Kaspersky publishes CoinVault ransomware decryption tool

Posted on Tuesday, April 14 2015 @ 13:24 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Kaspersky Lab cooperated with the Dutch police to create a decryption tool for victims of the CoinVault ransomware. The tool can be downloaded over here, it uses decryption keys found by the Dutch police as part of an investigation. The tool is not 100% effective but may be improved as the investigation advances.

Are you a ransomware victim? The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the Netherlands’ police, the Netherlands’ National Prosecutors Office and Kaspersky Lab have been working together to fight the CoinVault ransomware campaign. During our joint investigation we have been able to obtain data that can help you to decrypt the files being held hostage on your PC. We provide both decryption keys and the decryption application. For more information please see this how-to. Please note that this is an ongoing investigation and new keys will be added in the future.

Source: PC World

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