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    Introduction to Zepto Virus

    Zepto Ransomware:

     

    Zepto is unique type of virus whose purpose is to infect the system through ' spam ' emails. Most of the virus program uses algorithm, similarly Ransomware also uses algorithm called RSA-2048 encryption which is going to rename the files and replace their names with some other words or numbers and will add .zepto extension to it. It is the file encrypting virus. It is not necessary that the program will always be mailed to your spam folder, but there may be also a case where the files may also be sent to your inbox directly and clicking on them will result to infect your system. Now lets know how zepto virus infect your system with unique technique.

    In order to get the decryptor and pay the ransom, your personal ID is needed. Filename will be converted to the .zepto extension and then it will create a HTML file named "help instructions" . When you will open this html file then you can see the instructions to make payment and get the problem solved. In this instructions you will also see the link onion.to and tor2web.org. But you don't need to trust on any of them as there is no guarantee that your system will going to be well after paying amount to them.. You can use the following steps to restore files with .zepto extension.

     

    Zepto uses email attachments with two types of files i.e .zip and .docm.  .Zip uses archived javascript files and .docm uses macros inside the document (this will download main executable). These javascript files may look like the text files and this misunderstanding of the user will result in clicking on these text files. In order to avoid these kind of threats in future HitmanPro and SpyHunter is recommended.

    What will happen if your system is infected with Zepto virus?

     

    As already told, if your system get infected with zepto virus, then your original files will be replaced with the original file or deleted. Files will contain encrypted text which cannot be restored to the original one. You will see the instruction file been placed. Possible solution may be paying Ransom, but there is no guarantee or proof that this will going to help you.  But yes there are many tools online that you can try to remove Ramsonware . You can click on the following link to download it. You can use Spyhunter, as this is also recommended , it will going to remove the registry key of Zepto Ransomware and will also remove all the files and folders that will contain zepto virus. You can also try following link . It is anti malware tool which is an alternative for Zepto Ransomware

     

    Note: You don't need to pay for the ransom, because there is no guarantee that you will receive any key.

     

    Thanks for reading.

     

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