.kuus file extension added to all files

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

IDK what happened happened to my desktop, i was playing GTAV and suddenly my desktop did a random reboot and all my files are changed to this and i cant open any of them

[Spotty]

Sounds like your files have been encrypted by ransomware. Wipe the drives, reinstall windows and restore the files from a backup.

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

i didint have a bakup

 

 

[Prodigy_Smit]

2 minutes ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

IDK what happened happened to my desktop, i was playing GTAV and suddenly my desktop did a random reboot and all my files are changed to this and i cant open any of them

I am sorry to say my dude but you got ransomware.

[Prodigy_Smit]

Just now, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

i didint have a bakup

 

 

Biggest F then. Not possible to recover your files unless you pay the hackers which I don't suggest.

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

i cant let my parents know

because they work on the same pc

 

[Skiiwee29]

Could try and give this a shot... if not, put on your big boy/girl pants and tell your parents and reinstall windows.

 

https://howtofix.guide/kuus-files-decrypt/

[Kilrah]

.kuus is one of the online 2020 versions, so no decryption possible.

 

https://geeksadvice.com/decrypt-files-locked-by-stop-djvu-ransomware-virus/

[Lakobrija]

My man there is no way around. You won't get your files back even if you pay, at least thats what I learned during wannacry crisis. You have to wipe disk and to reinstall windows to get rid of virus, and sad truth is that, you can't really uncript files anymore

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

is restore point gonna help because i have a restore point right before the virus came in

 

[WereCatf]

15 minutes ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

i cant let my parents know

because they work on the same pc

Too late, the damage has already happened.

 

Now, I'm making an assumption here: you have downloaded some pirated stuff, like e.g. a pirated game, haven't you? That's a really good way of getting yourself infected, so, in the future, stop downloading pirated stuff, if you don't want this to happen again.

[Spotty]

Just now, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

is restore point gonna help because i have a restore point right before the virus came in

Nope.

 

Time to talk to your parents.

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

is restore point gonna help because i have a restore point right before the virus came in

No. A restore-point only saves Windows's own files, not any files that aren't related to Windows. Also, ransomware typically also mess with restore-points, so it'd unlikely fix anything at all.

[NineEyeRon]

I have gone to a place where I have everything important backed up elsewhere, nothing is done local and not mirrored off the PC, all my important old stuff is cold stored off the PC too just in case. I can pretty much rebuild the last 15 years of computing.

 

I had an issue way back in around 2005, not virus but hard drive error and lost about 3 years of stuff. Thankfully nothing important or worth having around, just game screenshots and some photos from the time. I’m really not that bothered about them as have plenty of good memories still and non digital phots from the time. Other people had phots too so the gap was filled easily.

 

My PC is pretty dumb, it just has programs on it and I can wipe it and go back to normal running in a couple of days.

 

I keep planning to test this however, as you never know until you really do it or it happens!

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

how about reinstalling win 10 without removing files

 

[WereCatf]

Just now, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

how about reinstalling win 10 without removing files

You've been told multiple times now: no, there is no way of fixing the files. Reinstalling Windows, restoring from a restore-point, renaming the files -- none of it will fix them. They are gone, you're not getting any of them back without actual, proper backups.

[Kilrah]

This would "make windows work" (although it already still works since the ransomeware is careful about not breaking it) but all documents are gone. And your PC would still be infected, so any new file would get encrypted too.

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

wait... i found every thing on my parent's account was'nt affected

 

[Kilrah]

It's going to be now...

 

Turn off the PC NOW and have it brought to a professional so there is a chance some of your parents' documents which I would assume are pretty important can still be recovered.

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

so even password cant make it safer?

 

[WhyThereIsAPieOverHead]

i put all fils in their accout in to a archive and put it in my google drive

 

[gloop]

6 minutes ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

wait... i found every thing on my parent's account was'nt affected

 

THey are almost certainly affected to. How many times do we have to tell you: turn off the computer and go to your parents?

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

i put all fils in their accout in to a archive and put it in my google drive

Mate, turn off the computer and let a professional handle it. The longer the PC is running, the longer the malware has time to work on it!

[akio123008]

Been said many times, let me do it once again to make the point clear:

 

TURN THE THING OFF ASAP

[Spotty]

1. Shut down.
2. Talk to your parents and tell them what has happened.
3. Speak to your parents about what important files are on the computer they need to keep
4. Boot in to safe mode.
5. Then from safe mode try copying your parents files over to a flash drive.
6. Wipe the drives and reinstall windows

 

Just be careful sticking that drive in to any other PCs as you might infect them too.

 

Still a pretty good chance that those files are already or will be infected, but may as well give it a try since you're screwed either way.

You're still going to need to tell your parents and wipe your PC.