Steel Ransomware — How to Remove X_Coded@Protonmail. Com Virus?

Steel Virus

After the encryption process files will be renamed according to random chars, which are laid in ransomware. Your photo, named an example “me.jpg” will be altered to “me.jpg.EA1r8” after the encryption.

HOW_TO_RESTORE_FILES.txt file, which can be found in every folder that contains the encrypted files, is a ransom money note. Inside of it, you can find information about ways of contacting Steel ransomware developers, and some other info. Inside of the ransom note, there is usually an instruction saying about purchasing the decryption tool. This decryption tool is created by ransomware developers, and can be obtained through email, contacting .

The HOW_TO_RESTORE_FILES.txt file by the Steel ransomware states the following frustrating information:

**************ATTENTION!**************

All your important files have been encrypted by STEEL Ransomware!

For encryption we use reliable algorithms! You can read more here:
hxxps://(cryptosystem)
hxxps://

Many of your documents, photos, videos, images and other files are no longer
accessible because they have been encrypted. It means that your files are not
damaged, but modified. The reverse process is called decryption.

We use strong algorithms so it impossible to crack key. You can easily restore all your files.
We guarantee that all your files will be successfully decrypted after paying.
We can decrypt 2 files for free (size 
The image below gives a clear vision of how the encrypted files look like:
Example of encrypted files

  
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How did I get Steel ransomware on my computer?
However, nowadays there are only two ways of Steel injection - email spam and trojans. You may see a lot of messages on your email, stating that you need to pay different bills or to get your parcel from the local FedEx department. But all such messages are sent from unknown email addresses, not from familiar official emails of these companies. All such letters contain the attached file, which is used as a ransomware carrier. If you open this file - your system will get infected by Steel.
In case of trojans presence, you will be offered to download and install ransomware on your PC under the guise of something legit, like a Chrome update, or update for the software you are storing on your computer. Sometimes, trojan viruses can be masked as legit programs, and ransomware will be offered for download as an important update, or a big pack of extensions that are essential for proper program functioning.
There is also the third way of ransomware injection, however, it becomes less and less popular day-to-day. I am talking about peering networks, such as torrents or eMule. No one can control which files are packed in the seeding, so you can discover a huge pack of different malware after downloading. If circumstances force you to download something from peering networks - scan every downloaded folder or archive with antivirus software.