How to remove Topi Virus [Instructions to Restore Files]

Quick guide or techniques to delete Topi Virus immediately

The term Topi Virus simply indicates that it belongs to Stop/Djvu ransomware family. This cunning virus enters into your system accidentally from various methods of malicious email messages which contain infected attachments. It locks all files of your computer hard drives by appending “.Topi” extension and drops ransom note “_readme.txt” on your system screen that claims to recover all your files, once you pay ransom money to them. It is popularly also known as Topi Ransomware. This notorious malware has been created and distributed by group of cyber criminals with an aim to make illegal online profit.

Text presented in Topi Virus‘s text file:

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More details about Topi Virus

The text presented in ransom note contain short message which states victims that all their data have been encrypted and in order to decrypt it users are informed to purchase decrypt key or unique tool from Topi developers. Once contacted, they will provide you further instructions on how to pay money. They price of decryption tool is $980 but if you contact criminals within first 72 hours you will get 50% discounts and you have to pay only $490. They also warn users not to rename encrypted files or try to decrypt them by using third party software otherwise it may cause permanent data loss. It is true that in most cases of ransomware infections decryption is impossible while the involvement of people who are behind this infections.

Whatever the case, it does not matter, it is strongly advised not to communicate with cyber criminals and fulfill any of their demands. They cannot be trusted because it is not sure that after paying money they will provide you decryption key. It has been seen that the key they provide does not work properly or contain lots of harmful viruses. Therefore not only their files remain encrypted but also user experience significant financial losses. So, you are recommended to remove Topi Virus from system to avoid further encryptions. Remember that removal will not restore already affected data. Despite this, you can recover your files without paying money is to use existing backup if created earlier before encryption or placed at different locations.

How did ransomware infect system?

The most common method through which such types of crypto-viruses enter into the targeted PC is spam email campaign. And therefore, you need to be very captious while opening an email received from unknown sources. Such types of emails contain malicious attachments that automatically gets installed into your system if opened. Apart from this, sharing files through network environment, watching adult videos, clicking on malicious links etc may also cause malware intrusion.

So, you are advised not to keep in touch with these perilous sources to keep computer harmless and secured. As long as this harmful virus stay in your device, it will keep infecting your other crucial data and cause more damage. Therefore, you are highly suggested to delete Topi Virus and all infiltrated malware from system as early as possible.

Quick Glance

Name: Topi Virus

Type: Ransomware, Crypto-virus

Encrypted file extensions: .Topi

Ransom demanding message: _readme.txt

Cyber criminal email ID: [email protected]          

Symptoms: cannot open files available on your desktop, previously functional files now have different extensions. A ransom demanding message is displayed on your screen. They demand payment of ransom to unlock your files.

Distribution methods: torrent websites, spam emails, email attachments, unofficial activation and updating tools.

Damage: all files are encrypted and cannot be accessed without paying ransom. Additional password stealing Trojans and malware infections can be installed along with ransomware infections and other malware.

Removal: Manual as well as automatic guidelines is provided under this article.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove Topi Virus through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete Topi Virus using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove Topi Virus 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 Topi Virus using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with Topi Virus. 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 Topi Virus 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 Topi Virus 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 Topi Virus 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 Topi Virus, 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 Topi Virus.

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 Topi Virus?

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 Topi Virus 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 Topi Virus 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.