To decrypt .Stax, it’s advised that you seek alternative solutions rather than send any money to the cybercriminals. Before you attempt to decrypt .Stax files via an alternative method, however, make sure that the virus is no longer in your computer. You will find removal instructions for .Stax on this page and once you complete them and make sure that the virus is gone, you can move on to our How to Decrypt Ransomware guide, where we’ve shown some of the more popular alternative data-recovery methods. We can’t guarantee that they would be effective for you, and you can always try the payment option if nothing else has worked. However, bear in mind that there’s a high risk of never obtaining a functional decryption key even if you perform the payment, which is why we generally discourage our readers from choosing this course of action. Paying the ransom should really only be seen as a last resort and only in case, the files you want to recover are very important to you.