Hc6 Ransomware

It appears to be Hc6 Ransomware comes from rather greedy hackers who demand their victims to pay a ransom of $2500. The threat’s creators ask for money in exchange for decryption of user’s locked data. As you see the malicious program encrypts all personal files, it can find on the computer with strong cryptosystems to make them unusable. Unfortunately, such data cannot be unlocked without specific decryption tools. Nonetheless, we would not advise you to purchase these tools from the hackers because the chances are they might not keep up to their end of the deal. They may not bother to send them, or they could start asking for even more money, and so on. Therefore, we believe it is smarter no to put up with any demands and remove the malware at once. Users who decide to follow our advice can delete Hc6 Ransomware manually while using the instructions available at the end of the article or with a reliable antimalware tool.

In the rest of the text, we would like to tell you more about Hc6 Ransomware. First of all, to avoid it or threats similar to it in the future, users should know how they might encounter it. Usually, such malicious programs are distributed via Spam emails, fake updates or installers, or other infected data one may download from the Internet. Of course, identifying such data might be difficult, and this is why we would recommend keeping a reliable security tool so it could warn you about harmful data. Additionally, it might be a good idea to be more careful with emails received from unknown senders or data downloaded from untrustworthy sources, e.g., torrent or other file-sharing web pages, and so on. You could either select such data more carefully or if you acquire a security tool you could check suspicious files by scanning them first.

Now it is clear the malicious program should enter the system after launching a malicious file we would like to discuss what happens afterward. Our researchers who tested Hc6 Ransomware say it should firstly drop either Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd or Crypto.Hash._SHA256.pyd in the %TEMP%/_MEI33802 location. The folder called _MEI33802 might be titled randomly, so it could be different for some users. Another infection’s created file you may find on your computer should be titled recover_your_fies.txt. It could be added on to your Desktop or every location containing locked data. Also, the file should be placed on later on when Hc6 Ransomware finishes encrypting your personal files. Researchers say the malware uses AES-256 CBC and SHA256 cryptosystems. Moreover, the threat might append .fucku extension to all encrypted data, e.g., a text document called text.docx would look like text.docx.fucku.

Furthermore, as said earlier, among the encrypted data you might find a text file called recover_your_fies.txt. If the victim opens it, he should see a short ransom note written in English. The note advises not to turn off the computer and asks to email the malware’s developers (nullforwarding@qualityservice.com) after you pay them $2500. It is safe to say the sum is not a small one, especially compared to threats similar to Hc6 Ransomware that ask users to pay less than $250 or $100. Needless to say, once you make the payment you cannot take your money back even if the hackers refuse to help you unlock your data and truth to be told it is possible they could do so. Consequently, we advise users not to waste their money and erase the malicious program instead.

There are two ways to get rid of Hc6 Ransomware, and you can choose one based on your skills and experience. Probably an easier way would be to download a reliable antimalware tool, do a system scan to locate the malicious data belonging to the infection and then erase it by pressing the removal button. Users who are up to the task can pick a more challenging way of locating and deleting the threat’s data manually as it is shown in the instructions offered at the end of this paragraph.

Eliminate Hc6 Ransomware

1. Tap Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
2. Go to the Task Manager.
3. Find the malware’s process.
4. Mark this process and click End Task.
5. Exit Task Manager.
6. Press Win+E.
7. Access listed locations separately:
   %TEMP%
   %USERPROFILE%\desktop
   %USERPROFILE%\downloads
8. Find a malicious file you could have opened before the computer got infected.
9. Right-click the suspicious file and press Delete.
10. Go to this path: %TEMP%
11. Find a folder called _MEI33802 (might be random) and containing one of these files:
    Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd
    Crypto.Hash._SHA256.pyd
12. Right-click the described folder and select Delete.
13. Erase threat’s ransom note (recover_your_fies.txt).
14. Exit File Explorer.
15. Empty your Recycle bin.
16. Reboot the PC.