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GandCrab ransomware affected data
File type: Ransomware encrypted file
Files with crab file extension can be lately found as renamed encrypted archives affected by GandCrab ransomware.
What is crab file?
File type category:
Ransomware encrypted file
Date updated: January 16, 2020
The crab file extension is most recently related to a new ransomware labeled as GandCrab. Much like similar ransomware it encrypts users files and demands ransom to be paid in bitcoins.
It also leaves instructions and ransom demands in a special text file "CRAB-DECRYPT.txt" file found in affected folders.
How to open crab file?
Some specialized tools may perhaps help you with unlocking your data even without paying the ransom.
How to convert crab file?
There is no way how to convert affected the files, you first have to purge the virus from your system and then hope for some decoding tool to appear on internet.