CryptoJacky Ransomware Removal Guide

Ransomware is a highly dangerous type of malware as most of it is designed to encrypt your personal files. We recently come across a ransomware called CryptoJacky Ransomware. Research has shown that it can encrypt your files with an advanced encryption algorithm and demand that you send the developers money to receive a decryption password. You should not trust cyber criminals to keep their word, so we suggest that you remove this malicious application from your PC as soon as possible. In this article, we will discuss how this ransomware works, how it is distributed, and how you can get rid of it.

We have found that this ransomware does not have a dropper file, so your computer can become infected with this ransomware provided that you run its main executable manually. The name of the executable is subject to change, however, so there is no naming pattern that could help you identify it. Nevertheless, in some cases, this ransomware’s executable can be named cryptoJacky-setup.exe. If you launch this executable, then it will start the encryption running as aescrypt.exe. We think that this particular ransomware uses the AES encryption which is quite strong.

While encrypting your files, this ransomware will generate a unique public encryption key and a private decryption key. These keys have to match in order to decrypt your files, but the decryption key is sent to the Command and Control server and stored there until you pay. The developers of CryptoJacky Ransomware want you to pay 250 EUR (265 USD) in Bitcoins. Once the encryption is complete, this ransomware will drop a file named “ransom-payment, ” and this file will provide you with instructions on how to pay the ransom. After you pay the ransom, you have to message the criminals via the provided ransom_ph@mail2noble.com email address. After you receive the decryption password, you have to enter it into the dialog box of the "ransom of files" file. This is the default scenario that should play out provided that the criminals keep their end of the bargain, but they might not, so we do not recommend that you pay the ransom.

As you can see, CryptoJacky Ransomware is a highly malicious application whose main objective is to extort money from you. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to avoid getting it on your PC in the first place. While there is no concrete information about its distribution methods, we think that its developers might have set up an email server dedicated to sending email spam containing cryptoJacky-setup.exe. Again, the file can be named randomly to trick you into opening it out of curiosity. The file might be zipped, and the zipped file can be named Invoice, Document, Receipt or something along these lines. The emails masquerade as legitimate, and if you open the malicious file, then it is too late, because if you do not have an anti-malware program, then CryptoJacky Ransomware will encrypt your personal files.

In closing, CryptoJacky Ransomware is one malicious piece of programming that can cause you major problems because if it manages to encrypt your personal files, then the only way to get them back would be to pay the ransom. However, if you do not want to comply with the demands, then you ought to delete this ransomware. We have made a removal guide that involves using SpyHunter’s free scanner to detect the malicious executable, provided you do not know its location.

How to delete CryptoJacky Ransomware

1. Go to http://www.411-spyware.com/download-sph
2. Download SpyHunter-Installer.exe and run it.
3. Install the program and run it.
4. Click Scan Computer Now!
5. After the scan is complete copy the file path of the executable from the scan results.
6. While in desktop, press Win+E.
7. Type the file path of the executable in File Explorer’s address box and hit Enter.
8. Right-click the file and click Delete.
9. Empty the Recycle Bin.