As we have mentioned previously, the best way to deal with ransomware is to prevent it from activating, and there are already several dedicated tools for that... but not everyone is that lucky. The first recommendation from experts is to not pay the ransom, put the system in quarantine, and look for resources that allow some recovery. The package known as Ransomware Removal Kit offers several applications, along with additional information to proceed correctly.
When a malware variant loses effectiveness, its creators quickly move on to the next, and with the ransomware concept they have found much more than fertile ground. In general, ransomware developers target critical installations such as hospitals and government offices, places where the slightest loss of information would be catastrophic. However, ransomware does not discriminate, and any user could end up caught in the crossfire. our selection of anti-ransomware tools should be enough to prevent any unexpected attack (assuming other security aspects are also up to par), but if it is already too late, perhaps there is something in the Ransomware Removal Kit that can help.
Ransomware Removal Kit is a collection of tools and specific information about ransomware variants such as Locker, BitCryptor, CoinVault, CryptoLocker, TeslaCrypt, PCLock and others. The data on each version is stored in HTML format, so anyone can access the content with a basic browser. In the folders you can find direct decoders, or programs that managed to “break” the encryption in certain versions of the ransomware. The biggest problem for a user affected by ransomware is that they unwittingly find themselves in the middle of an arms race. For every new tool that appears, the ransomware operator only has to make the necessary adjustments and release their new edition to the web.
That said, we must admit that Ransomware Removal Kit is an interesting resource, although limited. It hasn't been updated for a while, a detail that always works against us when we talk about malware in all its forms, but before declaring the encrypted files lost, I think it's worth taking a look.
