Remove 725 Ransomware File Virus

How to Remove 725 Ransomware?

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

    All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC.
    To restore all your files, you need a decryption.
    If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail happydaayz@aol.com.
    Or you can, write us to the e-mail strongman@india.com.
    In a letter to send Your personal ID (see In the beginning of this document).
    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.
    In the letter, you will receive instructions to decrypt your files!
    In a response letter you will receive the address of Bitcoin-wallet, which is necessary to perform the transfer of funds.
    HURRY! Your personal code for decryption stored with us only 72 HOURS!
    Our tech support is available 24 \ 7

        Do not delete: Your personal ID
        Write on e-mail, we will help you!

    Free decryption as guarantee
    Before paying you can send to us up to 3 files for free decryption.
    Please note that files must NOT contain valuable information and their total size must be less than 10Mb.
    When the transfer is confirmed, you will receive interpreter files to your computer.
    After start-interpreter program, all your files will be restored.

If you come across the .725 file extension, know you’re dealing with ransomware. This is a notoriously harmful family of viruses which is more than capable of causing damage. How does ransomware work? It uses a strong encrypting algorithm to lock your private files. Yes, hackers attack where they know it would make the biggest impact. Crooks target your favorite photos, music files, videos. They go after your memories, your work-related documents and other personal data. This way, cyber criminals could be certain that they’ve caught your attention. Bear in mind that your information gets encrypted out of the blue. Ransomware is immensely secretive and mostly relies on your panic. As you could imagine, many PC users would indeed panic when their files suddenly get locked. Furthermore, ransomware usually targets all file formats. That includes the infection currently on your computer. The more data it locks, the better for crooks. Every single bit of information stored on your PC falls victim to this program. Do you tend to store important files on board? Then you should definitely think in advance and have backup copies. Make sure you protect your personal data because the Web is filled with ransomware viruses. There’s no guarantee that you won’t get stuck with another file-encrypting virus in the future. If you have backups of your files, though, ransomware won’t cause you any damage. The parasite actually needs some time to scan your device before it starts locking data. However, it gets activated immediately after installation so trouble begins right away. Thanks to its thorough scan, ransomware successfully finds all your private files. Next step is encryption. This is where you might be able to stop the process if you realize your machine is infected. How can you tell a file-encrypting parasite is messing with your information? Take a look at the PC speed. If your device freezes and crashes and the overall PC speed is significantly slowed down, you might have a virus on board. Pay attention to the way your machine behaves to stop a potential ransomware intruder from locking your data. Unfortunately, more often than not, the virus manages to complete the encrypting process. In this scenario, it will attempt to blackmail you. While locking your files, the virus also drops payment instructions. These ransom notes get added to all folders that contain locked files. Your desktop wallpaper may get modified too. In other words, the ransom messages are practically everywhere. And if you believe them, you’ll get scammed.

How did I get infected with?

The most plausible explanation is that the virus was sent to your inbox. Hackers use spam messages and emails to spread all sorts of infections online. It comes as no surprise this old but gold technique is still crooks’ favorite method. In order to protect your PC from intruders, be cautious when surfing the Internet. It takes a moment of haste to compromise your safety. Having to uninstall a virus would take much more, though. Delete the ransom email-attachments or messages you might receive. Don’t be gullible to click those open because you may let loose a whole bunch of parasites. Instead, watch out for malware and make an effort to prevent virus infiltration. Your caution will always pay off. Another popular distribution tactic involves fake torrents, bogus software updates or corrupted pop-ups. Stay away from illegitimate websites as well as third-party commercials. As you can see, it is a lot easier to prevent installation than to deal with a virus once it gets downloaded. Save yourself the hassle. Ransomware also may have used some exploit kit to land on your PC. Last but not least, these programs often use help from Trojan horses. Check out your computer for more parasites.

Why is 725 dangerous?

As mentioned, your files get encrypted. The virus adds a brand new extension to them thus indicating your data is no longer accessible. For example, Bungee_Jump.mp4 gets renamed to Bungee_Jump.mp4.725. This is it. Your favorite files are being held hostage because hackers are trying to trick you into giving them your Bitcoins. Ransomware only has one purpose – to convince you to buy a certain decryptor and free your data. You can forget about the decryption key right away, though. The very last thing cyber criminals are interested in is helping you out. If anything, they are focused on scamming you and stealing your money. Do not allow hackers to involve you in a fraud; get rid of the ransomware instead. To do so manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

725 Removal Instructions

STEP 1: Kill the Malicious Process

STEP 2: Reveal Hidden Files

STEP 3: Locate Startup Location

STEP 4: Recover 725 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 725 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 725 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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete 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.