WUXIA Virus Files of Ransomware — How to remove virus?

The Wuxia virus falls within the VoidCrypt ransomware family. Harmful software of such sort encrypts all user’s data on the computer (photos, documents, excel tables, music, videos, etc) and adds its extra extension to every file, leaving the Decryption-Guide.txt files in every folder containing encrypted files.

What is known about the Wuxiavirus?

☝️ A scientifically correct designation for the Wuxia is “a VoidCrypt family ransomware malicious agent”.

The scheme of renaming is the following: id-*******.[email address].NaS. After the encryption, a file entitled, for instance, “report.docx” will be changed to “report.docx.id193fb178.[[email protected]].wuxia”.

In every directory with the encrypted files, a Decryption-Guide.txt text document will be found. It is a ransom money note. 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 get this decrypting software after contacting [email protected] via email. That is it.

Wuxia overview:

In the screenshot below, you can see what a directory with files encrypted by the Wuxia looks like. Each filename has the “.id-*******.[email address].NaS” extension added to it.

How did my computer get infected with Wuxia ransomware?

There are many possible ways of ransomware infiltration.

There are currently three most popular ways for criminals to have the Wuxia virus settled in your digital environment. These are email spam, Trojan infiltration 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, Internet providers, and whatnot, but whose “from” field is strange to you, be wary of opening those emails. They are very likely to have a viral item enclosed in them. So it is even riskier to download any attachments that come with emails like these.

As for the peer-to-peer file transfer protocols like torrent trackers or eMule, the danger 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. So you’d better be using trustworthy resources. Also, it is a good idea to scan the directory containing the downloaded objects with the antivirus as soon as the downloading is finished.

How do I get rid of the Wuxia virus?

It is crucial to inform you that besides encrypting your data, the Wuxia virus will probably install the Azorult Spyware on your machine to seize your credentials to different accounts (including cryptocurrency wallets). That program can derive your credentials from your browser’s auto-filling cardfile.

Sometimes criminals would decrypt some of your files so you know that they indeed have the decryption program. Since Wuxia virus is a relatively recent ransomware, security software designers have not yet found a method to undo its work. Nevertheless, the anti-ransomware tools are constantly updated, so the effective countermeasure may soon be available.

Sure thing, if the evildoers succeed in encrypting someone’s critical data, the hopeless person will most likely comply with their demands. Despite that, paying to criminals does not necessarily mean that you’re getting your files back. It is still dangerous. After getting the ransom, the racketeers may send a wrong decryption key to the injured party. There were reports of ransomware developers just vanishing after getting the ransom without even bothering to reply.

The best countermeasure to ransomware is to have a system restore point or the copies of your essential files in the cloud storage or at least on an external drive. Surely, that might be not enough. Your most crucial thing could be that file you were working on when it all went down. Nevertheless, it is something. It is also reasonable to scan your PC for viruses with the anti-malware utility after the system is rolled back.

Wuxia 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 Prynt, Ssdox, Harpoonlocker, and some others. The two major differences between them and the Wuxia are the ransom amount and the encoding method. The rest is the same: documents become blocked, their extensions altered, ransom notes emerge in every folder containing encrypted files.

Some lucky users were able to decode the blocked files with the aid of the free tools provided by anti-ransomware experts. Sometimes the racketeers accidentally send the decryption code to the wronged in the ransom note. Such an epic fail allows the victim to restore the files. But of course, one should never expect such a chance. Make no mistake, ransomware is a bandits’ tool to pull the money out of their victims.

How to avert ransomware injection?

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

You can defend yourself from its infiltration taking several easy steps:

• Ignore any letters from unknown senders with strange addresses, or with content that has nothing to do with something you are expecting (how can you win in a money prize draw without even taking part in it?). If the email subject is more or less something you are waiting for, scrutinize all elements of the suspicious email carefully. A hoax email will surely contain a mistake.
• Do not use cracked or untrusted software. Trojan viruses are often distributed as an element of cracked products, most likely under the guise of “patch” to prevent the license check. Understandably, potentially dangerous programs are difficult to distinguish from reliable software, because trojans sometimes have the functionality you seek. You can try to find information on this program on the anti-malware message boards, but the best solution is not to use such programs at all.

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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”.

FAQ

🤔 Are the “.id-*******.[email address].NaS” files accessible?

Unfortunately, no. You need to decipher the “.id-*******.[email address].NaS” files first. Then you will be able to open them.

🤔 What should I do to make my files accessible as fast as possible?

Hopefully, you have made a copy of those important files. Otherwise, you might try to employ System Restore. The only question is whether you have saved any Restore Points that would be helpful now. There are other ways to beat ransomware, but they take time.

🤔 What should I do if the Wuxia ransomware has blocked my computer and I can’t get the activation key.

🤔 What can I do right now?

Some of the encrypted files can be found elsewhere.

• If you sent or received your critical files via email, you could still download them from your online mail server.
• You might have shared photographs or videos with your friends or family members. Simply ask them to give those images back to you.
• If you have initially got any of your files from the Internet, you can try doing it again.
• Your messengers, social networks pages, and cloud disks might have all those files as well.
• It might be that you still have the needed files on your old computer, a laptop, cellphone, external storage, etc.

HINT: You can use data recovery utilities⁵ to get your lost data back since ransomware blocks the copies of your files, removing the authentic ones. In the tutorial below, you can see how to recover your files with PhotoRec, but remember: you can do it only after you remove the ransomware itself with an anti-malware 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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