What is Juli Ransomware?
Juli is a ransomware belonging to the VoidCrypt family, which was discovered while inspecting malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. This particular variant of ransomware encrypts files, appends the victim's ID, juli1990@mailfence.com email address, and a .Juli extension to the filenames, and drops an unlock-info.txt ransom note.
The ransom note instructs victims to contact either the juli1990@mailfence.com or juli1992@mailfence.com email addresses for help in restoring their files and warns that attempting to restore them with third-party software may cause permanent damage. The attackers offer a free decryption tool in exchange for one file not larger than 1 MB in size and value to the victim.
The Juli Ransomware note reads as follows:
All your files have been encrypted!
All your files have been encrypted due to a security problem with your PC. If you want to restore them, write us to the e-mail; Juli1990@mailfence.com
Write this ID in the title of your message : -
In case of no answer in 24 hours write us to theese e-mails: Juli1992@mailfence.com
You have to pay for decryption in Bitcoins. The price depends on how fast you write to us. After payment we will send you the decryption tool that will decrypt all your files.
Free decryption as guarantee
Before paying you can send us up to 1 file for free decryption. The total size of files must be less than 1Mb (non archived), and files should not contain valuable information. (databases,backups, large excel sheets, etc.)
How to obtain Bitcoins
The easiest way to buy bitcoins is LocalBitcoins site. You have to register, click 'Buy bitcoins', and select the seller by payment method and price.
hxxps://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins
Also you can find other places to buy Bitcoins and beginners guide here:
hxxp://www.coindesk.com/information/how-can-i-buy-bitcoins/
Attention!
Do not rename encrypted files.
Do not try to decrypt your data using third party software, it may cause permanent data loss.
Decryption of your files with the help of third parties may cause increased price (they add their fee to our) or you can become a victim of a scam.
Ransomware like Juli can be spread through phishing emails, malicious websites, fake software updates, Trojan horses, and peer-to-peer networks. It is vital to eliminate ransomware as soon as possible because it can cause further damage by encrypting more files on the infected device and possibly spreading to other devices via the local network. Using an antimalware tool will suffice in automatically removing Juli Ransomware.
