FireEye and Fox-IT have jointly launched DecryptCryptoLocker, a new service assisting victims of the CryptoLocker ransomware.
Available for free, the service can offer help to the users of machines whose files remain encrypted by CryptoLocker. To use the DecryptCryptoLocker tool, users need to: Identify a single, CryptoLocker-encrypted file that they believe does not contain sensitive information; upload the non-sensitive encrypted file to the DecryptCryptoLocker portal; receive a private key from the portal and a link to download and install a decryption tool that can be run locally on their computer; and run the decryption tool locally on their computer, using the provided private key, to decrypt the encrypted files on their hard drive.
DecryptCryptoLocker is available globally and does not require users to register or provide contact information.
