Sqpc Ransomware

Have you ever heard of Sqpc Ransomware? Probably not, because this infection is rather obscure and not that wide-spread. Nevertheless, if you get infected with this program, it will encrypt your files, and you will not be able to access them. Just like most of the programs from this category, Sqpc Ransomware expects you to pay a ransom fee for the file recovery. However, computer security experts say that paying the ransom only encourages cybercriminals to create more dangerous infections. Therefore, you should remove Sqpc Ransomware today, and then learn more about ransomware so you could avoid such intruders in the future.

Probably, the most annoying thing about ransomware infections is that we always emphasize the importance of being attentive when you deal with unfamiliar files, and yet users still fall into the same trap. For instance, Sqpc Ransomware is clearly traveling via spam email attachments, but users fail to recognize the potentially harmful files, and they launch them on their computers. Why does that happen? Well, it happens because ransomware installer files look like regular documents! It might pretend to be a shopping invoice, a financial statement, or some regular PDF document that you might be dealing with every single day.

Hence, whenever you receive files from unknown senders, it would be for the best to check whether those files are real (or at least safe). The most straightforward way to do it is by scanning the received file with a security tool of your choice before you open them. A security tool will definitely help you determine whether the file in question is dangerous or not. And you will be able to remove it, no questions asked. Of course, it would be for the best to simply delete all the spam emails you receive without even checking them, but sometimes our curiosity gets the better of us, doesn’t it?

Anyway, aside from the distribution, what we know for sure is that Sqpc Ransomware comes from the STOP Ransomware family. It is a forever-growing group of malicious infections, and we have recently discussed Mpaj Ransomware, Jope Ransomware, Ooss Ransomware, and many others. All of them follow the same distribution pattern, and they even have a similar ransom note. Thus, we can assume that the people behind these infections use the same malicious code and just merely tweak it before re-releasing it. Hence, we have a bunch of similar programs, and sometimes even the same decryption key may work on them.

That’s probably one of the main aspects of this infection. There is a public decryption tool intended for the STOP Ransomware infection. If all of its clones employ an offline encryption key to lock up the target files, this public decryption tool can be used to decrypt the said files. Thus, you can try applying the public decryption tool on your files, too. The chances are that you might be able to restore some of them. However, please note that a file backup still remains the most definite remedy against ransomware infection.

Also, no matter what you do, please ignore the following ransom note that is dropped onto your system:

Don’t worry, you can return all your files!
All your files like photos, databases, documents and other important are encrypted with strongest encryption and unique key.
The only method of recovering files is to purchase decrypt tool and unique key for you.
<…>
Price of private key and decrypt software is $980.
Discount 50% available if you contact us first 72 hours, that’s price for you is $490.

This kind of note is common across all the STOP Ransomware infections; they don’t even change the grammar errors. The only thing that changes is the email address you have to use to contact these criminals.

Instead of contacting them, remove Sqpc Ransomware today. You can follow the manual removal instructions at the bottom of this entry, but if you don’t feel like doing that or if you don’t trust yourself with such an important task, you can invest in a powerful antispyware application that will scan your computer and will remove Sqpc Ransomware for you automatically. Should you have more questions, please do not hesitate to drop us a comment below.

How to Remove Sqpc Ransomware

1. Remove the most recent files from Desktop.
2. Remove the most recent files from the Downloads folder.
3. Press Win+R and type %TEMP%. Click OK.
4. Delete the most recent files from the directory.
5. Press Win+R and type %LocalAppData%. Click OK.
6. Delete a folder with a long random name.
7. Run a full system scan with the SpyHunter free scanner.