REVRAC ([email protected]) Ransomware Removal

Virus analyst dnwls0719 was the one who originally identified the Revrac virus, which falls within the Beast ransomware family. Malware of this type encrypts all the data on your computer (photos, text files, excel tables, audio files, videos, etc) and appends its extra extension to every file, leaving the README.txt text files in every directory containing encrypted files.

What is known about the Revrac virus?

☝️ Revrac is a Beast family ransomware infection.

Revrac will append its specific .REVRAC extension to the name of every encrypted file. For instance, a file named “photo.jpg” will be changed to “photo.jpg.REVRAC”. In the same manner, the Excel table named “table.xlsx” will be renamed to “table.xlsx.REVRAC”, and so on.

In every directory that contains the encoded files, a README.txt text document will be created. It is a ransom money memo. It contains information on the ways of paying the ransom and some other remarks. The ransom note usually contains instructions on how to purchase the decryption tool from the racketeers. You can obtain this decryptor after contacting [email protected] via email. That is how they do it.

Revrac Overview:

The README.txt document coming in package with the Revrac ransomware states the following:

YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED

Your files, documents, photos, databases and other important files are encrypted.
You are not able to decrypt it by yourself! The only method of recovering files is to purchase an unique private key.
Only we can give you this key and only we can recover your files.
To be sure we have the decryptor and it works you can send an email: [email protected] and decrypt one file for free.
Before paying you can send us up to 1 file for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 1Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets,sql. etc.)
Do you really want to restore your files?
Write to email: [email protected]
Your personal ID is indicated in the names of the files, before writing a message by email - indicate the name of the ID indicated in the files IN THE SUBJECT OF THE EMAIL
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.

In the picture below, you can see what a folder with files encrypted by the Revrac looks like. Each filename has the “.REVRAC” extension added to it.

How did Revrac ransomware end up on my PC?

There is a huge number of possible ways of ransomware infiltration.

There are currently three most exploited ways for hackers to have ransomware acting in your digital environment. These are email spam, Trojan introduction and peer networks.

• If you open your mailbox 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 unknown to you, beware of opening those letters. They are very likely to have a viral item attached to them. Therefore, it is even riskier to download any attachments that come with letters like these.
• Another thing the hackers might try is a Trojan virus model. A Trojan is an object that gets into your computer disguised as something legal. For instance, you download an installer for some program you need or an update for some service. But what is unpacked reveals itself a harmful agent that corrupts your data. Since the update file can have any title and any icon, you’d better be sure that you can trust the resource of the things you’re downloading. The optimal way is to use the software developers’ official websites.
• As for the peer networks like BitTorrent or eMule, the threat is that they are even more trust-based than the rest of the Web. You can never guess what you download until you get it. So you’d better be using trustworthy websites. Also, it is a good idea to scan the folder containing the downloaded files with the anti-malware utility as soon as the downloading is complete.

How to remove ransomware?

It is crucial to inform you that besides encrypting your files, the Revrac virus will probably deploy Vidar Stealer on your machine to seize your credentials to various accounts (including cryptocurrency wallets). That program can derive your logins and passwords from your browser’s auto-filling data.

How сan I avert ransomware attack?

Revrac ransomware has no endless power, so as any similar malware.

You can armour your system from ransomware infiltration within three easy steps:

• Never open any emails 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 money prize draw without even taking part in it?). In case the email subject is more or less something you are expecting, check all elements of the questionable letter with caution. A hoax email will always contain mistakes.
• Do not use cracked or unknown programs. Trojan viruses are often spreaded as a part of cracked products, most likely as a “patch” preventing the license check. Understandably, untrusted programs are very hard to distinguish from trustworthy software, as trojans may also have the functionality you need. You can try to find information on this software product on the anti-malware forums, but the best solution is not to use such software.

FAQ

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

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

🤔 I really need to decrypt those “.REVRAC” files ASAP. How can I do that?

Hopefully, you have made a copy of those important files. 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. All other solutions require time.

🤔 What to do if the Revrac malware has blocked my computer and I can’t get the activation code.

🤔 What could help the situation right now?

Some of the blocked files can be found elsewhere.

• If you exchanged your critical files by email, you could still download them from your online mailbox.
• You might have shared photographs or videos with your friends or relatives. Simply ask them to give those pictures back to you.
• If you have initially got any of your files from the Internet, you can try to do it again.
• Your messengers, social media pages, and cloud storage might have all those files too.
• It might be that you still have the needed files on your old PC, a notebook, mobile, flash memory, etc.

USEFUL TIP: You can employ file recovery programs² to retrieve your lost information since ransomware encrypts the copies of your files, deleting the original ones. In the tutorial below, you can learn how to recover your files with PhotoRec, 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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