How to remove Jew Crypt ransomware virus

Jew Crypt virus is a foolish ransomware copy – do not pay the ransom that it demands!

We have seen lots of ransomware viruses^[1], but Jew Crypt virus^[2] is clearly the best candidate to win “the worst virus of all time” prize. The Jew Crypt ransomware hardly has anything to do with Jews, by the way. It is obvious that this virus has been developed with intention to test the effectiveness of ransomware as an extortion tool, and apparently the author of this threat didn’t have grandiose plans to infect businesses and healthcare organizations^[3]. This ransomware virus seems to be created by a novice programmer who attempted to copy another virus’ code but failed, and so the virus doesn’t encrypt anything on victim’s computer. The virus displays a pop-up message with the following information:

YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPT

I have encrypted your files, and you wont be able to get them back unless you pay the 0.01 bitcoin ransomfee!
If you do not pay within a week then your files will be deleted and you wont be able to get them back!
As soon as you pay you should send an email to ransom@mail2tor.com with your transaction key and I will give you the decryption key within 2 workdays!

The indicated virus fails to encrypt files and so there is no need to pay the ransom to the author of this foolish ransomware virus. To password to the JewCrypt virus window is JewsDid911. Remove Jew Crypt virus with anti-malware tool (use the one that you have, or install one of the programs that we recommend using: FortectIntego or MalwarebytesMalwarebytes). You may also want to start your PC in a Safe Mode with Networking before starting the Jew Crypt removal procedure.

How did I get infected with this weak computer virus?

Most likely you got infected with Jew Crypt virus after opening an infectious email attachment^[4]. Mail spam^[5] is probably one of the most popular techniques that cyber criminals use to deliver malicious files to victims, usually in an obfuscated form. Nowadays criminals do not send .exe files to victims so often anymore, but rather insert malevolent Macro codes into Microsoft Word documents. However, Jew Crypt malware is so poorly made that it is unlikely that its authors would be able to use the technique involving malicious Macro script. Therefore, they spread the virus in files that have double extensions, such as invoice.pdf.exe, and hide the real file extension to obfuscate the executive program and trick the victim into thinking that it is a PDF file.

How can I remove Jew Crypt virus?

Luckily, Jew Crypt virus is not a critical virus, thanks to the programming skills that its author barely has. To remove Jew Crypt ransomware, you should scan the system with an updated virus removal tool and let it detect the core of the infection. It is much easier to delete malicious viruses this way. You may want to start the Jew Crypt removal by rebooting your PC in a proper mode, which is suitable for malware removal procedure, and if you do not know how to do it, follow the instructions presented below.