How to remove SatanCryptor ransomware (Simple removal steps)

Important facts about SatanCryptor ransomware

According to expert, it is a kind of destructive file encrypting virus that has been crafted by vicious hackers for evil purposes. Basically, it intrudes in your computer silently without any earlier notification and performs lots of malicious activities inside. It encrypts all your crucial files and data stored in the hard drive of the PC and make them totally useless. It is really a big threat for the Windows PC since it is capable of infecting almost all kinds of data including images, videos, music, documents etc. During encryption process, all files are renamed with “#_THIS_FILE_IS_ENCRYPTED_”, unique ID codes, developers email address and by using “.satan” extensions.

Text presented in SatanCryptor ransomware’s pop-up window:

Your documents, photos, databases and other important files have been encrypted cryptographically strong, without the cipher key recovery is impossible!
To decrypt your files you need to buy the special software – SATAN DECRYPTOR and your Private Decryption Key.
Using another tools could corrupt your files, in case of using third party software we dont give guarantees that full recovery is possible so use it on your own risk.
If you want to restore files, write us to the our e-mail: [email protected]
Please write your Personal Identification Code in body of your message.
Also attach to email 3 encrypted files for free decryption test. (each file have to be less than 1 MB size and not have valuable content)
It is in your interest to respond as soon as possible to ensure the restoration of your files!

Depth analysis

After completing encryption process, SatanCryptor ransomware drops HTML application “# SATAN CRYPTOR #.hta” on your desktop which contain ransom demanding message. The HTML message states that if you are interested in getting back access to the locked files you need to buy decryption tool or software from the attackers. They generally ask you to pay $200 to $500 as ransom money in a very unique currency named Bitcoins. However, paying money to the attackers is not the clever thing to do in any aspect because they are never going to provide you decryption tool even after payment are submitted. According to experts, it has been tendency for big malware developers that often ignore the victims after taking the ransom and cause them to lose both files as well as money.

In such situation the first thing you need to do is to delete this hazardous virus from the system as soon as possible by using anti-malware tool. As far as restoring the data is concerned, you should try to retrieve them by using powerful third party data recovery application. Further, SatanCryptor ransomware also has the ability to disables the working of installed security programs and open backdoors for other online threats and viruses. It creates lots of junk files in the hard drive of the PC which eat up enormous amount of memory resources and downgrade the overall PC functioning drastically.

How did ransomware infect my system?

This nasty ransomware is mostly distributed through spam emails when you open and download their malicious attachments. Sometimes, you receive mails from unknown sources that look legitimate but in reality they are bogus indeed. They contains such kind of malware stuffs which automatically get installed when you open infected mails. Hence, avoid clicking on any suspicious email or untrustworthy links to keep the system harmless and secured. Thus, at the moment, just follow the simple steps given below and delete SatanCryptor ransomware easily and effectively from the computer.

Quick Glance

Name: SatanCryptor ransomware

Type: Ransomware, Cryptovirus

Extension: .satan

Ransom demanding message: # SATAN CRYPTOR #.hta

Cyber criminal contact: [email protected]  

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 satan file extension and cannot be opened. A ransom note called # SATAN CRYPTOR #.hta also appears on the victims desktop.

Distribution: Spam emails, Emails attachments, Executable Files

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

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove SatanCryptor ransomware through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete SatanCryptor ransomware using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove SatanCryptor 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 SatanCryptor ransomware using “System Restore”

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