How to remove PARTYDOG Ransomware: Restore locked files

PARTYDOG Ransomware locks files and demands ransom payment for the decryption

PARTYDOG Ransomware is another dubious file virus belongs to Dharma Ransomware family. This nasty file virus is capable of locking all types of files including images, audios, videos, games, pdf, ppt, xlx, css, html, text, documents, databases and other formats of files. It is made using powerful encryption algorithm techniques by cybercriminals. You can’t access or open your personal files anymore due to its nasty behaviours. It encrypts your files, renames them, and demands ransom payment for the decryption keys/software.

PARTYDOG Ransomware modifies each file by adding unique ID assigned to you, cybercriminals’ email ID, and .PARTY File Extension to the original file. For example, it renames ‘1.png’ filename to ‘1.png.id-C279F237.[[email protected]].PARTY’. After encryption process is finished, ‘info.txt’ text files as ransom notes are dropped into each folder of your computer that contains encrypted files. The ransom note states all files of your computer hard drive have been encrypted and require paying certain amount of extortion money for the decryption. It also states, ransom payment must be made within 12 hours after encryption.

PARTYDOG Ransomware’s ransom note states you need to establish the contact with cybercriminals behind this ransomware via provided email address. It also claims you can send 2-4 locked files within 1MB of size to provided email ID with unique ID assigned to you, for the free decryption service. It provides free decryption service as proof that they have right decryption keys/software. But it is not true at all. Keep in mind that they are not going to recover/decrypt your locked files even when ransom money is paid. So, we recommended you to stop contacting cybercriminals behind this ransomware, and avoid paying any amount of ransom money to them for the decryption.

One possible way to recover your locked files is to restore them from backup. You should make sure that you have strong backup of your all personal files on some safe external storage device or on cloud storage. You can also try to restore your locked files with our automatic data recovery solution. But before that, you should try to find and remove PARTYDOG Ransomware related files in computer as soon as possible to prevent system from further attacks.

How did you get PARTYDOG Ransomware in Windows computer?

Malspam Campaign or email spam campaign is the mostly used mechanism by cybercriminals to spread Trojans, ransomware or malware in your computer. They use the name & LOGO of some trustworthy companies in its spam email as proof that they are genuine senders. But it is bogus at all. They send spam emails in your mailbox which contain some messages along with malicious hyperlinks or attachments. The hyperlinks presented in spam emails redirect you to phishing/scam websites while attachments presented in spam or irrelevant emails execute certain codes/scripts to infect your computer with malware or viruses. Ransomware-type malware can also be distributed through fake software downloaders, installers and updaters, and other third-party sources.

How to protect your system against Ransomware?

It is strongly recommended not to download/install or purchase any applications from unsafe/untrustworthy sites. You should always try to download any applications from official/verified sources, and choose always ‘Custom/Advanced/Manual’ installation if you want to avoid malicious additions included in software package installation setup. Any attachments or hyperlinks presented in spam emails must not be opened. Additionally, you should run regular system scan for malware or viruses with some powerful antivirus software in computer. After malware or ransomware removal, you can go for our data recovery solution.

Let’s take a look at ransom note:

PARTYDOG

YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED

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

If you want to restore them, write to the mail: [email protected] YOUR ID –

If you have not answered by mail within 12 hours, write to us by another mail:[email protected]

ATTENTION!

We recommend you contact us directly to avoid overpaying agents

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.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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

Step 2: Delete PARTYDOG Ransomware using “System Restore”

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

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