LIQUID Virus (.Liquid Files of Ransomware) — How to remove virus?

The Liquid virus belongs to the ransomware type infection. This ransomware encrypts all user’s data on the PC (photos, documents, excel tables, music, videos, etc), adds its specific extension to every file.

Liquid Virus

☝️ Liquid can be correctly identify as a ransomware infection.

Liquid adds its specific “.Liquid” extension to the name of every file. For example, your photo named as “my_photo.jpeg” will be transformed into “my_photo.jpeg.Liquid“, report in Excel tables named “report.xlsx” – to “report.xlsx.Liquid“, and so on.

Inside of the ransom note, there is usually an instruction saying about purchasing the decryption tool. This decryption tool is created by ransomware developers, and can be obtained through the email, contacting [email protected], [email protected].

Here is a summary for the Liquid:

The information by the Liquid ransomware states the following frustrating information:

ll data in your machine-turned to useless binary code
your databases and Documents have been downloaded and will be published after 12days if not paid
to return files and prevent publishing email us at: [email protected], [email protected] (send a copy to both, your id as subject)
your id: -
tips:
no one else can help you, don't waste your business time
if not paid after a while Google your Campany Name and you will see your private and customers data in there, all your customers and (this is done only if determine your data leakage does more damage than the payment you should make)
anyone/any company offering help will contact us and intermediate, even if they claim otherwise, math prooves no one can decrypt without our private keys, even some of them with good fame get test file from us and scam you (get your money, don't pay us, tell you some bullshit, and leave you with your encrypted data) the other half get only some extra fees from you (someone them they pick large amounts of your payment for themselves), there's nothing you can't do yourself
you can buy bitcoins easily, just google: how to buy bitcoins in xxx (your country)
Whats's a guarantee? 

1- you send a few Sample files for test before payment 

2-if we don't recover our reputation will go bad and no one will pay us we won't be available for long
don't play with encrypted files that will corrupt them and make them unrecoverable.

for proper decryption don't delete files at c:\Liquid hidden folder, even on machines with no important data, or get a backup of them
question: 
I read at some website that some people pay the ransom and don't get their files 
answer: 
yes that happens with some ransomware, affiliates scam you to pay a percentage to devs, to avoid it never pay anyone without a test file (us or any dealer), never ever pay outside of these 2 emails, ONLY PAY TO THE WALLET ADDRESS YOU RECEIVE WITH DECRYPTED SAMPLE FILE, scam can't happen if these tips are followed, guaranteed.
use google translate (if you don't know English)

How did I get Liquid ransomware on my computer?

That was a huge number of different ways of ransomware injection.

However, nowadays there are only two ways of Liquid injection – email spam and trojans. You may see a lot of messages on your email, stating that you need to pay different bills or to get your parcel from the local FedEx department. But all such messages are sent from unknown email addresses, not from familiar official emails of these companies. All such letters contain the attached file, which is used as a ransomware carrier. If you open this file – your system will get infected by Liquid.

In case of trojans presence, you will be offered to download and install ransomware on your PC under the guise of something legit, like a Chrome update, or update for the software you are storing on your computer. Sometimes, trojan viruses can be masked as legit programs, and ransomware will be offered for download as an important update, or a big pack of extensions that are essential for proper program functioning.

There is also the third way of ransomware injection, however, it becomes less and less popular day-to-day. I am talking about peering networks, such as torrents or eMule. No one can control which files are packed in the seeding, so you can discover a huge pack of different malware after downloading. If circumstances force you to download something from peering networks – scan every downloaded folder or archive with antivirus software.

How to remove Liquid virus?

In addition to encode a victim’s files, the Liquid virus has also started to install the Azorult Spyware on PC to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, desktop files, and more.

To ensure the user that ransomware distributors really have the decryption tool, they may offer to decrypt several encrypted files. And they are the single owners of this decryption program: Liquid ransomware is a completely new type, so there is no legit program from anti-malware vendors, which can decrypt your files. But such a situation is in momentum: decryption tools are updating every month.

However, paying the ransom is a bad decision, too. There is no guarantee that Liquid ransomware developers will send you the decryption tool and a proper decryption key. And there are a lot of cases when ransomware distributors deceived their victims, sending the wrong key or even nothing. In the majority of cases, there is a way to recover your files for free. Search for available backups, and restore your system using it. Of course, there is a chance that the backup you found is too old, and does not contain a lot of files you need. But, at least you will be sure that there is no malware in your system. However, to ensure that there are no malicious programs in your system after the backup, you need to scan your PC with anti-malware software.

Liquid ransomware is not unique. There are more ransomware of this type: Zip, Boooom, Cryptedpay. These examples of ransomware act in a similar way: encrypting your files, adding a specific extension, and leaving a great number of ransom money notes in every folder. But there are two things which make difference between these ransomware – cryptography algorithm, which is used for file encryption, and ransom amount . In some cases, victims are able to decrypt their files without any payments, just using free solutions produced by several anti-malware vendors, or even with the decryption tool which is offered by ransomware creators. The last scenario is possible when ransomware distributors have typed your decryption key inside of a ransom money note. However, as you can already guess, such luck is a very rare thing. Ransomware is created for money gaining, not for jokes or scaring.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How сan I avoid ransomware attack?

Liquid ransomware doesn’t have a superpower.

You can easily protect yourself from its injection in several easy steps :

• Ignore all emails from unknown mailboxes with a strange unknown address, or with content that has likely no connection to something you are waiting for (can you win in a lottery without taking part in it?). If the email subject is likely something you are waiting for, check carefully all elements of the suspicious letter. A fake email will surely contain a mistake.
• Do not use cracked or untrusted programs. Trojans are often distributed as a part of cracked software, possibly under the guise of “patch” which prevents the license check. But untrusted programs are very hard to distinguish from trustworthy software, because trojans may also have the functionality you need. You can try to find information about this program on the anti-malware forums, but the best solution is not to use such programs.