Ok so the question title displays what happened. what can you comment on it? All I can add it that files were renamed. Well, not renamed, but now they have different extensions added, “.aaa.” whats this? i also found this ransom note saying that my files were encrypted. My PC wad infected by a computer virus, wasn’t it?
Cannot open files! Found a message demanding to pay money via bitcoin
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It seems that you have been attacked by a CryptoWall virus variant, which is called the .aaa File Extension ransomware. When this virus steps into a computer, it scans and detects audio, video, image, text files and encrypts them using RSA-2048 encryption algorithm. Once encrypted, files become unattainable. If you want to find out what you should do now, we suggest reading the information provided in this article: Dealing with malware: How to remove .aaa File Extension ransomware?
The article includes explanations how you could download this virus executable file, what to do to remove it and also tips how to recover your records.
Good luck,
2-spyware team.