How to remove Lion Ransomware and rescue locked files

Effective guide to delete Lion Ransomware from PC

It is defined as nasty file locker infection that belongs to cryptovirus category. This notorious malware has been created and distributed by group of hackers with an evil intention and wrong motives. This perilous threat silently enters into your computer and encrypts all your files by adding its own malicious extensions as suffix to the end of your filenames and makes them totally useless. Once locking process completed, Lion Ransomware will create ransom note and drop it into your desktop which contain ransom demanding message. Whenever you open such types of infected files, it states that all your files have been encrypted with unique ID. If you want to decrypt it, you must contact cyber criminals immediately by writing them and email and ask for decryption key.

Additionally, it is really harmful malware infection that will first of all encrypt your files and then try to gain the trust of victims by demonstrating the decryption key. It proclaims that the only way to decrypt the data is to purchase decryption software and unique private key from Lion Ransomware developers. To verify that recovery is possible they ask you to send one file for free decryption but keep in mind that the file does not contain any valuable information as well as size of file is not more than 1MB. Further, to avoid permanent data loss, they advise you not to rename encrypted files or try decryption by using third party software. In most cases of ransomware infections it has been seen that only the programs which initially encrypted the data can decrypt it.

In one way or another it is ill-advised not to cyber criminals and fulfill any of their demands. Once payments are submitted, they start ignoring victims and not even answer their calls or messages. Their main intention is not to unlock your files rather than to collect your personal as well as sensitive details and used it for illegal activities. It is surely as great tactics to negotiate because it preys on your desperation.

How did ransomware infect my computer?

Mostly, Lion Ransomware intrude into your system through spam emails, bundles of free software programs, shareware files, suspicious websites, porn or torrent sites and by using various other methods. Once installed, it will execute several malicious processes that will slow down the speed of your device and provide it full time to encrypt your files. It will also disable all your security related programs even antivirus software and also modify your DNS settings to block any genuine websites. It also blocks the installation of some malware removal programs to avoid its removal and detection.

In such situation, you can restore your encrypted files on any cloud storage and wait for free decryption software or you can try any data recovery software to recover your encrypted files and data. But first of all you must remove Lion Ransomware because it remains in your system for long time it will keep encrypting rest of your files and ultimately make your machine totally unusable.

How to avoid installation of ransomware infections?

To prevent infiltration of ransomware and other dubious malware, it is recommended not to open irrelevant emails especially received from unknown addresses. If you notice this type of scam emails in your mail inbox and delete it immediately without opening because these files are the origin of a potential infection. To download files and programs, always use official websites and direct links. The most important thing keeps all installed software updated by using tools provided by official software developers. In order to keep your system safe and secure from further malware attack, then you are advised to remove Lion Ransomware and all infiltrated malware infections then remove it immediately from the computer.

Threat summary

Name: Lion Ransomware

Type: Ransomware, Cryptovirus

Extension: not mentioned

Description: A variant of notorious ransomware family of viruses. Aims to encrypt files present on your computer and then ask you to pay ransom to get them into working condition.

Symptoms: Files have the malicious extension and cannot be opened. A ransom note also appears on the victims desktop.

Distribution: Spam emails, Emails attachments, Executable Files

Removal: If your system has been affected with Lion Ransomware, then we advise you to remove it as soon as possible.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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

Step 2: Delete Lion Ransomware using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove Lion 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 Lion Ransomware using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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 Lion 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.