Remove Homer Ransomware [File Recovery Process]

Easy steps to delete Homer Ransomware

Homer Ransomware is described as data locking infection that belongs to the family of Dharma ransomware. This notorious malware was discovered by Marcelo Rivero. Its sole motive is to force you to pay extortion money to buy the decryption code that can break the encryption and also release your files. This dubious file encrypting malware is able to locks down all types of files by using unique ID assigned to the victim, cyber criminals email address and by adding “.homer” extension. Therefore, users are unable to access even single files to their previous states.

What Ransom Note demands?

After that ransom demanding message are created in the pop-up window and text file named “FILES ENCRYPTED.txt” is displayed that provides instructions about unlocking process. The ransom note states that all your files are encoded and can only be decrypted by using private decryption tool. It will ask you to pay money through Bitcoin or other crypto currency so that they can provide you that tool through which you can access your files. Users are advised to use secondary email address if they did not receive response from the cyber criminals within 12 hours.

It will also leave some instructions about access the Tor network and buying crypto coins. As you know, Homer Ransomware is created and distributed by hackers with an intention to extort money by phishing innocent users. Despite this, users are also warned not to rename encrypted files by using third party software otherwise it may cause permanent data damage. To make believe that tool is working properly, they offer free decryption test of 1 encrypted file. It will also provide to some time to pay money otherwise all your files will be deleted permanently.

What Victim should do?

Dealing with hackers is not a good idea because they only want your money and they don’t care about what happens to your files as well as data. it is also possible that decryption key you are purchasing by paying lots of money don’t even work properly or might bring lots of threats and viruses on your computer. So, it is not good idea to risk your money when your files are encrypted. To restore all your files, first of all you are recommended to remove Homer Ransomware completely from the system. After that recover your files by using backup or data recovery software. Keep in minds that do not try to restore your files before removing ransomware infections because it will keep encrypting your files until it is in your device.

Text presented in Homer Ransomware’s pop-up window:

YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED
Don’t worry,you can return all your files!
If you want to restore them, follow this link:email [email protected] YOUR ID –
If you have not been answered via the link within 12 hours, write to us by e-mail:[email protected]
Attention!
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.

How did ransomware infect my PC?

Homer Ransomware mostly intrudes into the targeted computer without having user’s knowledge. The most common and effective methods used are spam email attachments and software bundling. Spam emails carrying malicious attachments that can easily bring malware once opened. Most of the freeware programs can carry additional apps that get installed on your PC without any notification. Apart from this, this dubious malware can also infect computer through malicious links, porn or torrent sites, pirated or cracked software, p2p sharing networks and other dubious infiltration methods.

Remove Homer Ransomware

Complete removal instructions have been provided below in step by step manner. Follow it so that you will not find any trouble while performing malware removal process. Instead this, you can simply use reputable antivirus tool such as Spyhunter that has the capability to remove Homer Ransomware automatically from the machine.

Threat summary

Name: Homer Ransomware

Encrypted File Extension: .homer (files are also appended with a unique ID and cyber criminal’s email address).

Type: Ransomware, Cryptovirus, Files locker

Short Description: The ransomware encrypts files on your computer system and demands a ransom to be paid to allegedly recover them.

Symptoms: The ransomware will encrypt your files by appending the .homer extension to them, along with a unique identification number placing the new .homer extension as a secondary.

Ransom demanding message: Text presented in the pop-up window and FILES ENCRYPTED.txt.

Distribution Method: Spam Emails, Email Attachments, torrent websites, malicious ads, cracked software, torrent files and many more.

Damage: All your files are locked and in order to recover it you need to pay ransom money to the cyber criminals. Other additional malware infections installed into your machine along with ransomware.

Removal: Use Spyhunter to remove Homer Ransomware soon from the system. Once PC gets cleaned, recover your files using data recovery tool or software.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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

Step 2: Delete Homer Ransomware using “System Restore”

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

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