Remove .firex3m file virus (File Recovery Measures)

Detailed Information About .firex3m file virus

This article is aimed to provide users with details about .firex3m file virus that can help victims to free up their machine .firex3m file virus and its negative impacts. In case you notice your files turn to be inaccessible and those file extensions are somehow appended with a new extension as .firex3m, then your system is actually attacked by a ransomware. To learn how to sort out the issue, keep reading this article.

What is .firex3m file virus?

.firex3m file virus or just X3m ransomware is a cryptomalware infection that is empowered to encrypt files saved on your machine and append those file extensions to .firex3m. Means, te victims can expect to have all their files locked or inaccessible. Every time they try accesisng the data, they will face off eruption of a ransom note on screen which describes users how they can restore their files and how such files are locked. The aforementioned ransom note is dropped by .firex3m file virus just after the encryption is processed which mainly aimed to enforce users into remitting a ransom fee to hackers, and nothing else. Therefore, the term .firex3m file virus is nothing more than a vicious method created by cyber crime master minds with sole intention to earn hefty ransom amount from victims and nothing else. Also, the malware is techncially capable to lock down or encrypt almost all possible file types on your system including audio, video, pictures, backups, banking details, and so on, leaving you probably no options to accomplish file recovery in easy.

Threat Summary

Name: .firex3m file virus

Type: Ransomware, cryptovirus

Description: .firex3m file virus is completely a vicious computer infection or a ransomware that encrypts or locks all files stored on computer and enforce the users to pay off high end ransom fee.

Distribution: Spam/junk email attachments, freeware or shareware downloads, visits to malicious websites, and many more.

Removal (File Restore): Check through the guidelines or methods included here either to remove .firex3m file virus and restore your files back.

How .firex3m file virus gets installed on computer, works, and should be treated?

Researchers have to say, the malware called .firex3m file virus mostly get spread over web through a specific trojan called payload dropper. This payload is basically a malicious script which use to download ransomware files from a remote server and execute the same on infected machines. So, the creators of .firex3m file virus probably use to distribute this payload dropper over web through a number of possible measures such as spam email marketing, social engineering attacks, file sharing services, and many more. In all these instances, a user is presented with various helpful appearing objects which have hidden malicious script with them, and once the object is downloaded or just interacted, the .firex3m file virus manage to execute its modules to encrypt files, deploy ransom note and demands the victims to remit ransom payment as soon as possible.

The ransom note technically includes various details that pretends to help you restoring your files, but actually enforce you to contact the hackers or criminals to buy a valid decryption key so as the data can be restored. Take a look through the ransom note here included under this article:

*** All YOUR WORK AND PERSONAL FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED ***

To decrypt your files you need to buy the special software ?x3m decryptor?

You can find out the details / buy decryptor + key / ask questions by email: [email protected] OR [email protected]

Your personal ID: 1795606269

Reading through the ransom note, it simply states that victims have no other options to get their files accessible once again, rather than paying to hackers, but the security experts or researchers never suggest users to choose that option as paying to hackers is never a guaranteed solution to restore or recover files completely. The better option according to researhchers is to find and follow some guidelines which helps users to identify .firex3m file virus along with ll its files, processes, and leftovers completely. Once the removal is successfully processed, the victims can try restoring their files using either a lately created backup files, or other possible file recovery measures. For more information on how to remove .firex3m file virus from a compromised computer and how to restore files through backups, get through the measures described below.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove .firex3m file virus through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete .firex3m file virus using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file virus using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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 .firex3m file 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.