How to remove Legend ransomware

Legend ransomware – a new variant of the VoidCrypt ransomware family

Legend ransomware is a cryptovirus that urges its victims to establish contact within 48 hours of the attack, or the price for decryption of encrypted files will be doubled. This file-locking virus derives from a fairly new VoidCrypt ransomware family that's been detected in April of 2020.

Cryptoviruses from this lineage uses a combination of AES and RSA coding algorithms to encrypt personal data on infected devices. During the encryption, Legend ransomware virus renames files in this manner: original filename.[legendencrypt1@criptext.com].[appointed unique user ID].legend extension. Although the VoidCrypt ransomware family is a new player in the ransomware game, if we can call it that, but it's presenting a new variant every couple of weeks. All versions present almost identical ransom notes, titled !INFO,HTA. 

One thing that differs with all the versions in the VoidCrypt virus family for sure, is the email given to contact the cybercriminals. In this case – legendencrypt1@criptext.com and legendencrypt@criptext.com. Previous versions of this cryptovirus include:

• Hmmmmm
• Shiton
• Konx
• Lalaland, and others.

Everyday, computer users can get ransomware infections on their devices in numerous ways because cybercriminals are coming up with more sophisticated attacking techniques. But our research indicates that the most frequently used distribution method is spam emails (more on that in the second chapter of this article).

Anti-virus software to protect your passageways on the world wide web is a must these days. Reliable anti-malware applications like SpyHunterCombo Cleaner or MalwarebytesMalwarebytes could prevent cryptoviruses such as Legend ransomware or others from infecting and encrypting your devices.

Back to the culprit of this article. Its ransom note instructs the victims to contact the assailants via two given emails, which should be done within 48 hours or the ransom price doubles, although the ransom amount isn't specified in the first place. The cybercriminals claim that only they have the ability to decrypt the locked files and offer free decryption of a few files.

As always, we do not recommend contacting the criminals, needless to say, to pay the ransom. Victims that meet the assailants' demands finance their criminal campaigns, and in no way does a payment guarantee that a working Legend ransomware decryption tool will be delivered.

The whole ransom note reads:

!!! Your Files Has Been Encrypted !!!

♦ your files has been locked with highest secure cryptography algorithm ♦
♦ there is no way to decrypt your files without paying and buying Decryption tool♦
♦ but after 48 hour decryption price will be double♦
♦ you can send some little files for decryption test♦
♦ test file should not contain valuable data♦
♦ after payment you will get decryption tool ( payment Should be with Bitcoin)♦
♦ so if you want your files dont be shy feel free to contact us and do an agreement on price♦
♦ !!! or Delete you files if you dont need them !!!
♦

Your ID :-
our Email :legendencrypt1@criptext.com
In Case Of No Answer :legendencrypt@criptext.com

So in many cases, paying the ransom leads to a lose-lose situation. Instead, users should focus on Legend ransomware removal. Although, first, we recommend exporting all encrypted files to offline storage. There's no decryption tool available at the moment, but there's always hope that someone will create it in the near future.

When victims remove Legend ransomware, experts^[1] suggest performing a system tune-up with powerful system repair tools like the FortectIntego app. This should be done in order to restore any modifications the computer virus might have done to the system registry and other key system settings.

The most common ransomware distribution technique and how to avoid it

Ransomware can infect devices in different ways, such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks,^[2] drive-by downloads^[3] from compromised websites, and through USB or other removable media. But the most common method used by cybercriminals is still phishing emails.

Phishing or spam emails can be written to trick a specific or a random person into either clicking on a hyperlink or downloading an attachment. Links redirect to sites where a ransomware payload file is downloaded automatically. Email attachments could contain .zip, .docx, .txt, or any other file type with a malicious script built-in.

As soon as either of these options is done, an infection starts right away. When a user receives an email and is unsure whether it's a phishing email or not, don't open anything in an email if it contains any of the following:

• grammatical mistakes
• addresses you not by your real name
• forces to visit a website right away
• urges to open an email attachment ASAP
• request personal, sensitive information

Guide for Legend ransomware virus removal and system tune-up

Dealing with Legend ransomware removal could be a difficult task for a novice computer user. That's why we recommend leaving this dirty business to professional anti-malware software like the SpyHunterCombo Cleaner or MalwarebytesMalwarebytes to do automatically and with a push of a button.

However, if you didn't keep backups of your essential data, then before you remove Legend ransomware, you should copy all encrypted files to offline storage, like a USB drive or any other kind of external storage. That way, if a decryption tool gets made, you could unlock it.

After you've eliminated the infection, don't forget to clean up your computer system. Ransomware like Legend ransomware virus tends to mess up system settings, leading to devices exhibiting abnormal behavior. Use the FortectIntego or any other powerful system repair tool to restore those settings.