Remove JDYI ransomware: Recover Encrypted Files

Tips to Delete JDYI ransomware permanently

JDYI ransomware damages the targeted files and folders. It adds .jdyi extension on every targeted file and makes it totally inaccessible for the victims. So, if you notice any files stored in your work-station with this extension then this means that your computer is infected with a file-encrypting ransomware.

The personal documents that it encrypts could be your personal images, videos, docs, MS Office files, PDFs and so on. You cannot access the encrypted files any further. It demands you to pay certain money through a ransom note. This ransom note file is named as “_readme.txt” and it is stored on the desktop as well as in ever folder that contains the encrypted files. The ransom note is written in such a way that victims gets confused and agrees to pay the demanded Bitcoin crypto-currency in exchange for access to data.

How does Ransomware Encrypts Files?

As soon as the JDYI ransomware gets settles down in the work-station, it does a quick scanning of PC hard-disk in search of the files and data it can encrypt. It searches for files such as images, videos, documents like .docs, pdf, xls, docx and so on. Once all these files get detected, it changes the extension to “.jdyi” and you can no longer access them.

A ransom note in text file provides the basic details about the cyber-criminals such as their email ID namely [email protected] and [email protected] that you are asked to use for any communication. As per the ransom note, the price of decrypt tool and unique decryption key is $980 and is available for a discount price of 50 percent if you make the payment within 72 hours. Further, it asks you to check you spam or junk folder if you don’t receive any answer from them within 6 hours.

What Next After File Encryption?

The inaccessibility of personal files is a very irritating situation and many a times, this may cost you heavily. Getting the personal files to be encrypted is the worst experience. And the ransomware continues the encryption process until all its related items gets deleted from the work-station. So, the first thing that you must do is to scan the PC with a powerful anti-malware tool that has strong scanning algorithm and programming logics. This stops the ransomware to encrypt any other files further.

Solution for Encrypted Files Recovery

As mentioned earlier, the first thing that you must do is to remove the ransomware. Once the PC gets cleaned, you may think to retrieve the files that have been locked. The easiest way is to use the backup files. If you have the backup of your personal important files in some external storage device then you can easily restore it from the backup.

On the other hand, if you don’t maintain the backup in some external storage then the situation is complicated. You should immediately check the “Shadow Volume Copies” which is a temporary backup file created by the OS for recently deleted files.

At the end, the last option is to use a data recovery tool. The recovery tools do offers features to retrieve the data that has damaged, deleted, or corrupted by ransomware or malware attack.

How JDYI ransomware Penetrate in the Work-Station?

The ransomware primarily get distributed through spam email campaigns that have hidden attachments with them. On the other hand, the cyber-criminals can also exploit the vulnerabilities in the OS. They send tons of spam emails with forged sender name and header. This is a trick to convince you that the mail has been sent from some reputed company such as FEDex or DHL. The email claims about the notification of a shipment and hence creates curiosity in your mind to open the attachment. Once the attachment is opened, this is when your work-station gets infected with ransomware.

If there is any vulnerability in any installed application or in the OS then the cyber-criminals takes advantage of it. The freeware and shareware that you download from untrusted sources are often very risky and they contain hidden malware attachments with them.

It is very important that you follow some basic precautionary measures. Be careful regarding the software you download, the webpage you visit, the pop-ups you interact and so on. Upgrade the overall PC security and use a powerful anti-malware tool for complete protection in real-time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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

Step 2: Delete JDYI ransomware using “System Restore”

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

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