Efdc Virus

Efdc

Efdc is a virus infection known as Ransomware that employs a secret data-encryption algorithm to block important user data. The purpose of Efdc is to coerce its victims into making a ransom payment by using their locked data as leverage.

This blackmailing scheme is nothing new, but the fact that each week tens of new Ransomware versions are created keeps it alive. The fact that Ransomware, as a whole, is one of the most difficult to deal with categories of malware doesn’t help either.

At first glance, a Ransomware virus such as Efdc, Lqqw, Orkf  may not seem like a very dangerous piece of malware. All it can do is lock some data on the infected computer. Other than that, the virus doesn’t harm the system, it doesn’t spy on the user, and it doesn’t exploit the computer’s resources. As long as you don’t keep sensitive and important data on your machine or as long as your valuable files have been properly backed up on external drives or on a cloud, the attack of this virus won’t be particularly difficult to take care of. The presence on the computer of important data that hasn’t been backed up, however, is exactly the reason why, in practice, Ransomware is one of the scariest forms of computer threats. The majority of users stand to lose some pretty important files (which they have forgotten to back up) if they are unable to deal with a virus like Efdc. If you are among those users, be sure to carefully read the next lines so that you can make a rational choice about what to do next instead of acting out of impulse and inadvertently making the situation worse than it needs to be.

The Efdc virus

The Efdc virus is a harmful computer program specialized in taking important files hostage and blackmailing its victims for access to said files. The Efdc virus remains unnoticed during the initial phase of its attack and later reveals itself via a ransom note.

This ransom note tells the user how they are supposed to make a payment to the hackers and get their files restored afterward said payment. Trusting the hackers with your money, however, is unwise, as you may simply lose this money and still be left with nothing that can bring your files to their accessible state.

The .Efdc file encryption

The .Efdc file encryption is the code that this virus uses to lock your important files, making them unusable to you. The .Efdc file encryption has a private key that you need in order to access any of the encrypted files.

Since we already established it is not a good idea to pay the hackers for this key, our suggestion is to remove the virus instead and then try all available alternatives that may help with the recovery of the encrypted data. Instructions on how to remove Efdc as well as a number of  free alternative recovery suggestions can be found in our guide.

SUMMARY:

Name	Efdc
Type	Ransomware
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Remove Efdc Ransomware

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A system reboot in Safe Mode will be required in order to successfully complete the next steps in this guide. Therefore, if you don’t want to lose the instructions, we first recommend you to bookmark this page in your browser.

WARNING! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING!

Once the computer is successfully rebooted in Safe Mode, click on the Start button in the bottom left corner and type msconfig in the search field. Press enter, and a System Configuration window will open:

Select Startup and carefully search if there are some suspicious-looking startup items in the list. In case you detect an item that has “Unknown” Manufacturer, a random name or anything that suggests that it might be linked to Efdc, it is a good idea to research it online and remove its checkmark if you find out that it is dangerous.

Before you close the window, make sure that you leave only legitimate processes in the Startup and click OK to save your changes.

Next, on your Desktop, use the CTRL, SHIFT and ESC key combination to open the Task Manager. In it, click on the Processes Tab and carefully search for processes that might be malicious. The first thing that might indicate a ransomware-related activity is the high CPU and Memory usage. Another thing is the name of the process – it may contain random characters or try to mimic the name of a legitimate process but with a twist in the letters.

If you spot anything suspicious, the best way to decide if it needs to be stopped is to right-click on it, select Open File Location and scan the files stored there with a powerful online virus scanner.

If you don’t have a powerful scanner at hand, feel free to use our online virus scanner below:

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If the files that you scan turn out to be infected, this is a sure sign that you need to end the process related to them and delete those files and their folders.