How to remove Nnuz ransomware

What is Nnuz ransomware

Nnuz is a virus that encrypts every file on the infected computer. This is not done out of pure malice – the cybercriminals then offer to decrypt your data for a significant sum of money. This behavior has earned Nnuz, as well as every other malicious program that behaves in this fashion, the name of ransomware. Many different “families” of ransomware exist – all viruses within one family are essentially the same virus, with only minor differences between each other. Nnuz belongs to the STOP/Djvu ransomware family – you can read our articles on Zfdv or Ribd, other viruses in this family, to see just how similar they are to each other.
The encrypted files are given the .nnuz extension, so that the victim can see that something is wrong with their files. Once it’s done encrypting the files, Nnuz creates a file named “_readme.txt” on the victim’s desktop. This file is a ransom note – the image above contains its text. It demands $980 to restore the data, or $490 if paid within the first 72 hours after infection.
Our article will help you deal with this threat. It will explain how to remove Nnuz ransomware, and will tell you what you can do to decrypt .nnuz files.

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