How to remove MASODAS ransomware and decrypt .masodas files

Masodas ransomware encryption process

Masodas is a member of a very widespread family of ransomware viruses, called STOP (DJVU). Viruses of this family are usually spread by email attachments and through open ports of your device. As soon as hackers get the access to your device, Masodos silently injects into your system and then begins the process of scanning (It looks for your media files and documents) and then encryption process. Masodas encrypts (changes the structure) your files according to a special algorithm and it requires a special key, if you want to undo this process. As the result your files are unreadable, as Masodas’s changed the extension of these files to .masodas. It goes without saying, hackers do it not just for fun, that’s why they left special ransom notes (in our case, it’s called _readme.txt), where you can find some information about your trouble:

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Article’s Guide

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

How to remove Masodas 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 Masodas 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 Masodas, 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.

How to decrypt .Masodas files?

Once you’ve removed the virus, you are probably thinking how to decrypt .Masodas 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 Masodas 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.

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.

1. Type restore in the Search tool;
2. Click on the result;
3. Choose restore point before the infection infiltration;
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.