Trojan.Encoder.26996
Trojan.Encoder.26996 is a ransomware/encoder trojan identified by Dr.Web as one of the most common encoder families seen in user decryption requests in late 2025 and early 2026. In Dr.Web’s Q4 2025 review, it accounted for 2.68% of user requests related to encrypted files, and in Q1 2026 it accounted for 1.62%, placing it among the notable encoder trojans alongside Trojan.Encoder.35534, Trojan.Encoder.29750, Trojan.Encoder.41868, and Trojan.Encoder.44383. The provided content does not include technical details on its infection vector, execution behavior, persistence, propagation, targeted industries, associated threat actor, or specific indicators of compromise beyond the family name and prevalence in decryption-request statistics.
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File-encrypting trojan (encoder) included among the most common ransomware families in Q1 2026.
Ransomware that encrypts files and demands payment for decryption.
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