LanguageREMK
STOP Ransomware variant
File type: Ransomware encrypted file
Files with remk extension are files that were encrypted and had their suffix renamed by one of the variants of STOP ransomware.
What is remk file?
File type category:
Ransomware encrypted file
Date updated: March 31, 2020
File extension remk is used by one of the variants of STOP ransomware that appeared during the COVID-19 crisis (March 2020) and affected several hospitals. Pretty much like any other ransomware it encrypts users files, renames the file extension and demands ransom in bitcoins.
You can find decrypters for previous versions of STOP ransomware, so it's just matter of time before decrypter for this variant is available as well.