How to remove Pedro Ransomware and decrypt .pedro files

Pedro Ransomware encryption process

Pedro is the type of a virus, which belongs to the STOP (DJVU) ransomware family. Infection with this type of viruses is always unpredictable. Hackers usually use malicious email attachments and direct attacks, provided with a help of the open ports of your device. If a hacker succeeded and got the access to your device, he or she begins injection process. If the virus was successfully injected, it begins scanning (it looks for different types of documents and media files) and encryption processes. After all these steps have been completed, your files are unreadable, as there is the additional extension .pedro. If you see this extension, it’s a bad day for you. Don’t try to remove Pedro ransomware by yourself, as there is a possibility to corrupt your files at all! Now we should have a look at the ransom note, called _readme.txt. Hackers usually left such notes in order to assure you, that there is no other way (in fact – there is) but to pay them:

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As you can see they try to make you pay by saying that their methods of encryption are the strongest and it’s easier to pay them. Moreover, they say that this is a good deal – we tricked you, infected your device and now you have a discount price (still the price is too high). Don’t trust them and don’t pay them, there isn’t a guarantee that they will honor their promises. It’s worth nothing for them to trick you again. If you wonder, how to remove Pedro Ransomware and decrypt .pedro files, read our detailed guide!

Article’s Guide

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

How to remove Pedro 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 Pedro 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 Pedro, 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 .pedro files?

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

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2. Select drives and folders with your files, then click Scan.
3. Choose all the files in a folder, then press on Restore button.
4. Manage export location.

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Restore data with automated decryption tools

Unfortunately, due to the novelty of Pedro 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.