ransom note goes on to say that you have to contact these criminals within 24 hours. If you fail to contact them within 48 hours, the criminals threaten to delete your files altogether. It is very unlikely that your files will disappear, but even if that were true, contacting these criminals is out of the question.
As mentioned, it is possible to decrypt the files encrypted by TurkStatik Ransomware, so you do not need to worry about purchasing the decryption tool in the first place. On the other hand, you can use this infection as an educational experience.
If you do not want to get infected with a similar program again, be pickier with your emails. Always ask yourself if you were really looking forward for that email. Is that document really necessary? And if you are at a loss, you can always trust a reliable antispyware program to scan those files before you open them.
Now, we are lucky that it is easy to remove TurkStatik Ransomware, and that we can restore the files encrypted by this application. At the same time, you can restore the files from a file backup if you have one. Don’t forget to save all of your files someplace else because you can never be sure when or how a ransomware program will slither into your system and lock up your data. If you need any recommendations with file backup utilities, do not hesitate to address a local professional or simply drop us a comment below.
How to Remove TurkStatik Ransomware
- Delete the ransom note from affected directories.
- Remove the most recent files from Desktop.
- Open the Downloads folder and remove the most recent files.
- Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
- Delete the most recent files.
- Scan your computer with the SpyHunter free scanner.
In non-techie terms:
TurkStatik Ransomware is a dangerous computer infection that was devised to lock up your files. This program will ask you to pay for the file decryption, but it is possible to restore your files for free. Please remove TurkStatik Ransomware for good following the instructions above, and then use the public decryption tool to unlock your data. You can also restore your files from a file backup if you have one. Please be more careful in the future to avoid similar infections.