UselessFiles ransomware - How to remove

UselessFiles is a new cyber threat that is spreading quiet rapidly in the virtual world. It is a typical crypto-infection which gets into your computer through malicious emails or websites, gains the access to all your sensitive personal data and locks it adding .uselessfiles extension name string to the targeted files. Once you can’t access your files, hackers ask for a US $300 fee in exchange for decryptor.

How does UselessFiles infect systems?

Like many other ransomware, such as 8chan or Random locker crypto-malware, UselessFiles virus spreads as an attachment with spam emails. Crooks send out many malicious messages to their victims with an attached UselessFiles virus. If unaware recipient opens such file UselessFiles infection gets into one’s computer and starts scanning the files suitable for encryption and then using difficult algorithm ciphers AES – 256 and RSA – 2048 locks targeted personal data like pictures, videos, music, documents and adds .uselessfiles appendix to a current file’s name. Then encrypted files can’t be accessed by the user and a ransom note appears asking for US $300 in Bitcoins (0.031BTC) ,which victim has to pay to restore his files and system. Because UselessFiles virus gets into the registry it will appear every time you reboot your system. 

The UselessFiles ransom note says:

Ooops,your files hava been encrypted!

What Happened to My Computer?
Your important files are encrypted.
Many of your documents, photos, videos, databases and other files are no longer accessible because they have been encrypted. Maybe you are busy looking for a way to recover your files, but do not waste your time. Nobody can recover your files without our decryption service.

Can I Recover My Files?

Sure. We guarantee that you can recover all your files safely and easily.
But if you want to decrypt all your files, you need to pay.

How Do I Pay?

Payment is accepted in Bitcoin only. Please check the current price of Bitcoin and buy some bitcoins. And send the correct amount to the address specified in this window. Once the payment is checked, you can start decrypting your files immediately.
We strongly recommend you to not remove this software, and disable your anti-virus for a while, until you pay and the payment gets processed. If your anti-virus gets updated and removes this software automatically, it will not be able to recover your files even if you pay!

UselessFiles crypto-virus can also spread through exploit kits, shady website redirects and intrusive ads, fake updates, torrents, pop-ups, download links and etc. So cyber safety awareness is necessary to avoid unwanted infection which decreases the overall system’s performance and vulnerability.

UselessFiles virus removal

UselessFiles threat removal should not be postponed and always executed once the infection is noticed before it causes more cyber security problems. It is never a good idea to pay the hackers for your locked files because there is no guarantee they won’t rob you taking your money and not giving the decryption key. That is why it is a better decision to try get your .uselessfiles affected data back by following malware removal tips or using so many available file restore and virus hunting programs.

In order to remove .uselessfiles infection from your computer and unlock all the encrypted files you have two UselessFiles virus removal options. First option is manual removal and second option is automatic ransomware removal with anti-spyware tools, such as SpyHunter.

To start manual UselessFiles virus removal you should follow these steps:

1. Rebooting your computer in Safe Mode (Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt)
2. Once Command Prompt launches, type in cd restore and press enter.
3. Enter rstrui.exe and press enter again.
4. Click “Next” in the Window which appeared.
5. Select one of the Restore Points which would suggest a date before UselessFiles ransomware infected your device.
6. Click “yes” to start a system restore.

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