How To Remove Base Ransomware And Recover Infected Data

Complete Guideline To Delete Base Ransomware

Base Ransomware is another variant of well known Dharma ransomware that came out recently. It has been specially created by a team of potent cyber actors with their sole motive to lock users’ crucial files and then extort huge amount of ransom money from them. It’s a very lethal and harmful computer infection that often sneaks into the Windows PCs secretly without being noticed by the users and soon after the intrusion, starts executing its malicious activities in the background. This hazardous ransomware scans your entire device to find the files that have to be encoded and after detecting such files, locks them at the end.

Depth Analysis of Base Ransomware:

Base Ransomware encrypts your essential files and documents using a strong and effective cryptography and makes you unable to open them again. Such files can be easily identified as it renames them by adding victims’ unique ID, attackers’ email address and appending “.base” extension with each of them as suffix. The file formats which get compromised are .mp3, .mp4, .jpg, .jpeg, .ppt, .pptx, .doc, .xls etc. After getting encrypted, all the infected files and documents become completely unusable and can be only opened by using a private decryption key/tool. Following successful encryption, this nasty crypto-virus displays couple of ransom notes in a pop-up window and “FILES ENCRYPTED.txt” file that inform victims about the attack.

The notes shown by Base Ransomware ask victims to contact the criminals via the email address provided with it in order to get more details. At the end, you will have to pay the hackers a huge amount of ransom money in order to get the decryption tool and open infected data. The note ends with a warning preventing users from renaming the files or trying to decrypt them via third-party tools otherwise it may lead to permanent data loss.

Text Presented In The Pop-up Window:

YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED

Don’t worry,you can return all your files!

If you want to restore them, follow this link:email [email protected] YOUR ID –

If you have not been answered via the link within 12 hours, write to us by e-mail:[email protected]

Attention!

Do not rename encrypted files.

Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.

Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.

Text Presented In The “FILES ENCRYPTED.txt” File:

all your data has been locked us

You want to return?

write email [email protected] or [email protected]

Should You Pay The Ransom?

Paying ransom to Base Ransomware authors is not a clever thing to do under any circumstance as you have absolutely no guarantee that they will decode your files even after taking the ransom. It has been tendency of such criminals that they usually ignore the victims once the payment is made and cause them to lose both files as well as money. Victims should understand that the only objective of such crooks is to extort illicit revenues from the affected people. They have no ethics and will never fulfill their promises. Moreover, paying money to the attackers will only encourage them to drop more such viruses in the device for further profits. So, never trust on them no matter what situation is.

What Should The Victims Do?

In such hazardous circumstance, the first thing you need to do here is to remove Base Ransomware from the computer immediately before it infects your other essential data. As far as restoring the infected files is concerned, you should use a recently made backup stored on any external drive. In the absence of a proper backup, try a powerful file-recovery application as this is the only option left for you. Moreover, experts strongly advise to keep making frequent backups by the help of which, you can easily recover the infected or lost files if such pernicious situation occurs whenever.

Threat Details

Name: Base Ransomware

Type: Ransomware, Crypto-virus

Description– Destructive malware that aims to encrypt users’ crucial files and then ask them to pay off for the decryption key/tool.

Extension– “.base”

Ransom demanding message– Text presented in the pop-up window and FILES ENCRYPTED.txt

Attackers’ contact– [email protected] and [email protected]

Symptoms: Victims will not be able to access files available on their desktop, previously functional files now have different extensions, A ransom demanding message is displayed on the desktop screen. Users are asked to pay an amount of ransom to unlock their encoded data and files.

Distribution methods: Spam emails, Torrent websites, peer to peer network sharing, unofficial activation and updating tools.

Damage: All files are encrypted and cannot be accessed without paying ransom, Additional password stealing Trojans and malware infections can be installed along with ransomware infections and other malware.

Removal: To remove this virus from the system, we advise you to use a reliable anti-malware tool. Once malware gets removed, you can recover your files by using existing backup or data-recovery software.

Base Ransomware Is Being Spread Through Spam Emails:

Similar to other crypto-viruses, it also mostly distributed through spam email campaigns. Such mails state about financial details, shipping updates and other information and are often received each day. People usually don’t pay much attention to the source of mail and all the details and may be red flags and open them without thinking twice. However, once the mail is opened and the file attachment downloaded, executed on the device, pernicious macro viruses get triggered and lead to the installation of ransomware payload. To avoid this penetration, you need to pay close to every received email and delete questioning ones more quickly. But at the moment, you are strongly recommended to remove Base Ransomware from the machine quickly by following the complete removal steps provided under thing article.

To Protect Your System From Such Attacks, here’s what to do:

• Avoid tapping on “Enable Content” that allows MS Office documents attached to emails to run macro commands.
• Use strong passwords for everything and never refuse them.
• Install powerful anti-malware tool and keep updating it from time to time.
• Patch Windows along with all the installed apps with the latest security updates.
• Install ad-block to prevent malicious ads from executing the background scripts.

Other Harmful Traits of Base Ransomware:

Initially, after getting installed, Base Ransomware makes vicious entries in Windows registries and changes its current settings which allows the threat to get automatically activated with each Window reboot. It ruins important system files that are essential for smooth computer processing and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working normally. This nasty ransomware disables the working of all the running security programs and Windows Firewalls and opens backdoors for more Online parasites. It may easily bring other hazardous threats such as rootkits, adware, spyware, worms, trojans etc. in your computer and turn the machine into a malware-hub. And therefore, you must remove Base Ransomware from the PC without wasting any time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove Base Ransomware through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete Base Ransomware using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove Base Ransomware through “Safe Mode with Networking”

For Windows XP and Windows 7 users: Boot the PC in “Safe Mode”. Click on “Start” option and continuously press on F8 during the start process until the “Windows Advanced Option” menu appears on the screen. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list.

Now, a windows homescreen appears on the desktop and work-station is now working on “Safe mode with networking”.

For Windows 8 Users: Go to the “Start Screen”. In the search results select settings, type “Advanced”. In the “General PC Settings” option, choose “Advanced startup” option. Again, click on the “Restart Now” option. The work-station boots to “Advanced Startup Option Menu”. Press on “Troubleshoot” and then “Advanced options” button.  In the “Advanced Option Screen”, press on “Startup Settings”. Again, click on “Restart” button. The work-station will now restart in to the “Startup Setting” screen. Next is to press F5 to boot in Safe Mode in Networking.

For Windows 10 Users: Press on Windows logo and on the “Power” icon. In the newly opened menu, choose “Restart” while continuously holding “Shift” button on the keyboard. In the new open “Choose an option” window, click on “Troubleshoot” and then on the “Advanced Options”. Select “Startup Settings” and press on “Restart”. In the next window, click on “F5” button on the key-board.

Step 2: Delete Base Ransomware using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with Base Ransomware. Open the browser and download a legitimate anti-malware tool. Do a full System scanning. Remove all the malicious detected entries.

In case if you cannot start the PC in “Safe Mode with Networking”, Try using “System Restore”

• During the “Startup”, continuously press on F8 key until the “Advanced Option” menu appears. From the list, choose “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and then press “Enter”

• In the new opened command prompt, enter “cd restore” and then press “Enter”.

• Type: rstrui.exe and Press “ENTER”

• Click “Next” on the new windows

• Choose any of the “Restore Points” and click on “Next”. (This step will restore the work-station to its earlier time and date prior to Base Ransomware infiltration in the PC.

• In the newly opened windows, press on “Yes”.

Once your PC gets restored to its previous date and time, download the recommended anti-malware tool and perform a deep scanning in order to remove Base Ransomware files if they left in the work-station.

In order to restore the each (separate) file by this ransomware, use “Windows Previous Version” feature. This method is effective when “System Restore Function” is enabled in the work-station.

Important Note: Some variants of Base Ransomware delete the “Shadow Volume Copies” as well hence this feature may not work all the time and is applicable for selective computers only.

How to Restore Individual Encrypted File:

In order to restore a single file, right click on it and go to “Properties”. Select “Previous Version” tab. Select a “Restore Point” and click on “Restore” option.

In order to access the files encrypted by Base Ransomware, you can also try using “Shadow Explorer”. In order to get more information on this application, press here.

Important: Data Encryption Ransomware are highly dangerous and it is always better that you take precautions to avoid its attack on your work-station. It is advised to use a powerful anti-malware tool in order to get protection in real-time. With this help of “SpyHunter”, “group policy objects” are implanted in the registries in order to block harmful infections like Base Ransomware.

Also, In Windows 10, you get a very unique feature called “Fall Creators Update” that offer “Controlled Folder Access” feature in order to block any kind of encryption to the files. With the help of this feature, any files stored in the locations such as “Documents”, “Pictures”, “Music”, “Videos”, “Favorites” and “Desktop” folders are safe by default.

It is very important that you install this “Windows 10 Fall Creators Update” in your PC to protect your important files and data from ransomware encryption. The more information on how to get this update and add an additional protection form rnasomware attack has been discussed here.

How to Recover the Files Encrypted by Base Ransomware?

Till now, you would have understood that what had happed to your personal files that got encrypted and how you can remove the scripts and payloads associated with Base Ransomware in order to protect your personal files that has not been damaged or encrypted until now. In order to retrieve the locked files, the depth information related to “System Restore” and “Shadow Volume Copies” has already been discussed earlier. However, in case if you are still unable to access the encrypted files then you can try using a data recovery tool.

Use of Data Recovery Tool

This step is for all those victims who have already tries all the above mentioned process but didn’t find any solution. Also it is important that you are able to access the PC and can install any software. The data recovery tool works on the basis of System scanning and recovery algorithm. It searches the System partitions in order to locate the original files which were deleted, corrupted or damaged by the malware. Remember that you must not re-install the Windows OS otherwise the “previous” copies will get deleted permanently. You have to clean the work-station at first and remove Base Ransomware infection. Leave the locked files as it is and follow the steps mentioned below.

Step1: Download the software in the work-station by clicking on the “Download” button below.

Step2: Execute the installer by clicking on downloaded files.

Step3: A license agreement page appears on the screen. Click on “Accept” to agree with its terms and use. Follow the on-screen instruction as mentioned and click on “Finish” button.

Step4: Once the installation gets completed, the program gets executed automatically. In the newly opened interface, select the file types that you want to recover and click on “Next”.

Step5: You can select the “Drives” on which you want the software to run and execute the recovery process. Next is to click on the “Scan” button.

Step6: Based on drive you select for scanning, the restore process begins. The whole process may take time depending on the volume of the selected drive and number of files. Once the process gets completed, a data explorer appears on the screen with preview of that data that is to be recovered. Select the files that you want to restore.

Step7. Next is to locate the location where you want to saver the recovered files.