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Cerber ransomware affected data
File type: Ransomware encrypted file
Files with cerber extension may be usually found as files encrypted by the Cerber ransomware.
What is cerber file?
File type category:
Ransomware encrypted file
Date updated: August 1, 2022
File extension cerber is infamously associated with a ransomware labeled as Cerber that is distributed via e-mails, encrypts users files and them demands ransom in bitcoins for their recovery.
In July 2016 a new variant of Xorist Ransomware is appending the .cerber suffix to encrypted files in order to impersonate the Cerber Ransomware.
How to open cerber file?
Such files can only be accessed again and recovered when you pay the ransom in bitcoins. You can also wait until new decrypter is made and available for public.
How to convert cerber file?
You cannot convert or recover *.cerber files without some decryption utility.
Associated software actions with the cerber file
Software apps that record to cerber files:
Trend Micro Ransomware File Decryptor (Microsoft Windows)