"PUBG RANSOME WARE" that encrypts PC files and folders and requests participation in a mysterious game, not ransom

The existence of a new Ransomuwa "PUBG Ransomuuea" was reported. Ransomware usually requires that victim's access to the computer be restricted by malware and to pay illegal money to the malware author, but PUBG Ransomware wants to participate in a mysterious game called "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" I will.

PUBG Ransomware Decrypts Your Files If You Play Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
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PUBG RansomwareMalwareHunterTeamThing discovered by. When PUBG Ranthersware infects the victim's PC, the files and folders on the desktop are encrypted and rewritten to the extension ".PUBG".

After infection you will see a screen saying "Your file, image, music, document has been encrypted!" As follows.


And two methods to decrypt the cipher are shown. The contents displayed on the display are as follows.

PUBG Ransomware
Your files, images, musics, documents are Encrypted!

Your files is encrypted by PUBG Ransomware!
But do not worry! It is not hard to unlock it.
I do not want money!
Just play PUBG 1 Hours!

Or Restore is [s2acxx56a2sae5fjh5k2gb5s2e]

According to the instructions, encrypting the file is solved by writing the code "s2acxx56a2sae5fjh5k2gb5s2e" in the program, but there is also a way to participate in the mysterious game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" on the other hand. The game executable file can be started in 3 seconds and instructed to "play the game for 1 hour", but in fact it is decrypted when it is detected that the user is playing the game I will.


Since malware is not so advanced, it seems to be judged only by whether or not the executable file of "TslGame" game started, not whether it actually played or not.

This is the source of malware.


PUBG Ransomware is considered to have been developed as a joke. In the past as a decryption condition "to acquire 2 billion points in the game"To requestThe existence of another Ranthermware was reported.