At first it scans the hard drive and looks for the files, that are appropriate for the encryption. Every manipulation with the encrypted file can possibly corrupt it beyond repair.ĬOOT ransomware uses the same encryption logic, as the other representatives of STOP(DJVU) family. If your device has been infected with this virus, don’t remove COOT encryption manually. Everyone can be a potential victim of COOT ransomware, as the creators inject the executable code into a harmless file and it activates, once the file is opened. This ransomware family specializes in the encryption of valuable and sentimental files, for decryption of which a user is willing to pay.
This malicious software belongs to the STOP(DJVU) file-encryption ransomware family, that is well-known for such ransomwares, as Nols, Werd, Ndarod, Leto, Bora and RECO. The newest internet threat, that has been recently found is called COOT ransomware.
