How to remove Cyberone Ransomware and decrypt .cyberone files

What is Cyberone Ransomware

Cyberone is quite a recent ransomware infection that runs encryption of data and asks victims to pay 1 Bitcoin for its decryption. While blocking access to system-stored data, the virus assigns its own .cyberone extension, making all file icons blank. For instance, a file originally named 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.cyberone and become no longer accessible. Note that most Cyberone versions we have observed can be decrypted for free with the help of a decryption tool released by Avast. You can find more information about it in the article below. After completing encryption, the last piece of the last to start blackmailing victims is the creation of ___RECOVER__FILES__.cyberone.txt and the display of a pop-up window containing decryption guidelines written by cybercriminals.

Extortionists demand victims to pay an amount of money equivalent to 1 Bitcoin (about $19,900). After completing the payment, victims are therefore asked to send an e-mail message with the transaction ID to swindlers (info@cyber-one.io). However, there is no crypto wallet address included in the note, meaning paying cybercriminals is technically impossible. The reason for that could be ongoing development of the ransomware or preliminary testing of it. As mentioned, files encrypted by current Cyberone variants can be decrypted for free. Follow our guidelines below to delete the infection and restore your data back to its normal operation. Usually, in many other cases, files encrypted by ransomware are rarely decryptable without the direct help of cybercriminals. In such a scenario, when a working third-party tool is not available, the only viable way to recover the files for free is via backup copies. It is also advised against paying the ransom to cybercriminals – statistics show that many ransomware developers end up scammers and do not fulfill their promises regarding decryption.

How Cyberone Ransomware infected your computer

Ransomware infections are known to penetrate systems via a number of channels, such as trojans, deceptive third-party downloads, fake software updates/installers, backdoors, keyloggers, botnets, system exploits, e-mail spam, and other possible ones. Numerous successful infiltrations happen through malicious attachments or links that can be bundled within e-mail spam letters. Cybercriminals tend to impersonate the names of legitimate companies or other parties and force users into opening content attached to it. Doing so is dangerous and may lead to an unavoidable malware infection. MS Office documents, PDFs, Executable, Archive, and JavaScript are often the formats users may encounter in such types of messages. Beware of opening them and avoid downloading/browsing content on unofficial or dubious pages. Read our guide below to know how one can protect himself against ransomware and other threats in the future.

1. Download Cyberone Ransomware Removal Tool
2. Get decryption tool for .cyberone files
3. Recover encrypted files with Stellar Data Recovery Professional
4. Restore encrypted files with Windows Previous Versions
5. Restore files with Shadow Explorer
6. How to protect from threats like Cyberone Ransomware

Cyberone Ransomware files:


___RECOVER__FILES__.cyberone.txt
{randomname}.exe


Cyberone Ransomware registry keys:

no information

How to decrypt and restore .cyberone files

Use automated decryptors

Download Kaspersky RakhniDecryptor

Use following tool from Kaspersky called Rakhni Decryptor, that can decrypt .cyberone files. Download it here:

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There is no purpose to pay the ransom because there is no guarantee you will receive the key, but you will put your bank credentials at risk.

Dr.Web Rescue Pack

Famous antivirus vendor Dr. Web provides free decryption service for the owners of its products: Dr.Web Security Space or Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite. Other users can ask for help in the decryption of .cyberone files by uploading samples to Dr. Web Ransomware Decryption Service. Analyzing files will be performed free of charge and if files are decryptable, all you need to do is purchase a 2-year license of Dr.Web Security Space worth $120 or less. Otherwise, you don’t have to pay.

If you are infected with Cyberone Ransomware and removed from your computer you can try to decrypt your files. Antivirus vendors and individuals create free decryptors for some crypto-lockers. To attempt to decrypt them manually you can do the following:

Use Stellar Data Recovery Professional to restore .cyberone files

1. Download Stellar Data Recovery Professional.
2. Click Recover Data button.
3. Select type of files you want to restore and click Next button.
4. Choose location where you would like to restore files from and click Scan button.
5. Preview found files, choose ones you will restore and click Recover.

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Using Windows Previous Versions option:

1. Right-click on infected file and choose Properties.
2. Select Previous Versions tab.
3. Choose particular version of the file and click Copy.
4. To restore the selected file and replace the existing one, click on the Restore button.
5. In case there is no items in the list choose alternative method.

Using Shadow Explorer:

1. Download Shadow Explorer program.
2. Run it and you will see screen listing of all the drives and the dates that shadow copy was created.
3. Select the drive and date that you want to restore from.
4. Right-click on a folder name and select Export.
5. In case there are no other dates in the list, choose alternative method.

If you are using Dropbox:

1. Login to the DropBox website and go to the folder that contains encrypted files.
2. Right-click on the encrypted file and select Previous Versions.
3. Select the version of the file you wish to restore and click on the Restore button.

How to protect computer from viruses, like Cyberone Ransomware , in future

1. Get special anti-ransomware software

Use ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware

Famous antivirus brand ZoneAlarm by Check Point released a comprehensive tool, that will help you with active anti-ransomware protection, as an additional shield to your current protection. The tool provides Zero-Day protection against ransomware and allows you to recover files. ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware is compatible with all other antiviruses, firewalls, and security software except ZoneAlarm Extreme (already shipped with ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware) or Check Point Endpoint products. The killer features of this application are: automatic file recovery, overwrite protection that instantly and automatically recovers any encrypted files, file protection that detects and blocks even unknown encryptors.

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2. Back up your files

As an additional way to save your files, we recommend online backup. Local storage, such as hard drives, SSDs, flash drives, or remote network storage can be instantly infected by the virus once plugged in or connected to. Cyberone Ransomware uses some techniques to exploit this. One of the best services and programs for easy automatic online backup is iDrive. It has the most profitable terms and a simple interface. You can read more about iDrive cloud backup and storage here.

3. Do not open spam e-mails and protect your mailbox

Malicious attachments to spam or phishing e-mails are the most popular method of ransomware distribution. Using spam filters and creating anti-spam rules is good practice. One of the world leaders in anti-spam protection is MailWasher Pro. It works with various desktop applications and provides a very high level of anti-spam protection.

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