Ransom.Samas
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Short bio
Ransom.Samas is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of ransomware applications also known as SamSam ransomware.
Type of infection
Ransom.Samas in general encrypts your files, then forces you to pay a ransom to get them back. The threat actors have been known to target cities and hospitals among others. Ransom.Samas knows several variants, but most of them are spread by brute-forcing RDP endpoints.
Malicious behavior
Ransom.Samas ransom note
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Ransom.Samas
Business remediation
To remove Ransom.Samas using Malwarebytes business products, follow the instructions below.
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Ransom.Samas without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
- Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
- Click on the Get started button.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
- Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.
Take note, however, that removing this ransomware does not decrypt your files. You can only get your files back from backups you made before the infection happened.