

Once encryption is carried out, the malware appends a unique identifier to the encrypted file, along with the ".UIWIX" extension.įor example, if a file named picture.jpg is encrypted, its resulting name will be picture.jpg._.UIWIX.Ī text file containing the ransom note, named _DECODE_FILES.txt, is also dropped in the malware's current directory. HTTPS doesnt protect against a malicious 3rd party from uploading a. It avoids encrypting files on machines that have a locale set to Russia, Kazakhstan, or Belarus. To install FileZilla, run the following command from the command line or from. Files with file names that contain any of the following strings:.Files that are in the following folders:.The ransomware attempts to encrypt all the files on the machine, except for the following: The malware will not run if a debugger is present, or if any of the following virtualized or sandboxed environments are found: The malware creates the following named mutex: Microsoft Windows SMB Server (MS17-010) Vulnerability.This ransomware can arrive on a machine by leveraging the following vulnerability:
