Malware of the family Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Xorist is designed for unauthorized modification of data on a victim computer. It makes computers uncontrollable or blocks its normal performance. After taking the data as a “hostage” (blocking it), a ransom is demanded from the user. The victim is supposed to deliver the ransom to the pirate, who is promising to send in return a program which would release the data or restore normal performance of the computer.
Disinfection of an infected system:
Download the XoristDecryptor.zip to an infected computer. Extract the utility using an archiver program, WinZip for example. Run the XoristDecryptor.exe file. Click the Start scan button to execute the utility . The utility will prompt you to enter path of at least one encrypted file to begin the decryption process. The trojan program encrypts all files with the following extensions:..
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8/8.1 Idioma: Multilingual (Ingles)