How to remove White Rabbit Ransomware and decrypt .scrypt files

What is White Rabbit Ransomware

White Rabbit is classified as a ransomware program that runs encryption of data to demand money for its return. It was detected by Michael Gillespie – a popular malware researcher specializing in ransomware infections. While encrypting all the important data stored on a system, the virus appends a .scrypt extension to the end of each file. For instance, a sample named 1.pdf will change to 1.pdf.scrypt and reset its original icon. In addition, all blocked files will get their ransom note files with unique encryption keys. 1.pdf.scrypt will get 1.pdf.scrypt.txt, 1.xlsx.scrypt – 1.xlsx.scrypt.txt, and so forth.

Each note created after data encryption contains a ton of information related to recovering files. Overall, cybercriminals say their victims must contact them using the link in TOR Browser and buy decryption software afterward. Should victims disobey this request, their decryption keys will be permanently deleted and gathered data will be published on dark web resources. In addition, ransomware developers claim it is forbidden to delete ransom notes, modify files, use the third-party software, and refer to external help from the FBI or other authorities. Unfortunately, doing any of the above might indeed deteriorate the situation and complicate data decryption. Although it is always advised against paying the ransom, cybercriminals remain the only figures able to unlock your data completely. You can recover your data for free only by deleting the virus and copying your backup copies from external storage if such are existent. Even if you recover your data without the help of cybercriminals, alas you won’t avoid leakage of data. Decision on whether to pay the ransom or not lies solely on you. It is not hard to delete ransomware infections, but rather revert their damage. Whatever the case, it is important to delete White Rabbit Ransomware before it does more problems to your identity and PC. You can follow our guide below to do it and learn about plausible recovery methods.

How White Rabbit Ransomware infected your computer

White Rabbit Ransomware could bypass your sight in multiple ways – via email spam letters, trojans, unofficial and freeware download pages, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, backdoors, keyloggers, vulnerable RDP configuration, fake updates or software cracking tools, and other dubious channels like these. E-mail spam letters are messages bundled with malicious attachments. These attachments are usually Word, Excel, PDF, Archive, EXE, or JavaScript files disguised as something legitimate. They can be named with click-bait headings like “Shipment details”, “Your Invoice”, and similarly trick users into opening them. As a result, this triggers ransomware or other infections to install and cause its damage. In addition, users downloading software from unofficial and dubious pages intentionally or via advertising banners risk putting their PC under potential infections as well. To prevent such infections from happening in the future, it is important to be less negligent and more careful while using the web. We encourage you to learn all the preventative measures that one can take to secure himself against threats like White Rabbit Ransomware in the future using our tutorial below.

1. Download White Rabbit Ransomware Removal Tool
2. Get decryption tool for .scrypt 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 White Rabbit Ransomware

White Rabbit Ransomware files:


[original filename].scrypt.txt
{randomname}.exe


White Rabbit Ransomware registry keys:

no information

How to decrypt and restore .scrypt files

Use automated decryptors

Download Kaspersky RakhniDecryptor

Use following tool from Kaspersky called Rakhni Decryptor, that can decrypt .scrypt 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 .scrypt 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 White Rabbit 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 .scrypt 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 White Rabbit 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. White Rabbit 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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