.PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware

There are ransomware programs that can be easily decrypted and programs that make you lose any hope of getting your files back. .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware is the former, but even if we can get the public decryption tool for this infection, it doesn’t mean that it is okay to postpone the task of removing .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware from your system for later. This program is quite obnoxious and intrusive, so the sooner you delete it from your computer, the better. To find out more about this program and how to protect yourself from a ransomware infection, please continue reading this entry.

Perhaps the best way to protect yourself from such intruders is preventing them from entering your system in the first place. To prevent ransomware programs from entering your computer, you have to know how they spread around.

The truth is that the most popular ransomware distribution method is probably the most inconspicuous one. That is spam emails. Spam email campaigns are still rampant even though we do not see them in our inboxes that much these days because most of them get filtered into your Junk folders. However, there are still a lot of email service providers out there that do not have algorithms complicated enough to spot and filter spam emails out. What’s more, spam emails nowadays are a lot more sophisticated, and quite often they do not look like spam at all!

For example, these emails might look like invoices from online stores or like notifications from reliable institutions. The common aspect of such emails is that they rely on a sense of urgency, making it seem that the user has to interact with the email content immediately. For instance, the message might say that you have to open the attached file at once to check some financial report, and so on. So, the point is to avoid taking the bait.

Now, what happens if .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware still manages to enter your computer? Then you will go through the usual ransomware infection routine, when this program enters your computer and scans the system looking for the files it can encrypt. .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware is actually a newer version of the Jigsaw Ransomware infection, so it will behave just like its predecessor.

The program will encrypt your personal files, and every single file name will get a new extension, and it will be really easy to see which files have been affected by the infection. However, please note again that it is possible to decrypt the files affected by .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware, and so there is no need to panic. Yet, as mentioned, it is a must to remove this program from your computer at once and here’s why. Just check out what this program says in its ransom note:

Every hour I select some of them to delete permanently,
therefore I won’t be able to access them, either.
Are you familiar with the concept of exponential growth? Let me help you out.
It starts out slowly then increases rapidly.
During the first 24 hour you will only lose a few files,
the second day a few hundred, the third day a few thousand, and so on.

Here .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware is talking about deleting your files if you fail to transfer the ransom fee. The problem is that the program can actually delete your files. So, the sooner you remove the infection, the better. Also, it would be better if you refrain from restarting your computer because the program also says you would lose 1000 files if you were to turn the PC off. In other words, the best course of action is removing this infection right now.

Since the program isn’t too complicated, it doesn’t drop additional files on your computer. There are no registry entries to edit either. You just need to remove the file that launched .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware on your computer, and then terminate the ransom note file, too. Once you are done with that, you can look for the public decryption tool that will recover your encrypted files. The decryption tool that worked for Jigsaw Ransomware should help you with .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware, too. Finally, ensure that your system is protected against similar intruders in the future, and be careful about the downloaded files that you open on your PC.

How to Delete .PC-FunHACKED!-Hello Ransomware

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager.
2. Click the Processes tab and highlight potentially malicious processes.
3. Press the End Process button and exit Task Manager.
4. Delete unfamiliar files from Desktop.
5. Navigate to your Downloads folder.
6. Remove the most recently downloaded files.
7. Press Win+R and the Run prompt will open.
8. Type %TEMP% into the Open box and click OK.
9. Delete the most recently downloaded files from the directory.
10. Scan your computer with SpyHunter.