# \[SOLVED\] Ransomware Antivirus Remove .coot

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**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/solved-ransomware-antivirus-remove-coot/63863 "2019-12-17T10:47:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/solved-ransomware-antivirus-remove-coot/63863/3 "2019-12-17T12:47:27Z")

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It’s not possible for anyone to decrypt properly, the files will get corrupt eventually, so you need to format your system and re-install again imo, but there are some useful guides which you can take a look at it and try to get as much files decrypted as you can… Without corrupting the base!

> [https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-coot/](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-coot/)  
> [https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/16199-coot-ransomware](https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/16199-coot-ransomware)  
> [https://geeksadvice.com/remove-coot-ransomware-virus/](https://geeksadvice.com/remove-coot-ransomware-virus/)  
> [https://bestsecuritysearch.com/remove-coot-virus-ransomware-restore-files/](https://bestsecuritysearch.com/remove-coot-virus-ransomware-restore-files/)

### What is Coot?

Coot is one of the many malicious programs that belong to the [Djvu](https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/14183-djvu-ransomware) ransomware family. Ransomware is a type of software that blocks access to data by encrypting it, victims who have their files encrypted by ransomware cannot use their files unless they decrypt them with a decryption tool or/and key. To get tools that can decrypt encrypted files victims are forced to pay cyber criminals a ransom. Instructions on how to decrypt files encrypted by Coot can be found in a text file named " **\_readme.txt**". Coot places it in folders that contain locked files. Also, this ransomware renames every encrypted file by adding the " **.coot**" extension to its filename. For example, it renames " **1.jpg**" to " **1.jpg.coot**", and so on.

Screenshot of a message encouraging users to pay a ransom to decrypt their compromised data:

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/8/4/8493194c493265b7199b2a37afb0bd04f6e1117f.jpeg)

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