AGHO ransomware is created to encrypt your personal computer files and personal computer documents. AGHO ransomware demands bitcoin cryptocurrency to retrieve the encrypted files. The ransom charge differs from different versions of the AGHO ransomware.
AGHO ransomware encrypts files on your computer and appends a string of unique characters to the filename extension of the encrypted file(s). For example, image.jpg becomes image.jpg.AGHO
The decrypt text-file with instructions is placed on the Windows desktop: DECRYPT-FILES.txt
In most cases, it is not possible to recover the files encrypted by AGHO ransomware without the intervention of the Ransomware developers.
The only way to recover files infected by AGHO ransomware is to pay the ransomware developers. Sometimes it is possible to recover your files but this is only possible when the ransomware developers made a flaw in their encryption software, which unfortunately doesn’t occur frequently.
I do not recommend paying for the AGHO ransomware, instead, make sure you have a valid FULL back-up of Windows and restore it immediately.
Having said that there are no tools at this moment to restore your encrypted personal files or documents that are encrypted by the CCC ransomware. Although you might want to try to restore encrypted files. In more sophisticated ransomware the decryption key used to recover your files is server-side meaning the decryption key is only available from the ransomware developers. In order to remove the file that downloaded the ransomware files to your computer, you can remove the CCC ransomware file with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes instructions to remove CCC ransomware files can be found in this instruction.
Try to decrypt files using online tools
You can try to restore your encrypted files using the ID Ransomware decrypt tools. In order, to proceed you need to upload one of the encrypted files and identify the ransomware that infected your computer and encrypted your files.
If a AGHO ransomware decryption tool is available on the NoMoreRansom site, the decryption information will show you how to proceed. Unfortunately, this almost never works out. Worth the try.
Note: Malwarebytes will not restore or recover your encrypted files, it does, however, remove the AGHO virus file that infected your computer with the AGHO ransomware and downloaded the ransomware file to your computer, this is known as the payload file.
It is important to remove the ransomware file if you are not reinstalling Windows, by doing so you will prevent your computer from another ransomware infection.
Once completed, review the AGHO ransomware detections.
Click Quarantine to continue.
Reboot Windows after all the detections are moved to quarantine.
You have now successfully removed AGHO Ransomware file from your device.
Remove malware with Sophos HitmanPRO
In this second malware removal step, we will start a second scan to make sure there are no malware remnants left on your computer. HitmanPRO is a cloud scanner that scans every active file for malicious activity on your computer and sends it to the Sophos cloud for detection. In the Sophos cloud both Bitdefender antivirus and Kaspersky antivirus scan the file for malicious activities.
