Cetori Ransomware Removal Guide

Vulnerabilities within your operating system and carelessness can lead to the attacks of cybercriminals. Cetori Ransomware is one of the many threats that could invade your system using stealth or tricks. In the worst-case scenario, you could be tricked into letting this malware in yourself. Of course, regardless of how it gets in, it always acts the same way. Unfortunately, this malware can encrypt files, and if it does that successfully, the files cannot be opened normally. Basically, the infection takes your photos, documents, videos, archives, and all other kinds of personal files hostage, and then it makes demands that you pay a ransom for a decryptor. We should warn you right away that a free decryptor should exist. We discuss this further in the report, and we also provide tips that should help you delete Cetori Ransomware from your operating system. So, are you interested in decryption and removal? If you are, keep reading.

When Cetori Ransomware attacks, the infection jumps into action immediately. The threat encrypts files using encryption keys, and the files’ names are modified also by adding the “.cetori” extension. You can easily remove this extension, but your files will not be restored, and so that would be a waste of your own time. Paying attention to the demands of cyber attackers is a waste of time also. Have you found a file named “_readme.txt” already? This is the file that the attackers behind Cetori Ransomware are desperate for you to open. That is because the message inside the file is meant to convince you that you need to pay the ransom. According to it, every victim needs “private key and decrypt software” to have their files decrypted, and the attackers suggest paying $490 ($980 after 72 hours) to get it. To obtain this software, you are also asked to send a unique ID code to gorentos@bitmessage.ch or gorentos2@firemail.cc. What would happen if you followed these demands? First and foremost, it is unlikely that a decryptor would be sent to you. Second, your inbox is likely to be flooded with spam, which could happen later, once you forget about the attack and lose your guard once more.

The malicious Cetori Ransomware is part of the Stop Ransomware group. A few other threats that belong to it include Mogranos Ransomware, Darus Ransomware, and Kiratos Ransomware. Although this family is already fully established, that does not mean that the malware is invincible. On the contrary, it appears that a free decryptor is already publicly available. STOPDecrypter is the name of this tool, and so we hope that you can find and employ it to have all of your personal files restored. Unfortunately, working free decryptors are a rarity, and you really should not rely on them. To ensure that your personal files are safe even if a new ransomware infection slithers into your operating system, you need to create backups. What are backups? They are copies of files that can replace the original files when necessary. Obviously, backups can be affected also, which is why you want to create them outside the original location of your personal files. For example, you can use cloud storage or removable drives. Hopefully, you had taken care of this, and you can now replace the files corrupted by Cetori Ransomware.

We hope that you can restore or replace your files, after which, you should focus on the removal of Cetori Ransomware. This threat is not too complex, but eliminating it could still be problematic. If you are unaware as to how malware works, and if you are not able to identify malicious components, installing anti-malware software that can automatically find and delete Cetori Ransomware is recommended. This is not the only reason to install it. This software can also ensure full-time protection against new threats, and that is even more important than eliminating the threat that has already caused problems. If you want to discuss anything else, or you have questions, let’s continue the discussion in the comments section.

How to delete Cetori Ransomware

1. Tap keys Win+E to launch Explorer.
2. Type %LOCALAPPDATA% into Quick access and tap Enter.
3. Delete all malicious [random name] folders and [random name] files.
4. Type %HOMEDRIVE% into Quick access and tap Enter.
5. Delete the folder named SystemID with the PersonalID.txt file inside.
6. Delete the file named _readme.txt (if copies exist elsewhere, delete them too).
7. Empty Recycle Bin and then perform a full system scan using a reliable malware scanner ASAP.