CYBERONE Ransomware 🔐 (.CYBERONE File) — Removal Guide

The Cyberone virus belongs under the ransomware type of malicious agent. Malware of such sort encrypts all user’s data on the PC (photos, documents, excel sheets, audio files, videos, etc) and adds its specific extension to every file, creating the ___RECOVER__FILES__.cyberone.txt text files in every directory with the encrypted files.

Cyberone virus: what is known so far?

☝️ A scientifically correct description for the Cyberone would be “a ransomware-type infection”.

Cyberone will append its extra .cyberone extension to the title of every encoded file. For example, an image entitled “photo.jpg” will be altered to “photo.jpg.cyberone”. Likewise, the Excel table named “table.xlsx” will be renamed to “table.xlsx.cyberone”, and so on.

In every folder that contains the encoded files, a ___RECOVER__FILES__.cyberone.txt text file will be created. It is a ransom money memo. It contains information on the ways of paying the ransom and some other information. The ransom note most probably contains instructions on how to buy the decryption tool from the racketeers. That is basically the scheme of the crime.

Cyberone abstract:

In the picture below, you can see what a directory with files encrypted by the Cyberone looks like. Each filename has the “.cyberone” extension appended to it.

How did Cyberone ransomware end up on my PC?

There are plenty of possible ways of ransomware infiltration.

Nowadays, there are three most popular ways for tamperers to have ransomware settled in your system. These are email spam, Trojan infiltration and peer networks.

If you open your inbox and see letters that look just like notifications from utility services companies, delivery agencies like FedEx, Internet providers, and whatnot, but whose mailer is unknown to you, be wary of opening those emails. They are very likely to have a malware file enclosed in them. So it is even riskier to open any attachments that come with emails like these.

As for the peer file transfer protocols like torrent trackers or eMule, the threat is that they are even more trust-based than the rest of the Internet. You can never know what you download until you get it. Our suggestion is that you use trustworthy resources. Also, it is reasonable to scan the directory containing the downloaded objects with the anti-malware utility as soon as the downloading is complete.

How to remove the Cyberone virus?

It is crucial to inform you that besides encrypting your data, the Cyberone virus will most likely deploy the Azorult Spyware on your computer to seize your credentials to various accounts (including cryptocurrency wallets). That spyware² can derive your credentials from your browser’s auto-filling data.

Sometimes criminals would decrypt some of your files to prove that they indeed have the decryption program. Since Cyberone virus is a relatively recent ransomware, safety measures engineers have not yet found a way to reverse its work. However, the anti-ransomware tools are frequently upgraded, so the solution may soon be available.

Understandably, if the hackers do the job of encoding victim’s critical files, the hopeless person will most likely fulfill their demands. Despite that, paying to criminals gives no guarantee that you’re getting your files back. It is still risky. After obtaining the money, the racketeers may send a wrong decryption code to the injured party. There were reports about racketeers simply disappearing after getting the money without even writing back.

The best safety measure against ransomware is to have a system restore point or the copies of your critical files in the cloud disk or at least on an external drive. Obviously, that might be not enough. The most important thing could be that file you were working upon when it all happened. Nevertheless, it is something. It is also advisable to scan your PC for viruses with the anti-malware utility after the system restoration.

Cyberone is not the only ransomware of its kind, since there are other specimens of ransomware out there that act in the same manner. Examples of those are Mmvb, Eewt, Oflg, and some others. The two major differences between them and the Cyberone are the ransom amount and the method of encryption. The rest is the same: files become inaccessible, their extensions altered, ransom notes appear in each directory containing encrypted files.

Some fortunate victims were able to decrypt the blocked files with the aid of the free software provided by anti-malware developers. Sometimes the hackers accidentally send the decoding key to the victims in the ransom readme. Such an extraordinary fail allows the injured part to restore the files. But naturally, one should never expect such a chance. Remember, ransomware is a bandits’ tool to pull the money out of their victims.

How сan I avoid ransomware infiltration?

Cyberone ransomware has no superpower, neither does any similar malware.

You can armour your computer from its injection in several easy steps:

• Ignore any letters from unknown mailers with unknown addresses, or with content that has nothing to do with something you are expecting (how can you win in a money prize draw without participating in it?). If the email subject is more or less something you are waiting for, scrutinize all elements of the questionable letter with caution. A hoax email will surely contain mistakes.
• Never use cracked or unknown software. Trojan viruses are often shared as a part of cracked products, possibly as a “patch” which prevents the license check. But untrusted programs are difficult to distinguish from trustworthy software, as trojans may also have the functionality you need. You can try searching for information on this software product on the anti-malware forums, but the best solution is not to use such programs at all.

Reasons why I would recommend GridinSoft³

Download Removal Tool.

Run the setup file.

Press “Install” button.

Once installed, Anti-Malware will automatically run.

Wait for the Anti-Malware scan to complete.

Click on “Clean Now”.

Frequently Asked Questions

🤔 How can I open “.cyberone” files?Can I somehow access “.cyberone” files?

Negative. That is why ransomware is so frustrating. Until you decode the “.cyberone” files you will not be able to access them.

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

If the “.cyberone” files contain some really important information, then you probably have them backed up. If not, there is still a function of System Restore but it needs a Restore Point to be previously saved. All other solutions require time.

🤔 What should I do if the Cyberone virus has blocked my PC and I can’t get the activation key.

🤔 What can I do right now?

Many of the encrypted files might still be at your disposal

• If you sent or received your critical files by email, you could still download them from your online mailbox.
• You might have shared images or videos with your friends or family members. Just ask them to send those pictures back to you.
• If you have initially downloaded any of your files from the Internet, you can try downloading them again.
• Your messengers, social media pages, and cloud disks might have all those files too.
• It might be that you still have the needed files on your old computer, a laptop, mobile, memory stick, etc.

HINT: You can employ data recovery utilities⁵ to get your lost data back since ransomware encodes the copies of your files, removing the original ones. In the tutorial below, you can see how to use PhotoRec for such a recovery, but be advised: you won’t be able to do it before you eradicate the virus with an antivirus program.

Also, you can contact the following governmental fraud and scam sites to report this attack:

• In the United States: On Guard Online;
• In Canada: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre;
• In the United Kingdom: Action Fraud;
• In Australia: SCAMwatch;
• In New Zealand: Consumer Affairs Scams;
• In France: Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information;
• In Germany: Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik;
• In Ireland: An Garda Síochána;

To report the attack, you can contact local executive boards. For instance, if you live in USA, you can have a talk with FBI Local field office, IC3 or Secret Service.

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