How to Remove Adobee Virus Ransomware (+File Recovery)

How to Remove Adobee Ransomware?

Readers recently started to report the following message being displayed when they boot their computer:

All your files have been encrypted!

All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail
Write this ID in the title of your message
In case of no answer in 24 hours write us to theese e-mails:
You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files.

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Attention!
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.

Adobee is the name of a ransomware threat. It goes by that name, because of the extension you get stuck with, after it strikes. Let’s elaborate. The infection uses slyness and subtlety to slither into your system. It manages to invade undetected. But, once inside, its corruption spread. And, you quickly became aware of its presence. After the ransomware acts up, you discover your data locked and inaccessible. The tool uses encryption algorithms to lock every single file, you have on your PC. To solidify its hold over your data, the tool appends the ‘adobee‘ extension. Once it’s in place, you can no longer open your files. Moving or renaming them is futile. The only way, to regain access, is to comply. And, pay up. The infection makes that clear in the ransom note, it leaves you. It’s a file, called "FILES ENCRYPTED.txt.” Open it, and you find a pretty standard text. The tool explains your predicament, and gives you a way out. If you wish to regain control over your data, you must contact the cyber criminals. You’re expected to do so via email. And, you find two, provided in the note. After you reach out to the extortionists, they send back information on what’s expected of you. You have to pay a ransom, in Bitcoin. And, the exact amount depends on you. They claim, the faster you contact them, the lesser the price, you’ll have to pay. But don’t rush to pay the ransom! Don’t even reach out to these cyber criminals! Nothing good can come of it. Don’t fall for their promises to send you a decryption key, if you pay. There’s an array of ways, they can trick you. Don’t allow yourself to get tricked! Pay them nothing.

How did I get infected with?

The Adobee threat invades via deception and finesse. It slithers its way into your system by preying on your naivety. It exploits your gullibility and distraction, and sneaks past you unnoticed. The usual methods, it uses, include the following. Hiding behind corrupted sites, links, or torrents. Of course, freeware, is an option. The infection can also pose as a false system or program update. Like, a fake Java or Adobe Flash Player one. And, more often than not, the ransomware invades via spam emails. Say, you get an email from an apparent legitimate company. A well-known one, like Amazon. The email reads tat you must download an attachment, or click a certain link. If you don’t do your due diligence, and notice the trickery, that’s it. You get stuck with the Adobee menace. Caution is crucial! Vigilance helps to keep infections out of your system. Carelessness invites them in. It eases the infection’s infiltration. Choose caution over carelessness. Catch the cyber threat in the act of attempting invasion, and deny it entry. Even a little extra attention can save you a ton of troubles.

Why is Adobee dangerous?

Heed experts’ advice, and don’t pay! Compliance brings no positives your way. If you pay up, the only thing that’s certain, is that you’ll have less money than before. You have ZERO guarantees that paying the ransom, gets your files back. There are a few ways the situation can unfold. Let’s examine them. Say, you comply to the fullest. You reach out to these extortionists, and pay the Bitcoin ransom. Once you transfer the money, what happens? You wait. You wait for cyber kidnappers with malicious agendas to keep their word. That’s quite naive, wouldn’t you agree? What if you don’t hear from them again? They can choose to send you nothing. Then, you’ve wasted your money. And, remain stuck with encrypted files. But, even they send you a key, you’re still not in the clear. It can be the wrong one. A key that doesn’t work on your files. What’s your best-case scenario? You pay, get the proper key, apply it, and free your files. Right? Well, even if that’s the case, don’t rejoice just yet. Think about it. You removed a mere symptom. The encryption of your data is only a symptom of the infection, you’re stuck with. You get rid of the encryption, but the encryptor remains. And, it’s free to strike once more. When it comes to ransomware, it’s best to apply the ‘better safe than sorry’ strategy. Pay these people nothing. Don’t place your faith into strangers with agendas. Place it on external storage and cloud services. Back up your important data.

Adobee Removal Instructions

STEP 1: Kill the Malicious Process

STEP 2: Reveal Hidden Files

STEP 3: Locate Startup Location

STEP 4: Recover Adobee Encrypted Files

STEP 1: Stop the malicious process using Windows Task Manager

• Open your task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Locate the process of the ransomware. Have in mind that this is usually a random generated file.
• Before you kill the process, type the name on a text document for later reference.

• Locate any suspicious processes associated with Adobee encryption Virus.
• Right click on the process
• Open File Location
• End Process
• Delete the directories with the suspicious files.
• Have in mind that the process can be hiding and very difficult to detect

STEP 2: Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on "Organize” button
  
• Choose "Folder and Search Options”
• Select the "View” tab
• Select "Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files”
• Click "Apply” and "OK” button

STEP 3: Locate Adobee encryption Virus startup location

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type "Regedit”
• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIN[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]L_MACHIN[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]elete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to:

Navigate to your %appdata% folder and delete the executable.

You can alternatively use your msconfig windows program to double check the execution point of the virus. Please, have in mind that the names in your machine might be different as they might be generated randomly, that’s why you should run any professional scanner to identify malicious files.

STEP 4: How to recover encrypted files?

• Method 1: The first and best method is to restore your data from a recent backup, in case that you have one.

• Method 2: File Recovery Software – Usually when the ransomware encrypts a file it first makes a copy of it, encrypts the copy, and then deletes the original. Due to this you may try to use file recovery software to recover some of your original files.
• Method 3: Shadow Volume Copies – As a last resort, you can try to restore your files via Shadow Volume Copies. Open the Shadow Explorer part of the package and choose the Drive you want to recover. Right click on any file you want to restore and click Export on it.