Iiss Ransomware Removal Guide

No one wants to deal with malware infections. Iiss Ransomware is one of those threats that will take you by surprise. It can affect both individual and corporate users, and sometimes small businesses affected by this infection suffer more than individual users at home. It is also understandable when businesses choose to pay the ransom fee to retrieve their data. However, security experts maintain that paying the ransom only encourages these criminals to create more malicious programs. Be one of those who try to stop these crooks from making money. Remove Iiss Ransomware from your computer today.

We always emphasize this and we’re going to say it again: war against ransomware is all about prevention. Thus, if you know how Iiss Ransomware reaches target systems, you can stop other similar programs from entering your computer again. After all, Iiss Ransomware belongs to the STOP Ransomware family. Thus, this application clearly employs the same distribution methods as Efji Ransomware, Geno Ransomware, Foqe Ransomware, and other programs from the same group we have discussed before.

And what is the most common ransomware distribution method? Well, that would be spam emails. Here you might scoff because spam usually gets filtered into the Junk folder, doesn’t it? Well, that’s true, but there are also a lot of spam messages that still manage to reach users by landing in the main inbox. What’s more, those messages often look like official messages from reliable third parties. Even if you don’t recognize the sender, you might think that you have to check out the attached document because of the urgent tone in the message.

However, this urgent tone is the first red flag that should deter you from interacting with those files. If you haven’t been expecting the message, if you don’t know the sender, and if the timing seems to be weird, there’s no hard in deleting the email. After all, if it is a legit message and those people want to contact you, they’ll do it again. Here you might say that it’s irresponsible to dismiss messages just like that, and sure. If you want to check the file anyway, you can at least scan it with a security tool of your choice. This way, you can always see whether the file is benignant before opening it.

On the other hand, if you have to deal with Iiss Ransomware first-hand, you will see that all your files are branded with the .iiss extension, and the system can no longer read them. That’s obvious because they have been encrypted. To make the matters more believable, Iiss Ransomware also drops a ransom note in the C:\ directory. Here’s an extract from the said note:

ATTENTION!

Don’t worry, you can return all your files!
All your files like pictures, databases, documents and other important are encrypted with strongest encryption and unique key.
The only method of recovering files is to purchase decrypt tool and unique key for you.
<…>
Price of private key and decrypt software is $980.
Discount 50% available if you contact us first 72 hours, that’s price for you is $490.

The discount thing might sound tempting, but please refrain from contacting these crooks. They might as well just collect your money and scram. So, you have to avoid that at any cost.

Remove Iiss Ransomware using the instructions below, or simply invest in a security application that will delete this infection for you automatically. You can also try out the public decryption tool for the STOP Ransomware infection, as it might work on Iiss Ransomware, too. If all else fails, you can also address a local professional to help you with the issue.

How to Delete Iiss Ransomware

1. Delete the most recent files from Desktop.
2. Go the Downloads folder.
3. Remove the most recent files and press Win+R.
4. Enter %TEMP% into the Open box and press OK.
5. Delete all the files from the directory.
6. Press Win+R again and type %LOCALAPPADATA%. Click OK.
7. Delete the folder with a long random alpha-numeric name.
8. Perform a full system scan with SpyHunter.