Lotej Ransomware encryption process
Lotej is a member of the most widespread family of ransomware viruses called STOP(DJVU). Such viruses infect your device by the means of malicious email attachments (usually it’s fake emails from well known companies) and direct attacks through open ports of your device. As soon as the virus has been installed, it begins process of scanning (it looks for documents and different media files) and then encryption process. This process proceeds according to the special algorithm and it changes the structure of your files. As the result your files get another extension .lotej. Don’t try to remove Lotej encryption by yourself, it may cause a damage! Hackers in the most cases left ransom notes, by means of which they provide you with information about the decryption price. In the case of Lotej ransomware this note is called _readme.txt.
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As you can see, hackers try to assure you, that they are able to decrypt your files, but the question is: “Will they?”. You don’t have any guarantee, that they will honor their promises. It’s easy for them to trick you: take your money and left you alone with this trouble. Don’t take a part in such schemes, as every payment may lead to another infection. Hackers will improve old and make new viruses till there is a stable money flow. If you are interested in how to remove Lotej Ransomware and decrypt .lotej files, we strongly recommend you to read our up-to-date guide!
Article’s Guide
- How to remove Lotej Ransomware from your computer
- How to remove Lotej Ransomware encryption from your files
- Data Recovery
- Automated decryption tools
- Windows Previous Versions
How to remove Lotej 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 Lotej from your computer with all of its leftovers and register files.
Solution for Windows user: our choice is Norton 360 . Norton 360 scans your computer and detects various threats like Lotej, then removes it with all of the related malicious files, folders and registry keys.
If you are Mac user, we advise you to use Combo Cleaner.
How to decrypt .Lotej files?
Once you’ve removed the virus, you are probably thinking how to decrypt .Lotej files. Let’s take a look at possible ways of decrypting your data.
Recover data with Data Recovery
- Download and install Data Recovery
- Select drives and folders with your files, then click Scan.
- Choose all the files in a folder, then press on Restore button.
- Manage export location.
Restore data with automated decryption tools
Unfortunately, due to the novelty of Lotej 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:
- Open My Computer and search for the folders you want to restore;
- Right-click on the folder and choose Restore previous versions option;
- The option will show you the list of all the previous copies of the folder;
- Select restore date and the option you need: Open, Copy and Restore.
Restore the system with System Restore
You can always try to use System Restore in order to roll back your system to its condition before infection infiltration. All the Windows versions include this option.
- Type restore in the Search tool;
- Click on the result;
- Choose restore point before the infection infiltration;
- Follow the on-screen instructions.