This type of damage can occur in any device—whether an HDD, a storage system, or a mobile phone.

Two types of such malicious software code can be distinguished:

1. Destructive;
2. Profit-driven.

The former are rarely seen nowadays, they are just made for fun, to prove something (not sure what ???? ) to themselves. For example, Word documents are altered, and their content becomes filled with profanity. After such interference, file system analysis will yield no results (the entries will appear as new files). However, the files most commonly used by users are: jpg, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, zip, rar, pdf, etc. we have highly skilled specialists who can manually recover or rebuild these files.

The second type was especially popular in Lithuania in 2015. Many were shocked to see a message stating that their data was encrypted and that a significant payment was required to decrypt it. The worst part is that some never received the password even after paying the demanded amount.

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This profit-driven malware is mostly based on deception. For example, it often claims that your data is encrypted using RSA-2048, which is unlikely. Such encryption requires extensive computations. However, this malware targets ordinary users for whom a computer is sometimes no better than a typewriter, and using such encryption would take a very long time and would not go unnoticed. Therefore, much simpler encryption methods are usually chosen.

Our specialists have extensive experience in analyzing such viruses and developing decryption tools to counter their effects.

As always, the most important thing is to contact us as soon as possible. Therefore, we are ready to assist you 24/7. In the case of viruses, every minute is especially important.