BLACKHATUP Virus 🔐 (.BLACKHATUP Files) — How to Remove?

The Blackhatup virus falls within the ransomware type of infection. Ransomware of such sort encrypts all user’s data on the PC (photos, documents, excel sheets, music, videos, etc) and adds its own extension to every file, leaving the read_it.txt text files in each folder which contains the encrypted files.

What is known about the Blackhatup virus?

Blackhatup will add its specific .BlackHatUP extension to every file’s name. For instance, a file named “photo.jpg” will be changed to “photo.jpg.BlackHatUP”. In the same manner, the Excel sheet named “table.xlsx” will be renamed to “table.xlsx.BlackHatUP”, and so on.

In each folder that contains the encrypted files, a read_it.txt file will be created. It is a ransom money note. It contains information on the ways of contacting the racketeers and some other remarks. The ransom note usually contains a description of how to buy the decryption tool from the ransomware developers. You can obtain this decoding tool after contacting the Telegram contact. That is it.

Blackhatup Summary:

The read_it.txt file coming in package with the Blackhatup malware states the following:

You have tried to run a exe file which doesn\'t belong to you as a punishment your files are gone forever >you can recover them by paying 500 inr .

Contact:- BlachHatUP on telegram

In the image below, you can see what a directory with files encrypted by the Blackhatup looks like. Each filename has the “.BlackHatUP” extension added to it.

How did Blackhatup ransomware end up on my PC?

There are many possible ways of ransomware infiltration.

There are currently three most popular ways for hackers to have the Blackhatup virus settled in your system. These are email spam, Trojan injection and peer-to-peer file transfer.

• If you open your inbox and see emails that look just like notifications from utility services companies, postal agencies like FedEx, web-access providers, and whatnot, but whose mailer is strange to you, be wary of opening those letters. They are most likely to have a harmful item attached to them. So it is even more dangerous to open any attachments that come with letters like these.
• Another thing the hackers might try is a Trojan horse model. A Trojan is a program that gets into your PC disguised as something legal. For example, you download an installer for some program you want or an update for some program. But what is unpacked reveals itself a harmful program that encrypts your data. Since the installation wizard can have any name and any icon, you have to make sure that you can trust the resource of the files you’re downloading. The best way is to use the software developers’ official websites.
• As for the peer-to-peer networks like torrent trackers or eMule, the danger is that they are even more trust-based than the rest of the Internet. You can never guess what you download until you get it. So you’d better be using trustworthy websites. Also, it is reasonable to scan the folder containing the downloaded items with the antivirus as soon as the downloading is finished.

How to remove ransomware?

It is important to inform you that besides encrypting your files, the Blackhatup virus will probably deploy Vidar Stealer on your PC to get access to credentials to various accounts (including cryptocurrency wallets). The mentioned program can derive your logins and passwords from your browser’s auto-filling data.

How do I avert ransomware injection?

Blackhatup ransomware has no superpower, so as any similar malware.

You can protect yourself from its injection taking several easy steps:

• Never open any letters from unknown mailboxes with unknown addresses, or with content that has nothing to do with something you are waiting for (can you win in a lottery without participating in it?). In case the email subject is likely something you are waiting for, scrutinize all elements of the suspicious letter with caution. A fake email will always contain mistakes.
• Never use cracked or untrusted programs. Trojans are often spreaded as a part of cracked software, most likely as a “patch” preventing the license check. But dubious programs are difficult to distinguish from trustworthy ones, because trojans sometimes have the functionality you need. Try searching for information about this program on the anti-malware forums, but the best solution is not to use such software.

FAQ

🤔 How can I open “.BlackHatUP” files?Is it possible to open“.BlackHatUP” files?

There’s no way to do it, unless the files “.BlackHatUP” files are decrypted.

🤔 The encrypted files are very important to me. How can I decrypt them quickly?

It’s good if you have fаr-sightedly saved copies of these important files elsewhere. In case you haven’t, there is still a chance that you do have a Restore Point from some time ago to roll back the whole system to the moment when it had no virus yet, but already had your files. The rest of the methods require patience.

🤔 What actions should I take if the Blackhatup virus has blocked my computer and I can’t get the activation key.

🤔 And what should I do now?

Some of the blocked data can be located elsewhere.

• If you exchanged your important files by email, you could still download them from your online mailbox.
• You may have shared images or videos with your friends or family members. Simply ask them to send those pictures back to you.
• If you have initially got any of your files from the Internet, you can try doing it again.
• Your messengers, social media pages, and cloud storage might have all those files too.
• Maybe you still have the needed files on your old computer, a laptop, phone, external storage, etc.

USEFUL TIP: You can use data recovery utilities¹ to retrieve your lost information since ransomware encodes the copies of your files, removing the authentic ones. In the video below, you can learn how to use PhotoRec for such a restoration, but be advised: you won’t be able to do it before you remove the virus with an anti-malware program.

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