If you are a victim of this variant you will be asked to make a payment by the hackers – DONT DONT & DONT, you will simply lose your money and it’s illegal not to mention you are supporting criminals resulting in more and more attacks.
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HOW DO I KNOW IF MY SYSTEM IS INFECTED WITH ALETA RANSOMWARE?
If you are infected with malware from Australia Post, you most likely will experience some (or all of) the following:
- Pop-up message advising you that your data has been encrypted and demanding that you to pay a ransom.
- Files won’t open.
- Files have been renamed with a new extension added (ENC or ENCRYPTED)
- Applications won’t open.
- Antivirus software is disabled.
- Computer system locked down.
- Computer system running slowly
Submit an online case or talk to our ransomware specialist to assist with Aleta Ransoware recovery
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE ALETA RANSOMWARE?
In order to protect yourself from the Aleta variant of CryptoMix , or from any ransomware, it is important that you use good computing habits and security software. First and foremost, you should always have a reliable and tested backup of your data that can be restored in the case of an emergency, such as a ransomware attack.
You should also have security software (please talk to us for our recommendations) as most antivirus does not give you a complete protection
Last, but not least, make sure you practice the following good online security habits, which in many cases are the most important steps of all:
- Backup, Backup, Backup!
- Do not open attachments if you do not know who sent them.
- Do not open attachments until you confirm that the person actually sent you them,
- Restrict RDP access
- Make sure all Windows updates are installed as soon as they come out! Also make sure you update all programs, especially Java, Flash, and Adobe Reader. Older programs contain security vulnerabilities that are commonly exploited by malware distributors. Therefore it is important to keep them updated.
- Make sure you have a recommended security software installed.
- Use hard passwords and never reuse the same password at multiple sites.