

PAYMENT File Virus mostly enter your system secretly and thus you don’t even know notice when and how all your files got encrypted. They simply hope that they can recover all their files at once after paying ransom money. PAYMENT File virus recovers some of the encrypted files, then victims get more than willing to pay ransom money. It is a phishing technique and most of users fall for this kind of trick. Hackers behind this threat will ask you to send some of your files with your unique ID for the free decryption to prove that they can recover your files once you pay the money. PAYMENT Virus will ask you in its ransom note that all your files are encrypted and they can be decoded but you will need a decryption key and that you can only get by paying ransom money through BitCoin. It is a serious threat and all your files are now hijacked which can not be deciphered without the private key generated for your system. Here, the id refers to ransomware encryption ID which is unique for every computer and is the messenger ID for cross-platform messenger and VoIP client named ICQ.

PAYMENT File virus will also add its malicious extension to all the file names to marked them locked and then leave ransom note on your system demanding money to give you decryption key.įor an example, if a file name “myphoto.jpg” gets encrypted by this virus, then it will get converted into “.PAYMENT” after encryption.

After successful encryption of your files, this nasty. PAYMENT malware on your system then it is safe to assume that all your files has been encrypted and you are not able to access any of your data. Download SpyHunter 5 Anti-Malware What is PAYMENT Virus
