Jope Virus File

Jope virus is a ransomware infection that belongs to the STOP Ransomware family of cryptoviruses. It’s main goal is to encrypt your files and ask you to pay ransom so that you can open and use them again. This video is a removal and file recovery guide for the .jope files virus from your computer.

Jope virus has locked your files? Read more about the Jope virus threat in this article and see how you can remove it completely and restore your data. Instructions for the removal of Jope virus are given below.

Jope Ransomware

Jope Ransomware is one of the most dangerous threats you can infect your computer with. As part of the STOP ransomware family, the virus is known to be corrupting computer machines by making files on them locked. As Jope Ransomware is a cryptovirus, it will lock your files. You should keep reading to see how to remove it and what options you might have for file restoration.

Jope Virus

Jope virus is a virus with a tough encryption to crack. The algorithm locks the files on a computer system, and displays an extortion message adterward. Jope virus is also known as .Jope file virus and its an iteration of the STOP ransomware. Encrypted files will have the .Jope extension placed at the back of their names as an extemsion, after they are encrypted. The extension is added as a secondary one. The Jope variant leaves a ransom message, giving instructions to people on how to potentially recover files with payment.

.jope File Extension

The STOP cryptovirus authors ask for a big ransom sum in exchange for the alleged restoration of your files. .jope virus file ransomware might make entries in the Windows Registry to achieve persistence, and could modify Windows data. Every file that gets locked will receive the .jope extension and a custome encryption. Documents, banking files as well as backups, audio and visual files will become encrypted with the extension making the Windows OS believing that a .jope file exists.

Threat Summary

Name	Jope
File Extension	.jope
Type	Ransomware, Cryptovirus
Short Description	The ransomware encrypts files on your computer system and demands a ransom to be paid to allegedly recover them.
Symptoms	The ransomware will encrypt your files by appending the extension .Jope to them making them inaccessible. Ransom fee demanded.
Ransom Demanding Note	_readme.txt
Distribution Method	Spam Emails, Email Attachments
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by Jope Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss Jope.
Data Recovery Tool	Windows Data Recovery by Stellar Notice! This product scans your drive sectors to recover lost files and it may not recover 100% of the encrypted files, but only few of them, depending on the situation and whether or not you have reformatted your drive.

Jope Ransomware – More Information

Jope Files Virus could spread its infection via different methodologies. There could be a malware sample uploaded to a malware inspection service. Cryptoviruses like this one could spread among torrenting websites and platforms for file sharing. Free applications and tools found on the Web can be described as helpful but hide a malicious script for this STOP ransomware variant.

As a new version of STOP ransomware which is one of the most aggressive threats nowadays, the Jope virus is an infection that affects system files to infect a computer and try to stick to it even after a reinstallation of the OS.

.jope files virus will encrypt your files and then display a message with instructions in a file placed within folders containing enciphered files. The authors of the cryptovirus want you to pay a ransom fee for the restoration of your files as written inside the message. The Jope virus is deduced to be the latest variant of the STOP ransomware family. As such it is next to impossible to decrypt files if the data is locked with an ONLINE key, i.e. the key is stored outside your computer machine. Jope files ransomware could make entries in the Windows Registry for persistence, and could change Windows processes.

When encryption is complete the .jope Files virus will place a ransom note along files across your computer machine. You can see the contents in the _readme.txt file.

The ransom note inside the text file, states the following:

ATTENTION!

Don’t worry, you can return all your files!
All your files like photos, databases, documents and other important are encrypted with strongest encryption and unique key.

The only method of recovering files is to purchase decrypt tool and unique key for you.
This software will decrypt all your encrypted files.
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You can send one of your encrypted file from your PC and we decrypt it for free.
But we can decrypt only 1 file for free. File must not contain valuable information.
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Please note that you’ll never restore your data without payment.
Check your e-mail “Spam” or “Junk” folder if you don’t get answer more than 6 hours.

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You shouldn’t under any circumstances pay the ransom. Your .Jope files may not get recovered, and nobody could give you a guarantee that the decryptor will work.

The cybercriminals have designed the ransomware to encrypt files and add the .jope extension to them. All file types such as documents, archives, backups, picture, video and audio files among others can be encrypted by the Jope virus variant.

The ransomware could be set to erase all the Shadow Volume Copies from the Windows operating system with the help of the following command:

→vssadmin.exe delete shadows /all /Quiet

If your computer is infected with the ransomware and your files are locked, read down below to find out how you could potentially restore your files back to normal. Note that if your files are locked with the ONLINE key, as most newer variants, there is no known to decrypt the files. That should not discourage you to try because most variants of the ransomware are decryptable.

Remove Jope File Virus

If your Computer got infected with the .jope File Virus, you should have a bit of experience in removing malware. You should get rid of this ransomware as fast as possible before it can have the opportunity to spread further and infect other computers. You should remove the ransomware and follow the step-by-step instructions guide provided right down here.

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• Guide 1: How to Remove Jope from Windows.
• Guide 2: Get rid of Jope from Mac OS X.

Windows Mac OS X

How to Remove Jope from Windows.

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Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove Jope

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1. Hold Windows key() + R

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2. The "Run" Window will appear. In it, type "msconfig" and click OK.

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3. Go to the "Boot" tab. There select "Safe Boot" and then click "Apply" and "OK". Tip: Make sure to reverse those changes by unticking Safe Boot after that, because your system will always boot in Safe Boot from now on.

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4. When prompted, click on "Restart" to go into Safe Mode.

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5. You can recognise Safe Mode by the words written on the corners of your screen.

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Step 2: Uninstall Jope and related software from Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

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1. Hold the Windows Logo Button and "R" on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear.

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2. In the field type in "appwiz.cpl" and press ENTER.

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3. This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC. Select the program that you want to remove, and press "Uninstall" Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.

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Step 3: Clean any registries, created by Jope on your computer.

The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by Jope there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:

1. Open the Run Window again, type "regedit" and click OK.

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2. When you open it, you can freely navigate to the Run and RunOnce keys, whose locations are shown above.

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3. You can remove the value of the virus by right-clicking on it and removing it. Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.

IMPORTANT!
Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.

Step 4: Scan for Jope with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1. Click on the "Download" button to proceed to SpyHunter's download page.

Download

Malware Removal Tool

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It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter. Click on the corresponding links to check SpyHunter's EULA, Privacy Policy and Threat Assessment Criteria.

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2. After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

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3. After the update process has finished, click on the 'Malware/PC Scan' tab. A new window will appear. Click on 'Start Scan'.

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4. After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the 'Next' button.

If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

Step 5 (Optional): Try to Restore Files Encrypted by Jope.

Ransomware infections and Jope aim to encrypt your files using an encryption algorithm which may be very difficult to decrypt. This is why we have suggested a data recovery method that may help you go around direct decryption and try to restore your files. Bear in mind that this method may not be 100% effective but may also help you a little or a lot in different situations.

1. Download the reccomended Data Recovery software by clicking on the link underneath:

Stellar Data Recovery Technician Version

If the above link does not work for you and your region, try the other two links below, that lead to the same product:

Stellar Data Recovery Technician Version (2nd link)

and

Stellar Data Recovery Technician Version

2. On the download page, click on the "Download" button:

3. Click on "Save File" button:

4. Accept all agreements and click "Next":

5. After all the "Next" steps, click on "Install" and then wait for the installation to complete:

6. Run the software. Click on the location to scan for missing or deleted files and click on "Scan":

7. Wait for the scan to complete, it may take some time. Be advised that this scan is not 100% guaranteed to recover all files, but it does have some chance to get your data back:

Windows Mac OS X

Get rid of Jope from Mac OS X.

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Step 1: Uninstall Jope and remove related files and objects

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Manual Removal Usually Takes Time and You Risk Damaging Your Files If Not Careful!

We Recommend To Scan Your Mac with SpyHunter for Mac

Keep in mind, that SpyHunter for Mac needs to purchased to remove the malware threats. Click on the corresponding links to check SpyHunter’s EULA and Privacy Policy

1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:

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2. Find Activity Monitor and double-click it:

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3. In the Activity Monitor look for any suspicious processes, belonging or related to Jope:

Tip: To quit a process completely, choose the “Force Quit” option.

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4. Click on the "Go" button again, but this time select Applications. Another way is with the ⇧+⌘+A buttons.

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5. In the Applications menu, look for any suspicious app or an app with a name, similar or identical to Jope. If you find it, right-click on the app and select “Move to Trash”.

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6: Select Accounts, after which click on the Login Items preference. Your Mac will then show you a list of items that start automatically when you log in. Look for any suspicious apps identical or similar to Jope. Check the app you want to stop from running automatically and then select on the Minus (“-“) icon to hide it.

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7: Remove any left-over files that might be related to this threat manually by following the sub-steps below:

• Go to Finder.
• In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
• Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
• If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.

In case you cannot remove Jope via Step 1 above:

In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:

Disclaimer! If you are about to tamper with Library files on Mac, be sure to know the name of the virus file, because if you delete the wrong file, it may cause irreversible damage to your MacOS. Continue on your own responsibility!

1: Click on "Go" and Then "Go to Folder" as shown underneath:

2: Type in "/Library/LauchAgents/" and click Ok:

3: Delete all of the virus files that have similar or the same name as Jope. If you believe there is no such file, do not delete anything.

You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:

→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.

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Step 2: Scan for and remove Jope files from your Mac

When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as Jope, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.

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Step 3 (Optional): Try to Restore Files Encrypted by Jope on your Mac.

Ransomware for Mac Jope aims to encode all your files using an encryption algorithm which may be very difficult to decode, unless you pay money. This is why we have suggested a data recovery method that may help you go around direct decryption and try to restore your files, but only in some cases. Bear in mind that this method may not be 100% effective but may also help you a little or a lot in different situations.

1. Download the recommended Data Recovery Mac app by clicking on the link underneath:

Stellar Data Recovery Technician Version