Remove Cerber

Cerber is a ransomware, meaning a software that was created to encrypt your files so you’ll be asked for a ransom to regain access.

Usually ransomware such as Cerber, is found in e-mail attachments, fake cracks offering you the best of the best, and sometimes Cerber can be found in advertisement networks that have been infected with malware. This technique allows them to get victims that visit the most popular sales websites, infecting all of those whose Flash or Silverlight versions are not up-to-date. Actually even the smallest security issues could open the door to remote code executions, leading easily to Cerber being installed. From this moment on we’ll be dealing with usual consequences of this kind of infection: immediate encryption of your files and demands of money to give you your files back.

Up until this moment, there’s no tool capable of decrypting files infected by Cerber without the key they sale, even though there are many people working on a solution to solve this problem otherwise. What’s needs to be done is removing Cerber as quickly as possible so any still clean files are not touched in your computer or in any other device attached to it. We do not recommend you to pay the ransom, nothing guarantees you that they will actually give you the key you need to recover your files.

How to remove Cerber ?

Remove Cerber with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an important security program for any computer user to have installed on their computer. It is light-weight, fast, and best of all, excellent at removing the latest infections like Cerber.

• Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Double-click mbam-setup-consumer.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Cerber.
• When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
• Reboot your computer if prompted.

Remove Cerber with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.

• Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Cerber.
• When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
• When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.

Remove Cerber with HitmanPro

HitmanPro is a second opinion scanner, designed to rescue your computer from malware. HitmanPro is designed to work alongside existing security programs without any conflicts. HitmanPro offers you a Free Scan for a second opinion.

• You can download HitmanPro from the below link:
  Download HitmanPro
• Double-click on the file named HitmanPro.exe (for 32-bit versions of Windows) or HitmanPro_x64.exe (for 64-bit versions of Windows).
• Click on the Next button, to install HitmanPro on your computer.
• HitmanPro will now begin to scan your computer for Cerber malicious files.
• When it has finished it will display a list of all the malware that the program found as shown in the image below. Click on the Next button, to remove Cerber virus.