Brief Introduction of XRTN Ransomware?
XRTN Ransomware is a kind of new ransomware which is very similar to the VaultCrypt ransomware, that first appeared last March. They both use an RSA-1024 encryption method and rely on GnuPG software to do all the heavy encryption.
Your computer can be infected by this ransomware via spam email attachments. When you open an infected email attachment, it may execute by using a JavaScript commands. And the email attachment may be posing as a Word document, but may truly be a JavaScript file. Besides, it is possible that XRTN Ransomware infect your PC via corrupted websites, free downloads or malicious hyperlinks, etc.
