Encryptor paycrypt@gmail.com: how to decrypt

As you know, viruses and malware on the World Wide Web every day appears more and more. But today the consequences of their impact go far beyond the disruption of the system. More and more intruders are beginning to extort money. Such threats include the virus paycrypt @ gmail_com, which is a cryptographer. He appeared relatively recently, so that the fight against him is a rather laborious task.

What is the paycrypt @ gmail_com virus?

In principle, the "infection" itself works on a well-known algorithm, applied even in the most famous viruses like CBF, XTBL and I Love You.

Without going into the scheme of his work, we can say only one thing: the consequences of his impact are that all user files and documents are encrypted by a special algorithm, which the hackers themselves call RSA-1024. Ultimately, after encryption, no document or user file can be opened without a special key.

In file names, in addition to the existing extension, paycrypt @ gmail_com is prescribed. How to decrypt such files (and whether it is possible at all), we now look.

How does the virus get into the system?

The threat can be penetrated to a separate terminal or even to a local network in several ways. The most common are e-mail, containing attachments, loader programs that hook the virus directly to the infected site, or hidden objects that are activated when copying information from removable media. Sometimes it can be "picked up", even just by clicking on the banner.

It is believed that e-mail is the main tunnel. This does not apply to mail servers, but only accounts used in fixed programs like Outlook or third-party applications installed on computer terminals.

The user opens, say, a message about the change in the supply contract and looks at the attachment. There is a file in it. If you see that the extension is unknown, it is better not to open it at all. But the postscript, they say, the attachment contains a scan-copy of the new version of the contract, all confusing, and the user opens the file, just without even thinking.

But very often you can find an attachment in the form of a plain text file or a Word document. The user clicks on it, and ... went-went (note, you can rename any file by assigning it the extension .txt, .doc, or the extension of the graphic object .jpg, it's quite elementary, as they say, and the system sees before itself the registered file type and immediately Tries to open it).

Sometimes in an attachment there is an executable JS-file (Java Script), which can not be opened at all!

The first sign of the impact is the instant "braking" of the computer. This indicates an excessive load on system resources due to the fact that the malicious code embedded into paycrypt @ gmail_com file started the encryption process. By the way, it can take quite a long time, and no reboot will help. If the system is rebooted, the virus will start its black business again. At the end of the process we get fully encrypted paycrypt @ gmail_com files. How to decipher them, of course, we do not understand. Instructions on the alleged actions are proposed later by the attackers themselves.

Algorithm requirements hackers

Conventional users "catch" this virus, in general, infrequently. It is rather oriented towards commercial structures and organizations. At the same time, if the enterprise has a sufficiently branched local network, encryption can touch absolutely all terminals connected to the network.

As an instruction, attached to the paycrypt @ gmail_com virus (how to decrypt the data - it is described in detail), there is an e-mail that says that the files are encrypted with the RSA-1024 algorithm. Further, it seems, with good intentions, follows the statement that only the group that sent the message can decrypt the data. But such a service costs about 100 to 500 euros.

To get paycrypt @ gmail_com-decryptor, send the file KEY.PRIVATE and several infected files to the specified mail address. After that, it is assumed that the user will receive his own unique key. Frankly, it is hard to believe in this.

At the same time it is reported that you can not even try to decrypt paycrypt @ gmail_com files yourself, since the only way is to completely format the disk or partition. Immediately follows the hint that the user's data is very important to him, so formatting is impractical.

Should I contact the intruders?

Unfortunately, gullible users or owners of very important information immediately run to pay for services, but in return they receive nothing. If at the dawn of this threat someone might have received the key, today one can not even dream about it - the usual extortion of money.

Some still try to use anti-virus scanners, but the trouble is that the virus is really determined by the programs, it even seems to be treated and deleted, but the information remains encrypted.

Is there a decryptor for the paycrypt @ gmail_com virus?

As for the decryption of data, virtually no known anti-virus software developer can present any specific and universal solution.

You can search the whole Internet for a key. But nothing good will come of it. The only thing you can try is to look for already known keys like unblck@gmail.com, uncrpt@gmail.com, unstyx@gmail.com, etc. Perhaps some combinations will help, but you should not flatter yourself.

How to get the utility for decryption on the official site of the antivirus developer?

But let's see what can be done if the paycrypt @ gmail_com virus is picked up. How to decipher it, say, the user does not know. In such a situation, provided that the computer terminal has an official (licensed) version of the anti-virus software, it is better to contact the developer support center directly.

At the same time on the official site should use the request section for treatment, and then send a few infected files. If there is a copy of the original uninfected object, even better. In such a situation, the probability that the data will be decrypted increases many times, because, for example, the virus itself paycrypt @ gmail_com "Kaspersky" (a regular scanner) can not be cured.

If nothing helps ...

If the answer is not obtained for some reason, but there is no intention to address the intruders, there's nothing to be done. The only way out is to only format the hard drive. In this case, you need to perform a full format, rather than cleaning the table of contents.

Separately it is necessary to say that the virus, when it penetrated the hard drive or its logical partition, could create its own copy, so that it is absolutely necessary to format everything and install the system again. There is no other way out.

By the way, utilities downloaded before the start of the system (like Kaspersky Rescue Disc) will not help either. As already mentioned above, the virus will be detected, even deleted, but they can not bring data to the original readable state. This is understandable, because initially even such powerful utilities for this, in general, and not calculated.

Some tips in the end

Here, actually, and considered the virus paycrypt @ gmail_com. How to decipher it? To this question, as is already clear, there is no answer. It is better to prevent yourself from entering the system in advance.

Open only e-mail attachments received from reliable sources should not be in vain to click on advertising on the Internet. Especially pay attention to the letters, in which the name of the attached file contains abracadabra (some set of unreadable characters), and changing the encoding does not help to see the name in the normal view. In general, be vigilant!

Well, of course, that there is no point in paying money to extortionists, and in return, not to get the necessary key. However, this is proved quite simply by the example of other known viruses and malicious codes that were once registered in the world practice.