How To Remove HTML Ransomware And Decrypt .[Backdatacompany@aol.com].HTML files

HTML ransomware encryption process

HTML ransomware is a new kind of well known Dharma ransomware. Usually this type of a virus changes the structure of the definite files (encrypts) in order to make you pay for the restoring (decryption). In the most cases, hackers use spam campaigns in order to spread the virus, but there are other ways too (direct injection, bundles, malicious websites and etc). The encryption itself splits in two processes: searching for the appropriate files and encryption itself. When it’s done, your files are unreadable, as the extensions of them have been changed to .[Backdatacompany@aol.com].HTML. Don’t try to remove HTML Ransomware encryption by the file renaming, you may corrupt it permanently! As it has been already mentioned, hackers need your money, that’s why it’s so uneasy to restore these files and that’s why hackers left special notes. Special ransom note for HTML ransomware is called RETURN FILES.txt and it contains the following information:

All FILES ENCRYPTED “RSA1024”
All YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED!!! IF YOU WANT TO RESTORE THEM, WRITE US TO THE E-MAIL backdatacompany@aol.com
IN THE LETTER WRITE YOUR ID, YOUR ID
IF YOU ARE NOT ANSWERED, WRITE TO EMAIL: backdatacompany@cock.li
YOUR SECRET KEY WILL BE STORED ON A SERVER 7 DAYS, AFTER 7 DAYS IT MAY BE OVERWRITTEN BY OTHER KEYS, DON’T PULL TIME, WAITING YOUR EMAIL
FREE DECRYPTION FOR PROOF
You can send us up to 1 file for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 1Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.)
DECRYPTION PROCESS:
When you make sure of decryption possibility transfer the money to our bitcoin wallet. As soon as we receive the money we will send you:
1. Decryption program.
2. Detailed instruction for decryption.
3. And individual keys for decrypting your files.
!WARNING!
Do not rename encrypted files.
Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.

We strongly advise you to avoid any contacts with the intruders. The situation can become even worse, if you do it, as it’s easy for them to trick you. They can get your money and leave you without a message or they can just remove your system at all. You don’t have any guarantee that they will honor their promises, moreover the price of the decryption is too high. That’s why we’ve prepared the up-to-date guide on how to remove HTML ransomware and decrypt .[Backdatacompany@aol.com].HTML files.

Article’s Guide

1. How to remove HTML Ransomware from your computer
2. How to remove HTML Ransomware encryption from your files
3. Data Recovery
4. Automated decryption tools
5. Windows Previous Versions

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How to remove HTML Ransomware from your computer?

We strongly recommend you to use a powerful anti-malware program that has this threat in its database. It will mitigate the risks of the wrong installation, and will remove HTML from your computer with all of its leftovers and register files.

Solution for Windows users: our choice is Norton 360 . Norton 360 scans your computer and detects various threats like HTML, then removes it with all of the related malicious files, folders and registry keys.

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If you are Mac user, we advise you to use Combo Cleaner.

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How to decrypt .[Backdatacompany@aol.com].HTML files?

Once you’ve removed the virus, you are probably thinking how to decrypt .HTML files. Let’s take a look at possible ways of decrypting your data.

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3. Choose all the files in a folder, then press on Restore button.
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Restore data with automated decryption tools

Unfortunately, due to the novelty of HTML ransomware, there are no available automatic decryptors for this encryptor yet. Still, there is no need to invest in the malicious scheme by paying a ransom. You are able to recover files manually.
You can try to use one of these methods in order to restore your encrypted data manually.

Restore data with Windows Previous Versions

This feature is working on Windows Vista (not Home version), Windows 7 and later versions. Windows keeps copies of files and folders which you can use to restore data on your computer. In order to restore data from Windows Backup, take the following steps:

1. Open My Computer and search for the folders you want to restore;
2. Right-click on the folder and choose Restore previous versions option;
3. The option will show you the list of all the previous copies of the folder;
4. Select restore date and the option you need: Open, Copy and Restore.