How To Remove Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware And Recover Infected Data

Proper Guide To Delete Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware From System

Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware is an extremely dangerous file-encrypting virus that forcibly encrypts and blocks off the access to personal files and then asks victims to pay the attackers a sum of ransom to get the decryption software. As name suggests, this perilous crypto-malware belongs to the family of Jigsaw ransomware and is capable of infecting almost all kinds of data including images, audios, videos, PDFs, documents etc. You can easily determine the compromised files as it appends “.exe” extension with each of them as suffix. After that, opening the files become impossible for you without using the decryption tool that you can only get after paying extortion to the criminals.

Following successful encryption, Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware displays a pop-up Window and informs you about the unkind situation and also states that it deletes 10,000 files per hour. You are asked to pay a ransom to amount of 0.13 BitCoins or 11 Monero (XMR) to attackers’ BitCoin or Monero wallet account. Crooks promise that once the payment is made, you will be delivered the required software and able to get back access to the compromised data.

Text Presented in The Pop-up Window:

ACCESS : LOCKED

WARNING:Your computer is under control!

10,000 files will be destroyed every hours!You have 60 minutes to avoid secrets being published.

What Happened to My Computer?

As you can see,your important files are encrypted.To be worse,it’s stealing your secrets.

You know what crime you’ve committed.However,you don’t know when it will b

Are you willing to make amends?How much is your freedom and normal life worth?

Don’t do anything stupid.Your secret will be published if you report to the police.

Now,please access to hxxps://www.okex.me/Register account,buy coins.

Then,transfer coins to the wallet address to the right.==>

After done I will decrypt files and give you freedom.

NOTE! Nobody can decrypt file if the window disappear.Hurry up!

Money is omnipotent!More donations,more atonement.

Enjoy your freedom.God bless you.##

Should You Pay The Ransom?

This perilous threat doesn’t leave any option to you other than dealing with the criminals but still, we highly advise to not do so. Keep in mind that the only motive of such Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware creators is to extort illicit profits from the victimized users, you have absolutely no guarantee that they will provide you the decryption tool even after taking the ransom extortion. As per the reports, such kind of criminals often ignore the victims once the transaction is made and cause them to lose both files as well as money. Additionally, even if they deliver the tool that works, the malware will remain in the PC and can strike again for further benefits. And hence, never make any sort of payment to the crooks under any situation and try to remove Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware from the machine as early as possible. To recover the infected data, use a backup made on any external drive. However, if you don’t have a proper backup, you should try a powerful file-recovery application.

Threat Details

Name- Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware

Type- Ransomware, Crypto-virus

Description- Hazardous parasite which tends to encrypt users’ essential files and then ask them to pay off for the decryption key.

Extension- “.exe”

Symptoms- All of your important files and data are locked and can’t be opened without using a private key.

Distribution-Spam email campaigns, Executable files etc.

Damage- Causes permanent data loss and can also drop other pernicious infections onto the compromised device.

Removal- Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware Is Being Spread Through Spam Emails:

Similar to other file-encoding threats, it also generally enters the targeted machine through spam email campaigns. Such emails state about shipping updates, financial details and other details and are often acquired every day. People often don’t pay much attention to the source of mail and all the information and may be red flags and open the mails without thinking twice. Nonetheless, once the mail is opened and the file attachment downloaded, executed on the device, pernicious macro viruses get loaded and lead to the installation of ransomware payload. To avoid this intrusion, you need to pay close attention to every obtained email and delete suspicious ones more quickly. But at the moment, you must Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware from the PC immediately.

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

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

Other Common Symptoms of Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware:

Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware can be also responsible for the infiltration of many other Online parasites such as adware, Trojans, rootkits, worms, spyware etc. on your computer as well since it is able to deactivate all the running security services and open backdoors for them. Besides encoding your crucial data, it also creates tons of junk files in the hard drive of your machine which consumes huge amount of memory resources and slows down the overall PC performance drastically. This perilous crypto-malware makes spiteful entries in Windows registries and alters its default settings in order to get automatically activated with each Window reboot. It messes with important system files which assure efficient computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working in a proper manner. And therefore, to prevent all these hazards from being occurred, you are strongly recommended to delete Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware from the device without wasting any time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) Ransomware using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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 Exe (JigSaw) 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.