Oonn Virus (. Oonn File) โ€” Ransomware ๐Ÿ›  Fix & Decrypt Data

What is โ€œOonnโ€?

The new OONN ransomware distribution wave started. A lot of users see with plenty of advertisements, that forcedly redirects to the suspicious file downloading. This file contains a lot of different malware โ€“ usually adware and the trojan-stealer, but the main malware in such pack is OONN ransomware.

Ransomware is a specific kind of virus that encrypted your documents and then forces you to pay for them. DJVU (aka STOP) ransomware family was first revealed and analyzed by virus analyst Michael Gillespie">2.

Oonn is basically similar to other ransomware like: Nile, Kook, Erif. Oonn encrypted all popular file types. Hence, you cannot use the own documents or photos. Oonn adds its particular โ€œ.oonnโ€ extension into all files. For instance, the file โ€œvideo.aviโ€, will be amended into โ€œvideo.avi.oonnโ€. As soon as the encryption is successfully accomplished, Oonn generates a specific file โ€œ_readme.txtโ€ and drop it into all folders that contain the modified files.

Ransomware family3DJVU/STOP4 ransomware
Extension.oonn
Ransomware note_readme.txt
RansomFrom $490 to $980 (in Bitcoins)
Contact,
Detection5Trojan.Zenpak, Trojan:Win32/Ymacco.AA24, Win32/Kryptik.HFHP
SymptomsMost of your files (photos, videos, documents) have a .oonn extension and you canโ€™t open it
Fix ToolSee If Your System Has Been Affected by .oonn file virus

This text asking payment is for restore files via decryption key:

The scary alert demanding from users to pay the ransom to decrypt the encoded data contains these frustrating warnings

The cryptography algorithm used by Oonn is AES-256. So, if your documents got encrypted with a specific decryption key, which is totally and there are no other copies. The sad reality is that it is impossible to recover the information without the unique key available.

In case if Oonn worked in online mode, it is impossible for you to gain access to the AES-256 key. It is stored on a distant server owned by the criminals who promote the Oonn ransomware.

For receiving decryption key the payment should be $980. To obtain the payment details, the victims are encouraged by the message to contact the frauds by email (), or via Telegram.

Do not pay for Oonn!

_readme.txt file also indicates that the computer owners must get in touch with the Oonn representatives during 72 hours starting from the moment of files where encrypted. On the condition of getting in touch within 72 hours, users will be granted a 50% rebate. Thus the ransom amount will be minimized down to $490). Yet, stay away from paying the ransom!

I certainly recommend that you do not contact these frauds and do not pay. The one of the most real working solution to recover the lost data โ€“ just using the available backups, or use Decrypter tool.

The peculiarity of all such viruses apply a similar set of actions for generating the unique decryption key to recover the ciphered data.

Thus, unless the ransomware is still under the stage of development or possesses with some hard-to-track flaws, manually recovering the ciphered data is a thing you canโ€™t perform. The only solution to prevent the loss of your valuable data is to regularly make backups of your crucial files.

Note that even if you do maintain such backups regularly, they ought to be put into a specific location without loitering, not being connected to your main workstation.

For instance, the backup may be kept on the USB flash drive or some alternative external hard drive storage. Optionally, you may refer to the help of online (cloud) information storage.

Needless to mention, when you maintain your backup data on your common device, it may be similarly ciphered as well as other data.

For this reason, locating the backup on your main computer is surely not a wise idea.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Global Business & E-Commerce Reporter

Sophia analyzes international trade, startup ecosystems, retail transformation, and supply chain logistics for modern digital publications.

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