Rapid Ransomware
Rapid is a malicious ransomware strain that encrypts victim files and demands ransom payment for decryption. First observed in the wild on November 1, 2017, this ransomware has been actively targeting systems worldwide. Security researchers also track this malware under the aliases: Rapid NextGen.
Quick facts
How Rapid ransomware works
File encryption patterns
Rapid modifies encrypted files using specific patterns to mark them as encrypted:
Ransom note and payment demands
After encrypting files, Rapid displays ransom notes demanding payment for file recovery:
notes/How Recovery Files.txt
notes/Decrypt DATA.txt
notes/!DECRYPT_DROPRAPID.txt
notes/!DECRYPT_FILES.txt
notes/!files-recovery.txt
notes/kakdela.bmp
notes/#How Recovery Files.txt
Technical indicators
Associated executable files
The following executable files are associated with Rapid ransomware:
- 8ee39b00409c4b1899ce3a77841eea1f7700946e
- rapid_7UR2.exe
- Relec.exe
- N29hoWFmXsBxuPOuqXu8QhPgtKEcRn
- 657666.exe
- info.exe
- Info.exe
- frenkmoddy@tuta.io.exe
- rapid.exe
- alexgen.exe
- inst123.exe
- M97eaPT4TEhecyYe.exe
- ZjQPZquSkNFw0DORYIBM8xc2WrATrv.exe
- j2CJDcJs3bg3s570Abdch3QYp9U.exe
- YnkO8CymMp2SP5L5HrmS.exe
- B4p7LUNzHJiFnr8b5wwMUOmtKa5.exe
- ZByzjqzibgU6epxuH2.exe
- QCLp91HNLE8zwoHI.exe
- PeFebIBQFCgPa0r.exe
- GEyIvSkLGjgHcu25uNqa.exe
- RQwAuZNsz6hoc0fwowqqN5GBCh.exe
- 8iPhv4MiPAgPA9izIAq6a.exe
- mPCZx7y818aAhSPYDjmAI.exe
- vM45ijW46tX9YGLOpC2aMcy.exe
- League of Legends
- LeagueClientUx.exe
- strikeCfcomJ.data
- Rapid.exe
- no_more_ransom.exe
- Spp
- eslf.exe
- norapid.exe
- temp01.exe
- info.exe
- userkey.dat
- info.old.exe
About this analysis
This Rapid ransomware analysis is part of Elastio's comprehensive ransomware detection database. Elastio provides advanced ransomware protection and recovery, helping organizations defend against and recover from ransomware attacks like Rapid.
Last updated: December 30, 2025
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