How to Get Rid of Pewcrypt Ransomware

Tips to Remove PewCrypt Ransomware

Pewcrypt Ransomware is the recent menacing feather in the ransomware category, aiming at thousands of systems globally. It grabbed researchers’ attention because of its low detection ratio & the use of Java encryption functions. The consequences include the encryption of critical data followed by a pop-up window asking users to subscribe PewDiePie.
Pop-up window Pewcrypt
Victims are looking for ways to delete pewcrypt ransomware completely from their system, however AES/RSA encryptions used by the developers to create & manage this ransomware is a hard cookie to crack. Researchers are suggesting the victims to restore the lost data from a backup.

Description on PewDiePie & Pewcrypt Ransomware

PewDiePie, a top-notch YouTuber Felix, is renowned for his video-game commentary & controversial comments. Yet he was able to retain its crown for being the most subscribed YouTube channel for last five years.
The prolonged & glittering success of PewDiePie was challenged when T-Series, an Indian Production company that gained over 72 million subscribers within months. After a long battle with T-series, PewDiePie held on to its subscriber’s crown with around 40,000 subscribers ahead of T-Series.
This long-drawn war between T-Series & PewDiePie took a strange turn when the researchers discovered pewcrypt ransomware, which is compelling innocent users to subscribe to PewDiePie in order to decrypt their sensitive data.
Temp1 PewCrypt
It is evident that this malicious file encoder program was not created for money extortion purposes. The author of pewcrypt ransomware is expected to be a PewDiePie Enthusiast who is asking the users to subscribe to this channel. Apparently, the anonymous author of this ransomware claims to release the decryptor as soon as YouTuber Felix, PewDiePie surpasses 100 million subscribers.

Threat Behavior–Pewcrypt Ransomware

Pewcrypt Ransomware, a pernicious file encryptor program was picked up by the researchers for analysis in third week of February’19. It grabbed security analysts’ attention for its smart low detection ratio & used of Java for implementing encryption functions.
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