Remove Paymen45 Ransomware (File Recovery Guidelines)

Instructions To Remove Paymen45 Ransomware & Restore Encrypted Files

Paymen45 Ransomware is simply a cryptovirus or malware which is technically a part of Everbe ransomware family. Alike its prior strains, the Paymen45 Ransomware also use to encrypt all files on computer using strong encryption measures and demands the victims to pay a specified ransom fee for seeking decryption of those data. The victims in such instances can note such affected files with renamed file names which are actually appended by ransomware using .g8R4rqWIp9 extension. This even means that accessing those files will return an error and this error actually appears before users in form of a text file based ransom note named readme.txt, which is dropped on desktop as well as within other infected directories as well. Here includes the ransom message which the aforementioned text file includes:

Dear user! Your computer is encrypted! We demand a ransom!

Decryption service is paid !!!! PAYMENT FOR BITCOIN !!!

To decrypt your computer, you need to download the TOR browser at hxxps://www.torproject.org/download/

Install it and visit our website for further action hxxp://paymen45oxzpnouz.onion/b241d8d739

Backup communication method:

[email protected]

Also from your servers files, documents, databases SQL, PDF were uploaded to our cloud storage

After we agree, you will receive a decryption program, valuable advice in order not to fall into this situation in the future, as well as all your files on our server will be deleted.

Otherwise, they will fall into the open access of the Internet!

Use any third party software for restoring your data or antivirus solutions will result in a loose of data.

Please be sure that we will find common languge. We will restore all the data and give you recommedations how to configure the protection of your server.

As per the ransom message displayed through readme.txt. It simply states that all files on computer has been encrypted by Paymen45 Ransomware and the victims must have to follow what’s recommended through the note to decrypt those files. As per the note, the victims are asked to pay a unspecified ransom fee to criminals who are behind development of this cryptovirus. Also, the note clarifies that such payment must be remitted in BTC (Bitcoin) cryptocurrency. In order to get more details regarding ransom fee size, how to remit the payment, and how to restore the files further, the victims are urged to contact criminals through provided contact details which include email address.

Further, the ransom note states that in case if victims fail to pay the ransom fee within a specified time limit or frame, then the decryption key stored on hacker’s side will be permanently destroyed, that simply leads the victims to suffer high potential data loss. The message actually includes the warning which states that users should not try tampering with encrypted files or should not attempt using some third party decryptor as these options may corrupt the files permanently as well. The only possible way to get such files is to remit ransom fee, as per the this ransom note, and the same is prohibited by security experts. For information about the detection and removal of Paymen45 Ransomware along with file recovery measures, keep reading this article.

Threat Specifications

Name: Paymen45 Ransomware

Type: Ransomware, cryptovirus

Description: Paymen45 Ransomware is technically a malicious computer infection and is a ransomware identity that may bring chaos to compromised computer by encrypting all stored files.

Distribution: Malicious file downloads, spam/junk email attachments, freeware or shareware downloads, and so on

Removal (File Restoration): For more information about removal of Paymen45 Ransomware and recovery of files, we suggest you get through the guidelines

How Paymen45 Ransomware enters, works, and should be removed?

Since Paymen45 Ransomware is just a piece of malicious malware kind, it mostly enter on targeted computers secretly, and is mostly carried through bundled freeware or shareware applications, spam or junk email attachments, suspicious websites and so on. The hackers can utilize a number of possible methods or tricks which usually appears helpful in prior. So, in case the user ends up installing or just interacting with such apps, their system start to run disastrously. Being a ransomware, Paymen45 Ransomware executes its modules to check for pre-requisites and impacts various administrative settings.

Also, it compromises with security ends too to be undetected. Followed by successful intrusion, it runs its scanner to collect details of stored files and encrypt their one by one by changing their file extensions. Finally, the Paymen45 Ransomware drops a ransom note on computer which is associated to encrypted files and appears on screen each time when such files are opened. In case you are unable to access your files all of a sudden and start to notice changed file extension as well, then your system might be affected by Paymen45 Ransomware. To overcome the issue, you will be enforced to pay demanded ransom fee sooner, else your files can’t be recovered back. However, this is not a solution as suggested by security researchers.

According to what experts have to say, paying to hackers will simply lead users to get financially deceived and may not help anyway to restore or recover encrypted files. Rather, they should try some alternative possible measures to get the malware detected and eliminated from infected computers completely, following which the encrypted files should be restored using lately created backup files or through some other possible file recovery measures.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Step 1: Remove Paymen45 Ransomware through “Safe Mode with Networking”

Step 2: Delete Paymen45 Ransomware using “System Restore”

Step 1: Remove Paymen45 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 Paymen45 Ransomware using “System Restore”

Log-in to the account infected with Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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 Paymen45 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.