Digisom Ransomware - How to remove

Digisom Ransomware is a very dangerous virus that might infect your computer, lock files stored on it and then demand ransom in order to retrieve those locked files. If it happened to you and you don’t know what to do, you’ve came to the right place. In this article we will provide you with instructions how to eliminate Digisom Ransomware either manually or automatically and suggest a method to restore your locked files without paying the ransom. So just proceed reading.

Now, first of all, you should eliminate Digisom Ransomware from your computer and only then take care of locked files. Digisom Ransomware can cause you some additional cyber security damage, so it’s important to get rid of it as soon as possible.

There are two most common methods to get rid of malware like this – it can be done either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose.

In case you prefer to kill Digisom Ransomware fast and effortless, we recommend to do it automatically. Simply download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these applications should detect and eliminate Digisom Ransomware immediately. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. Please note, that anti-malware software can’t decrypt your files, so this tool is only for removing the virus itself.

In case you don’t want to download any additional anti-malware software, you can eliminate Digisom Ransomware manually by your own. If you have no previous experience in removing viruses like, this process might look complicated to you. That’s why we have developed a step-by-step Digisom Ransomware manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal – scroll down below this article and check it out. Try to complete all steps correctly and you will be able to Digisom Ransomware from your computer manually by your own.

To learn more about specific features of Digisom Ransomware please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below.

About Digisom Ransomware

Digisom Ransomware is a similar virus to other infections of this kind, like CryptoLocker or BitLocker. To understand how this infection works, you need to understand what is the goal of cyber criminals in first place. And the goal is plain simple – to make money by terrorising users. It’s like taking important files as a hostage and then asking for a ransom to release them. And in order to achieve this objective, cyber criminals use ransomware software.

First of all, when ransomware enters your computer, it is going to perform a scan and detect all files that could be potentially locked. Basically that’s any file that you use personally, such as images, video and audio files or text documents. When the scan is over, the virus will lock those files by adding adding 3 random characters and .x to the end of each file as an extension. For instance, file ‘familyphoto.jpg’ will be renamed to ‘familyphoto.jpg54T.x’. That means it is encrypted and you can’t open it.

After the encryption is over, the background of your desktop will be set to plain black colour and 10 files “Digisom Readme1.txt”, “Digisom Readme2.txt” and so on will be created. This file contains a message how you should pay the ransom and retrieve your files. Here’s the text of message:

Your important files were encrypted on this computer: photos, videos, documents, etc. You can verify this by opening them.
To save your files, you need a private key to decrypt it.
The single copy of private key, which will allow you to unlock the files, is located on a secret server on the internet; the server will destroy the key within 48 hours after encryption completed. After that, nobody are able to restore the files.
To retrieve the private key, you need to pay 0.2 bitcoins. Check out the website on how to make payment: http://www.digisom.pw
YOUR UNIQUE ID TO FIND KEY:

If you pay a visit to their website, you will find additional information:

1. Get Bitcoins (BTC) at localbitcoins.com if you don’t already have any.
2. Send 0.20004084 Bitcoins (in ONE payment) to the address below.
If you send any other bitcoin amount, payment system will ignore it !
Send EXACTLY 0.20004084 BTC (plus fees) to: 1FCuCww75NtxtVJHsvwaWJsphLsT1tRAoL
Bitcoins have not yet been received.
If you have already sent Bitcoins (the exact Bitcoin sum in one payment as shown in the box below), please wait a few minutes to receive them by Bitcoin Payment System. If you send any other sum, Payment System will ignore the transaction and you will need to send the correct sum again, or contact the site owner for assistance.

This ransomware is really tricky because it pushes users to the panic. A clock on the desktop is displayed and every 2 hours some random file is deleted. That is a way to force people to make the payment quickly.

As you can see, victims of Digisom Ransomware are asked to pay 1 Bitcoin as a ransom. At the current exchange rate it equals about $1045. However, we do not recommend to do so, because there are no guarantees that you will retrieve your files even after paying the ransom. Moreover, this way you would support cyber criminals and that’s not a good thing to do.

Even though there are no valid decryption tool for this ransomware at the moment, cyber security experts are working to develop it and we will keep you updated. There is still one way to retrieve your files – it’s called data recovery. However, to be able to do it, you have to have a valid copy of your disk stored outside storage. If you have it, take a look at our step-by-step tutorial how to perform a system restore and recover your lost files.

How to recover Digisom Ransomware 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 Digisom Ransomware has infiltrated to your system and then click “Next”.
• To start System restore click “Yes”.

 

Step 2. Complete removal of Digisom Ransomware

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 Digisom Ransomware . You can check other tools here.  

Step 3. Restore Digisom Ransomware 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 Digisom Ransomware 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 Digisom Ransomware 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.

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