[SOLVED] Ransomware Antivirus Remove .coot

[TheJoker]

It’s not possible for anyone to decrypt properly, the files will get corrupt eventually, so you need to format your system and re-install again imo, but there are some useful guides which you can take a look at it and try to get as much files decrypted as you can… Without corrupting the base!

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-coot/
https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/16199-coot-ransomware
https://geeksadvice.com/remove-coot-ransomware-virus/
https://bestsecuritysearch.com/remove-coot-virus-ransomware-restore-files/

What is Coot?

Coot is one of the many malicious programs that belong to the Djvu ransomware family. Ransomware is a type of software that blocks access to data by encrypting it, victims who have their files encrypted by ransomware cannot use their files unless they decrypt them with a decryption tool or/and key. To get tools that can decrypt encrypted files victims are forced to pay cyber criminals a ransom. Instructions on how to decrypt files encrypted by Coot can be found in a text file named " _readme.txt ". Coot places it in folders that contain locked files. Also, this ransomware renames every encrypted file by adding the " .coot " extension to its filename. For example, it renames " 1.jpg " to " 1.jpg.coot ", and so on.

Screenshot of a message encouraging users to pay a ransom to decrypt their compromised data: