Shark Ransomware Removal Guide

Shark Ransomware is a name for a ransomware service that allows almost anyone to create their own malicious infection. The other name for this type of infection is RaaS: Ransomware-as-a-Service. Normally, when we imagine cyber criminals, we think they are super crafty programmers who create malicious programs on a regular basis. Things like Shark Ransomware allow people to become cyber criminals too, even if they do not know how to create such programs. Either way, the bottom line is that you need to remove this program from your system immediately, as there is no saying what your system has to go through with this threat on-board.

This ransomware program goes as far as having an official website that can be accessed by anyone. The site is hosted by WordPress, and it can be visited via sharkproject.tk. Of course, it does not mean that the would-be criminals can get this app for free. They have to pay for it, as well as the 20% commissions from all the ransom fees that the infected users transfer. Thus, you can easily see that by paying the ransom fee you would help this criminals scheme to live on. No matter what you do to restore your files or remove Shark Ransomware, you should never give your money away to these cyber criminals.

There might be many ways to get infected with this program, depending on where the owner places the installer file. In fact, there might also be users out there who were planning to make use of this ransomware application for their own financial gains, but they got infected with it accidentally when you tried downloading the installer file. Other than that, protecting yourself from this program is pretty much the same as protecting your system from any other dangerous infection. Staying away from unfamiliar websites helps, as well as deleting spam email without even opening it. You can never know what might come in the spam email attachment!

When Shark Ransomware reaches a target computer, it encrypts all important files, such as your documents and pictures. The affected files then get the .locked extension added, so it is not hard to tell which files have been busted by this infection. Once the encryption is complete, the program launches a picture that carries instructions on how to decrypt your files. The instructions come with several steps where you have to enter your email address, and then you would receive other orders on where you need to transfer the money, and so on.

Since this is a new infection, there is still not decryption tool available, but you can always restore your files from a backup. There could be an external hard drive or cloud storage where you keep your files, or perhaps you have a lot of documents saved in your inbox. Think about it! It might be a tedious method, but it is still better than paying money to the criminals.

However, before you transfer your files back into your system, you have to delete Shark Ransomware and everything associated with the infection. We have some manual removal instructions below, but that might not be enough to terminate all the potential threats. Thus, you should still scan your computer with a powerful antispyware tool after you are done deleting the files we have listed.

How to Remove Shark Ransomware

1. Open your Downloads folder.
2. Remove all the recently downloaded files.
3. Press Win+R and the Run Prompt will open.
4. Type %APPDATA% into the Open box and click OK.
5. Delete the Settings folder from the directory.
6. Scan your PC with SpyHunter.