Meteoritan is a malicious ransomware strain that encrypts victim files and demands ransom payment for decryption. First observed in the wild on March 1, 2017, this ransomware has been actively targeting systems worldwide.
Quick Facts
Ransomware Family
Meteoritan
First Seen
March 1, 2017
How Meteoritan Ransomware Works
Targeted Files
Fake
Ransom Note and Payment Demands
After encrypting files, Meteoritan displays ransom notes demanding payment for file recovery:
filewhere_are_your_files.txt
Ransom message:
notes/where_are_your_files.txt
Note locations:
RansomPayloadStartFolder
filereadme_your_files_have_been_encrypted.txt
Ransom message:
notes/readme_your_files_have_been_encrypted.txt
Note locations:
RansomPayloadStartFolder
message
Ransom message:
notes/note.txt
Note locations:
OnceOnCompletion
Technical Indicators
Associated Executable Files
The following executable files are associated with Meteoritan ransomware:
testav test virus (638).exe
ramsomware.exe
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