Tox is a tool used to create ransomware

Tox is a kit for creating ransomware viruses therefore almost anyone can generate a fully functional ransomware infection. The worst thing about this is that the cybercriminals responsible for launching this package have put it into circulation for free, a serious problem, the truth since this threat can be acquired by everyone, in addition the developers of this application generator package are left with 30 % of profit on successful campaigns.

Like any other crypto virus, Tox uses the anonymous network Tor to hide the location of its sites and bitcoins as ransom currency. To use the Tox cryptovirus kit, affiliates have to enter the ransom amount and the “cause”, that is, the message that warns victims that their files have been hijacked until the ransom is paid. The process of creating the crypto virus is quite simple. Both infection and benefit monitoring is managed by the Tox cryptoviral kit.

The crime-as-a-service model implemented by Tox Author is as simple as it is effective, the malware constructor generates an executable of around 2MB that disguises itself as a file with a .scr extension. Encrypted files are appended with the .toxcrypt extension. Tox-generated malware is compiled in MinGW and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption to encrypt client files through the Crypto ++ library. The Microsoft API “CryptoAPI” is used for the generation of the keys.

Eliminating threats manually can end up being a long and tedious process that requires advanced computer knowledge but of course this method is always the most effective, if you do not have the knowledge it is best to seek help, but there are still professional tools to eliminate malicious software automatically although manually would be the best.

Always remember to have a good antivirus and security tools, this will facilitate and increase the security of our equipment, in addition, making constant checks is essential to know if we find a threat and thus eliminate it before it becomes more serious.

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