Remove BOWD Ransomware Virus June 2024

How to remove BOWD ransomware? BOWD ransomware is a file-encrypting virus that locks your files and personal documents. BOWD ransomware requests bitcoin cryptocurrency to recover the encrypted files. The ransom charge varies from different versions of the BOWD ransomware.

BOWD ransomware encrypts files on your computer and adds a string of unique characters to the extension of the encrypted files. For example, image.jpg becomes image.jpg.BOWD

The decrypt text file with instructions is placed on the Windows desktop: DECRYPT-FILES.txt

In most cases, it is impossible to recover the files encrypted by BOWD ransomware without the intervention of the Ransomware developers.

The only way to recover files infected by BOWD 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 BOWD ransomware, instead, make sure you have a valid FULL back-up of Windows and restore it immediately.

Having said that, there are no tools to restore your encrypted personal files or documents encrypted by the BOWD 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. To remove the ransomware file that was downloaded to your computer, you can remove the BOWD ransomware file with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes instructions to remove BOWD ransomware files can be found in this instruction.

Try to decrypt files using online tools

Warning: any attempt to decrypt your BOWD ransomware encrypted files may cause permanent damage to your encrypted files.

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 BOWD 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.

You can also use the Emsisoft ransomware decryption tools.

Remove BOWD Ransomware with Malwarebytes

Note: Malwarebytes will not restore or recover your encrypted files. It does, however, remove the BOWD virus file that infected your computer with the BOWD ransomware and downloads the ransomware file to your computer; this is known as the payload file.

It is essential to remove the ransomware file if you are not reinstalling Windows. By doing so, you will prevent your computer from another ransomware infection.

Download Malwarebytes

Install Malwarebytes, follow on-screen instructions.

Click Scan to start a malware-scan.

Wait for the Malwarebytes scan to finish.

Once completed, review the BOWD ransomware detections.

Click Quarantine to continue.

Reboot Windows after all the detections are moved to quarantine.

You have now successfully removed BOWD Ransomware file from your device.

Remove malware with Sophos HitmanPRO

In this second malware removal step, we will start a second scan to ensure no malware remnants are 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.