Lavasky Ransomware 🔐 (. Lavasky File) — Removal Guide

Lavasky virus: what is known so far?

The pattern of renaming is the following: (victimID)(contact_email).lavasky. In the process of encryption, a file named, for instance, “report.docx” will be altered to “report.docx.(CW-MX8607321954)().lavasky”.

In each directory with the encrypted files, a unlock-info.txt file will be found. It is a ransom money memo. It contains information on the ways of paying the ransom and some other remarks. The ransom note usually contains a description of how to buy the decryption tool from the ransomware developers. You can obtain this decrypting software after contacting through email. That is basically the scheme of the felony.

The unlock-info.txt file accompanying the Lavasky ransomware provides the following dispiriting information:

All your files have been encrypted!


All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail; 
Write this ID in the title of your message : -
In case of no answer in 24 hours write us to theese e-mails: 
You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files.


Free decryption as guarantee
Before paying you can send us up to 1 file for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 1Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.)

 

How to obtain Bitcoins
The easiest way to buy bitcoins is LocalBitcoins site. You have to register, click \'Buy bitcoins\', and select the seller by payment method and price.
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Attention!
Do not rename encrypted files.
Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.

In the image below, you can see what a folder with files encrypted by the Lavasky looks like. Each filename has the “.lavasky” extension added to it.

How did Lavasky ransomware end up on my PC?

Nowadays, there are three most exploited methods for tamperers to have ransomware planted in your digital environment. These are email spam, Trojan infiltration and peer-to-peer file transfer.

If you open your mailbox and see emails that look like familiar notifications from utility services providers, delivery agencies like FedEx, web-access providers, and whatnot, but whose “from” field is unknown to you, be wary of opening those emails. They are most likely to have a viral file attached to them. Therefore, it is even more dangerous to download any attachments that come with letters like these.

Another option for ransom hunters is a Trojan virus model³. A Trojan is a program that infiltrates into your machine pretending to be something different. For example, you download an installer of some program you want or an update for some program. But what is unpacked reveals itself a harmful agent that corrupts your data. Since the installation file can have any title and any icon, you’d better be sure that you can trust the source of the files you’re downloading. The optimal way is to trust the software developers’ official websites.

As for the peer file transfer protocols like torrents or eMule, the threat is that they are even more trust-based than the rest of the Internet. You can never know what you download until you get it. So you’d better be using trustworthy websites. Also, it is a good idea to scan the directory containing the downloaded items with the anti-malware utility as soon as the downloading is done.