Angela Merkel hat dich infected is the tag line of a Ransomware infection that affects mainly to computer users in Germany. The pop up that is displayed by this infection, indicating that Angela Merkel has infected you and you have to pay money for a decryption key. Otherwise you would never again accessing your files. It is unnecessary to say that it is not an option to pay the decryption key, because the ransom is extremely high and there’s no guarantee that the hackers would publish it at all. Therefore you must remove Angela Merkel hat dich infected immediately from your system, i.e.. You have opened the correct page to find out more about it.
According to our analysis, this infection is very similar to the exotic ransomware. Our researchers say they have come to this conclusion after they have investigated this malicious code. It should, however, be noted that this program perhaps is no amendment of the exotic Ransomware, because the code was stolen by the so-called “script kiddies”. In fact, it is very likely that the latter is true, because the program is not sufficiently developed and it is even questionable, whether it will work correctly. For example, the message on your screen, that you have to pay the ransom in Bitcoins, stating but the creator of this program provide you with no address available, which would allow you to make the actual transfer.
On the other hand, it is not clear how got Angela Merkel hat dich infected in circulation. Most likely, the installer was added to a third-party installation program or a website-exploit. He could be disseminated also in spam-E-mail attachments. In other words, because researchers do not clearly understood are how this program is distributed, users in relation to all unknown must be vigilant and careful, that you might encounter. Because as you know, you could install a malicious program on your computer.
We can not say with certainty that this infection uses the AES encryption algorithm. Although the program is not fully developed, the encryption works well. After installation, Angela Merkel hat dich infected scans the files in your computer and then starts with the encryption of files on your desktop, and works its way slowly through the entire % USERPROFILE % directory. As soon as she has worked through the whole directory and its subfolders, it scans your desktop once again. All encrypted files be renamed with their name will receive a randomly generated sequence of letters. In addition, they received a new extension called “.angelamerkel”. It is unnecessary to say that your system can no longer read the files involved.
During encryption, you will see a message that appears on your screen. The message contains a picture of Angela Merkel and tells you that “all your files are encrypted. Pay 1200 EUR in BTC to my wallet to get your decryption key”(“all of your files encrypted. Pay 1200 EUR in BTC on my wallet, to get your decryption key”). As already mentioned, no BTC address is left in the communication, i.e., even if you have the required amount, you can not transfer any case him.
Fortunately the Ransomware does not lock out you from your screen. You can close the message from Angela Merkel hat dich infected by clicking on the X button. But you should remove this application from your computer, before again transferring the intact files on your hard drive. The problem is that this infection is configured to start automatically with your system and that the program of every time it launches itself, once again performs its scan and encrypt all new files in the specified directory.
On the other hand, the infection of Angela Merkel hat dich infected leaves no additional files or execution points on the infected system. To delete the program, you must remove only the malicious file that started the whole process.
After that, you should still scan your computer with a licensed antispyware tool because you can never know what other unwanted programs may find it. It is always a good idea to trust, that checks whether your system security was even more affected on an automated antispyware tool.
If your computer is finally safe and clean, recover the intact copies of your files back. To you be, must turn in any case on your external hard drive or any other storage media on which you store your file backups.
How to remove Angela Merkel hat dich infected
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Angela Merkel hat dich infected.
Anti-Virus Software | Version | Detection |
---|---|---|
Dr.Web | Adware.Searcher.2467 | |
Baidu-International | 3.5.1.41473 | Trojan.Win32.Agent.peo |
ESET-NOD32 | 8894 | Win32/Wajam.A |
VIPRE Antivirus | 22702 | Wajam (fs) |
McAfee-GW-Edition | 2013 | Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.E |
K7 AntiVirus | 9.179.12403 | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
Malwarebytes | 1.75.0.1 | PUP.Optional.Wajam.A |
Tencent | 1.0.0.1 | Win32.Trojan.Bprotector.Wlfh |
VIPRE Antivirus | 22224 | MalSign.Generic |
NANO AntiVirus | 0.26.0.55366 | Trojan.Win32.Searcher.bpjlwd |
McAfee | 5.600.0.1067 | Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.E |
Angela Merkel hat dich infected Behavior
- Slows internet connection
- Steals or uses your Confidential Data
- Redirect your browser to infected pages.
- Integrates into the web browser via the Angela Merkel hat dich infected browser extension
- Installs itself without permissions
- Angela Merkel hat dich infected Shows commercial adverts
Angela Merkel hat dich infected effected Windows OS versions
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
Angela Merkel hat dich infected Geography
Eliminate Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Windows
Delete Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Windows XP:
- Click on Start to open the menu.
- Select Control Panel and go to Add or Remove Programs.
- Choose and remove the unwanted program.
Remove Angela Merkel hat dich infected from your Windows 7 and Vista:
- Open Start menu and select Control Panel.
- Move to Uninstall a program
- Right-click on the unwanted app and pick Uninstall.
Erase Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Windows 8 and 8.1:
- Right-click on the lower-left corner and select Control Panel.
- Choose Uninstall a program and right-click on the unwanted app.
- Click Uninstall .
Delete Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Your Browsers
Angela Merkel hat dich infected Removal from Internet Explorer
- Click on the Gear icon and select Internet Options.
- Go to Advanced tab and click Reset.
- Check Delete personal settings and click Reset again.
- Click Close and select OK.
- Go back to the Gear icon, pick Manage add-ons → Toolbars and Extensions, and delete unwanted extensions.
- Go to Search Providers and choose a new default search engine
Erase Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Mozilla Firefox
- Enter „about:addons“ into the URL field.
- Go to Extensions and delete suspicious browser extensions
- Click on the menu, click the question mark and open Firefox Help. Click on the Refresh Firefox button and select Refresh Firefox to confirm.
Terminate Angela Merkel hat dich infected from Chrome
- Type in „chrome://extensions“ into the URL field and tap Enter.
- Terminate unreliable browser extensions
- Restart Google Chrome.
- Open Chrome menu, click Settings → Show advanced settings, select Reset browser settings, and click Reset (optional).