BlackFireEye Virus - How to remove

BlackFireEye Virus – a very harmful virus that can completely ruin your personal files and cause other types of damage. It is a ransomware virus so the one and only goal of BlackFireEye is to encrypt files stored on an infected computer and then force users to pay the ransom in order to receive decryptor.

If you have never dealt with this kind of infection before, you might be shocked by how aggressive ransomware viruses are. They are distributed using various deceptive methods and then completely lock down computers once they are infected. Even though there are various types of ransomware, such as wiper, screen locker or just typical file encrypting virus, a complete majority of them tries to make money by forcing users to pay a ransom. BlackFireEye virus fits this description perfectly, as it will try to “sell” you a unique decryptor that can unlock encrypted files.

In case your computer is infected with BlackFireEye, you have come to the right place because in this article we will provide you with detailed instructions on how to get rid of this infection itself and also Restore encrypted files. However, we can’t guarantee that you will be able to decrypt your personal files, but it’s definitely worth trying.

How BlackFireEye Virus Operates

As typically, ransomware viruses employ unique extension that is added to the end of every encrypted file. In this case, BlackFireEye adds “.jes” extension and that’s a sign, that the file is encrypted and you can’t open it anymore. For instance, if you had a file named “picture.jpg”, after the encryption it will be renamed to “picture.jpg.jes”. However, as far as we know, this infection can’t encrypt system files of Windows OS, so you will be able to continue using your machine.

Ransomware viruses like Whoopsie, Locky Imposter or FileEncrypter virus all display ransom notes after the successful encryption and BlackFireEye will do the same – it will automatically open a ransom note right on your screen. That’s why some users might think that it’s a screen locker and they won’t be able to use their computer. It’s not true – you can simply close ransom note window and nothing bad will happen, even if it says otherwise. Original text of BlackFireEye ransom note:

What is happening?
Well, Your important files are encrypted by this Ransomware modified by Fireeye.
The documents more importants like photos, videos, databases, and other files are no longer accessible because they have been encrypted.
Maybe you are busy looking for a way to recover your files, but do not waste your time. You will not be able to recover your files without our decryption service.
Is it possible to recover My Files?
Sure. We guarantee that you can recover all your files safely and easily. But you have not so enough time. You can decrypt some of your
files for free.Try now by clicking . But if you want to decrypt all your files, you need to pay. You only have 3 days to submit the payment. After that the price will be doubled. Also, if you don’t pay in 7 days, you won’t be able to recover your files forever.
How Do I Pay?
Payment is accepted in Bitcoin and ZCash only. For more information, click . Please check the current price of Bitcoin and buy some bitcoins. For more information, click .
And send the correct amount to the address specified in this window. After your payent, click . Once the payment is checked, you can start decrypting your files immediately.
Contact
If you need our assistance, send a message by clicking . We strongly recommend you to not remove this software, and disable your anti-virus for a while, until you pay and the payment gets processed. If your anti-virus gets updated and removes this software automatically, it will not be able to recover your files even if you pay!

It is not known how much you will be asked to pay – the amount is not disclosed. Although it’s clear that they want you to pay using one of the following cryptocurrencies – ZCash or Bitcoins. The reason for that is plain simple – it’s much harder to track the receiver, therefore Cryptocurrencies are very popular amongst cyber criminals.

In exchange for the ransom, you should be provided with a specific tool that can decrypt .jes files. Even if the ransom is relatively small, we do not recommend to pay it. You can get scammed or simply ignored. Besides that, there is no evidence that cyber criminals behind this infection has the technology to decrypt files.

How To Decrypt Files Locked By BlackFireEye

Files locked by BlackFireEye are encrypted using AES cryptography, which is extremely difficult and hard to decrypt. Other ransomware infections also use this cryptography and some free decryption tools were issued in the past, however, decryption tool that could decrypt .jes files is not available yet.

That means you have to go for alternatives and there are few of them. Obviously, the most efficient one is to simply restore your files from a backup. If you have a backup version of your files that were made before the infection, follow this system restore guide and set your computer to the previous state.

If you don’t have a backup, try one of several free file recovery tools available online. It’s not a guaranteed way to retrieve your files, but you should still try it if none of the forementioned methods works for you.

How To Eliminate BlackFireEye

Regardless of the fact if you managed to restore your files or not, you definitely need to remove BlackFireEye ransomware from your computer. Do that without hesitation, because it can infiltrate other viruses into your system too. Actually, you should do this before trying to recover your files, because active virus on your computer can encrypt them again.

Removal of BlackFireEye is not that complicated at all. All you have to do is to scan your computer with a decent anti-malware tool, such as SpyHunter Either one of those programs will be able to detect and eliminate BlackFireEye immediately.

Also, make sure to protect your computer from a similar virus in the future. Get yourself a program with real-time protection feature (PlumBytes) or even better – software with dedicated ransomware protection (IObit Malware Fighter).

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How to recover BlackFireEye Virus encrypted files and remove the virus

Step 1. Restore system into last known good state using system restore

1. Reboot your computer to Safe Mode with Command Prompt:

for Windows 7 / Vista/ XP

• Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK.
• Press F8 key repeatedly until Advanced Boot Options window appears.
• Choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

for Windows 8 / 10

• Press Power at Windows login screen. Then press and hold Shift key and click Restart.
• Choose Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Startup Settings and click Restart.
• When it loads, select Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt from the list of Startup Settings.

 

2.Restore System files and settings.

• When Command Prompt mode loads, enter cd restore and press Enter.
• Then enter rstrui.exe and press Enter again.
• Click “Next” in the windows that appeared.
• Select one of the Restore Points that are available before BlackFireEye Virus has infiltrated to your system and then click “Next”.
• To start System restore click “Yes”.

 

Step 2. Complete removal of BlackFireEye Virus

After restoring your system, it is recommended to scan your computer with an anti-malware program, like Spyhunter and remove all malicious files related to BlackFireEye Virus. You can check other tools here.  

Step 3. Restore BlackFireEye Virus affected files using Shadow Volume Copies

If you do not use System Restore option on your operating system, there is a chance to use shadow copy snapshots. They store copies of your files that point of time when the system restore snapshot was created. Usually BlackFireEye Virus tries to delete all possible Shadow Volume Copies, so this methods may not work on all computers. However, it may fail to do so. Shadow Volume Copies are only available with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. There are two ways to retrieve your files via Shadow Volume Copy. You can do it using native Windows Previous Versions or via Shadow Explorer. a) Native Windows Previous Versions Right-click on an encrypted file and select Properties → Previous versions tab. Now you will see all available copies of that particular file and the time when it was stored in a Shadow Volume Copy. Choose the version of the file you want to retrieve and click Copy if you want to save it to some directory of your own, or Restore if you want to replace existing, encrypted file. If you want to see the content of file first, just click Open.

b) Shadow Explorer It is a program that can be found online for free. You can download either a full or a portable version of Shadow Explorer. Open the program. On the left top corner select the drive where the file you are looking for is a stored. You will see all folders on that drive. To retrieve a whole folder, right-click on it and select “Export”. Then choose where you want it to be stored.

Step 4. Use Data Recovery programs to recover BlackFireEye Virus encrypted files

There are several data recovery programs that might recover encrypted files as well. This does not work in all cases but you can try this:

• We suggest using another PC and connect the infected hard drive as slave. It is still possible to do this on infected PC though.
• Download a data recovery program.
• Install and scan for recently deleted files.

Note: In many cases it is impossible to restore data files affected by modern ransomware. Thus I recommend using decent cloud backup software as precaution. We recommend checking out Carbonite, BackBlaze, CrashPlan or Mozy Home.