Sequre Ransomware - Decryption Instructions - How to remove

Sequre ransomware might be a game-changing computer virus – it employs unique technological solutions in order to avoid getting detected by anti-malware and anti-virus software and is capable of infecting computers that are well protected.

Besides that, it’s just a regular ransomware infection that will try to decrypt your personal files and ask for a ransom to be paid in order to restore them. In fact, there is no need to pay the ransom – alternative methods to restore your locked files will help you to solve this problem without paying the money.

This article is dedicated to providing you with most important information about Sequre ransomware as well as instructions on how to remove the virus and decrypt files that have been locked.

How Sequre Ransomware Infects Computers

Sequre virus is distributed with spam emails. Cybercriminals often launch millions of spam emails to be sent to various, usually random email addresses. Even though most of them end up in spam folders, there are still some users that manage to open those letters and most importantly – the files that are attached to them.

We have already mentioned, that Sequre is capable of bypassing anti-malware protection, even if the program you are using features a real-time protection, such as Plumbytes. That means this infection can get into your computer if some kind of trojan is already operating on it.

You might think that there is no way to protect yourself against infection like this, but actually, there is. First of all, you should always stay away from emails that are classified as spam. Never open messages from that category, unless you know who sent it and you have been expecting to receive this message. Next, keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software. Even though it can’t detect Sequre on the go, at least it will protect your system from trojans and other types of viruses that can be used to infiltrate Sequre to your computer later on.

How Secure Ransomware Encrypts Files

So once the computer is infected and Sequre is operating inside, it will automatically scan the hard drive and detect all files that can be encrypted. It uses AES cryptography and is capable of encrypting most of the file types that are used by regular users – text documents, audio, video files, images and so on.

After the encryption, unique [email protected]_[hex_code] extension is added to the end of every encrypted file. That means you can’t open nor use it in any other way anymore. However, it won’t affect files that are under the System32 subdirectories. Also, a new file will be generated and placed on your desktop automatically – HOW DECRIPT FILES.hta. It is a so-called ransom note that contains detailed instructions on what you should do next. It goes like this:

Your files are encrypted!
Your personal ID
0YK7EMYT33BXD8Q09J4LLWIRRX6BQO4IRERFGN5W
Discovered a serious vulnerability in your network security.
No data was stolen and no one will be able to do it while they are encrypted.
For you we have automatic decryptor and instructions for remediation.
How to get the automatic decryptor:
1) 0.14 BTC
Buy BTC on one of these sites:
hxxps://localbitcoins.com
hxxps://www.coinbase.com
hxxps://xchange.cc
bitcoin adress for pay: 14vo2jGKGemxwWKySqPKJ2kTh4MoboqAbG Send 0.14 BTC
2) Send screenshot of payment [email protected]. In the letter include your personal ID(look at the beginning of this document).

3) You will receive automatic decryptor and all files will be restored

* To be sure in getting the decryption, you can send one file(less than 10MB) [email protected] In the letter include your personal ID(look at the beginning of this document). But this action will increase the cost of the automatic decryptor on 0.01 btc…

Attention!
No Payment = No decryption
You really get the decryptor after payment
Do not attempt to remove the program or run the anti-virus tools
Attempts to self-decrypting files will result in the loss of your data
Decoders other users are not compatible with your data, because each user’s unique encryption key
If you can’t send a message, try to write with the other e-mail address, for example register mail.india.com

How You Should Deal With Sequre Virus and Restore Your Files

Even though ransom note openly demands you to send 0.14 BTC (around $850 at the moment) as a ransom and contact them to receive unique decryptor, we do not recommend to do that. There are tons of similar ransomware viruses, such as Jigsaw or Bad Rabbit that demands victims to pay the ransom, but there is no need to do that because files can be restored and the virus can be removed using alternative methods.

Sequre is either still in a development mode or they simply left a flaw in their code, but you can actually find your unique decryption key in their files. We’ll show you how to do that:

1. Open HOW DECRIPT FILES.hta file and find your personal ID. This ID is also used to name one of the .txt files that are inside the desktop folders;
2. Open Desktop folder and copy/paste your unique ID to the search bar – this way you will find a file named *Your ID*.txt – open it;
3. Inside this text file, you will notice unique plain key and vector index – save them.

Now, when you have your own personal key, you need to get a software that is used for AES encryption/decryption. Try using this free free software. Download it and upload your encrypted files (one at the time) and provide the decryption key you found on .txt file. Also, you can use other decryptors, simply search Google for “AES decryption software”.

How to Remove Sequre Ransomware

It can be difficult to detect and remove all malicious files that belong to Sequre Ransomware, thus you should get some help from professional anti-malware software – try scanning your system with Spyhunter. Either one of those tools should successfully detect and remove the virus in no time.

Also, it will provide protection against malware in the future so just keep one of those applications installed all the time. If you would like to know more about best anti-malware programs, just take a look at our reviews category.

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