DecryptCryptoLocker: H company security FireEye and Fox-IT have developed and released a free tool to help its victims ransomware CryptoLocker.
The new service, announced today on Wednesday, is called DecryptCryptoLocker. IGuRu.gr presents the first free tool to help those affected by CryptoLocker ransomware.
CryptoLocker is a Windows malware. It comes with phishing campaigns and watering hole attacks. The malware aggressively infects the system by encrypting the victim's files. It displays a timer on the screen, and demands the payment of a ransom within 72 hours, Usually the criminals ask for around 300 dollars. Once the victim pays the amount, the scammers send him a private key to unlock its files.
Last December, Dell SecureWorks estimated that CryptoLocker has managed to infect 250.000 computers.
Let's go to the FireEye decryption tool. To use the DecryptCryptLocker tool, you will need to:
- Identify a single, encrypted file from CryptoLocker that infected you. The file should not contain sensitive information.
- Upload the encrypted file to portal of DecryptCryptoLocker.
- You will receive a private key from the portal and a link to download and install the Decryptolοcker.exe decryption tool that can be run locally on their computer.
- Finally, run the decryption tool locally on your computer using your private key to decrypt all the encrypted files on your hard drive.
The DecryptCryptoLοcker tool is available all over the world. However, because there are many versions of CryptoLocker, the tool may not be able to successfully decrypt each file. But since you pay a ransom, it's worth trying it.
