How to remove Liquid Ransomware: Recover locked files

Easy methods to delete Liquid Ransomware in Windows 10/8/7 computer

Liquid Ransomware or ‘.Liquid File Virus’ is very dangerous ransomware-type malware designed to encrypt all formats of files stored in your computer hard drive including images, audios, videos, games, pdf, ppt, xlx, css, html, text, documents, databases and other formats of files. In sort, you can’t access or open your personal files or these locked files anymore due to its nasty behaviors. It modifies each file by pre-adding unique ID assigned to you, cybercriminals’ email ID, and .Liquid File Extension to the original filename.

For example, it renames ‘1.png’ filename to ‘id[JHL40ZKO].[[email protected]].1.jpg.Liquid.1.png’. After encryption process is completed, ‘Liquid.hta’ html files are dropped into each folder of your computer that contains locked files. The ransom note states that all files of your computer hard drive have been locked and requires establishing contact with cybercriminals via provided email addresses. The ransom note contains the information about this ransomware, how you can recover your locked files, cybercriminals’ email ID, and ransom money details. The ransom note also states cybercrimes behind this ransomware will publish your encrypted files after 12 days if you refuse to pay ransom.

The ransom note claims you need to establish the contact with cybercriminals via given email ID for the decryption keys/software. According to text presented in ransom note, you can’t decrypt your files without decryption keys that can be purchased only from cybercriminals behind this ransomware. Liquid Ransomware also provides some free decryption service for some encrypted files and can ask you to send 2-4 locked files to the provided email address. After free decryption is successful, they force you to pay certain amount of extortion money to decrypt your all locked files.

Keep in mind that they are not going to recover your locked files even when ransom money is paid. So, ransom payment is not right choice for decryption. Paying ransom money may lead to severe privacy issues, financial issues, or even identity theft. So, you should never trust on them at any cases and avoid paying any amount of ransom money for the decryption to them. One possible way to recover your all locked files is to restore them from backup. You should make sure you have strong backup of your all personal files on some safe storage media like external hard disk drive or on cloud storage. But before that you should at first try to find and remove Liquid Ransomware related files in computer.

How did you get Liquid Ransomware in Windows 10/8/7 computer?

Ransomware-type malware is distributed through unofficial/unsafe websites, fake software downloaders, installers or updaters, or other third-party sources. When you install updates for a software from fake software updaters or illegal activation tool, then you install malicious programs or malware instead of update in computer. Ransomware-type malware can also be distributed through spam email campaign or malspam campaign. Scammers or malware programmers send spam emails in your mailbox which contain some messages along with suspicious hyperlinks or attachments. Once opened, it executes certain codes/scripts to install malware or ransomware in your computer.

How to protect your system against Ransomware-type malware?

Any applications must not be downloaded, installed or purchase from unofficial/unsafe websites, fake software downloaders, installers or updaters, or other third-party sources. Any attachments or hyperlinks presented in spam or irrelevant emails must not be opened at any cases. Cybercriminals can take advantages of bugs or issues in software installed in your computer and can trigger rough applications or malware in your computer by exploiting the bugs. So, you should keep up-to-date your operating system and all other software installed in computer that could help to fix any bugs or issues in software and improve performances. Also, you should run regular system scan for malware or viruses in computer with some powerful antivirus software that could help you to find and remove all threats or malware.

Let’s take a look at ransom note:

all data in your machine turned to useless binary code

your databses and Documents have been downloaded and will be published after 12days if not paid

to return files and prevent publishing email us at : [email protected] , [email protected] (send copy to both, your id as subject)

your id : –

tips:

no one else can help you ,don’t waste your business time

if not paid after a while Google your Campany Name and you wil see your private and custorres data in there ,all your customers and (this is done only if determine your data leakage does more damage than payment you should make)

anyone/any company offering help will contact us and intermediate, even if they claim otherwise, math prooves no one can decrypt without our private keys ,even some of them with good fame get test file from us and scam you (get your money, don’t pay us, tell you some bullshit, and leave you with your encrypted data) the other half get only some extra fees from you (someone them they pick large amounts of your payment for themselves), there’s nothing you can’t do yourself

you can buy bitcoins easily , just google : how to buy bitcoins in xxx (your country)

Whats’s guarantee? 1- you send a few Sample files for test before payment 2-if we don’t recover our reputation will go bad and no one will pay us

we won;t be available for long

dont play with encrypted files that will corrupt them and make unrecoverable.

for proper decryption don’t delete files at c:\Liquid hidden folder , even on machines with no important data , or get backup of them

question : i read at some website that some people pay the ransome and don’t get their files answer: yes that happens with some ransomewares, affiliates scam you to to pay percentage to devs , to avoid it never pay anyone without testfile (us or any dealer),never ever pay outside of this 2 emails,ONLY PAY TO THE WALLET ADDRESS YOU RECEIVE WITH DECRYPTED SAMPLE FILE ,scam can’t happen if this tips are followed , guaranteed .

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Antimalware Details And User Guide

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

Step 2: Delete Liquid Ransomware using “System Restore”

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

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