Note that paying the ransom as demanded by this ransomware is equivalent to sending your money to cyber criminals - you will support their malicious business model and there is no guarantee that your files will ever be decrypted. Ransomware infections such as Crypt0L0cker (including CryptoWall, TeslaCrypt, and CTB-Locker) present a strong case to maintain regular backups of your stored data.

TOR network ensures that criminals' identities and locations remain anonymous. Cyber criminals responsible for creating Crypt0l0cker ransomware use TOR network to collect ransom payments from victims. This is an updated variant of malware previously known as TorrentLocker. This ransomware is targeted at computer users from Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The ransom demanding messages are presented in HOW_TO_RESTORE_FILES.txt and HOW_TO_RESTORE_FILES.html files. Updated variants of this ransomware use 6 random letters as an extension for encrypted files. Crypt0l0cker provides DECRYTP_INSTRUCTIONS.html and DECRYPT_INSTRUCTIONS.txt files with instructions on how to pay the ransom. enc prefix in dedicated folders containing encrypted files. txt (files needed for normal Windows operation). After successful infiltration, this malware encrypts files on victims' computers and demands ransom payments of 2.2 Bitcoin to decrypt them.Ĭrypt0l0cker ransomware (some newer variants use the name CryptoLocker) encrypts all files found on victims' computers except the following. Crypt0L0cker (or TorrentLocker) is a ransomware infection that infiltrates computers using infected email message attachments (message topics often include: “package tracking”, ”speeding tickets”, “unpaid invoice”, etc.) Note that cyber criminals localise these spam email messages to make them appear legitimate.įor example, computer users located in the United Kingdom receive fake email messages claiming to be package tracking messages from Royal Mail, PC users from Australia receive messages from Australia Post, etc.

Crypto locker files