No More Ransom — 15 New Ransomware Decryption Tools Available for Free

No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat.

Launched less than a year ago, the No More Ransom (NMR) project has increased its capacity with new partners and new decryption tools added to its now global campaign to combat Ransomware.

Started as a joint initiative by Europol, the Dutch National Police, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab, No More Ransom is an anti-ransomware cross-industry initiative to help ransomware victims recover their data without having to pay ransom to cyber criminals.

The online website not just educates computer users to protect themselves from ransomware, but also provides a collection of free decryption tools.

Since December, more than 10,000 victims from all over the world have been able to decrypt their locked up devices without spending a penny, using ransomware decryption tools available free of charge on this platform.

Statistics show that most of the website visitors were from Russia, the Netherlands, the U.S., Italy, and Germany.

The platform is now available in 14 languages and hosts 40 free decryption tools, supplied by a range of member organizations, which can be used by users to decrypt their files which have been locked up by given strains of ransomware.

No More Ransom initiative has been joined by thirty new organizations, including Avast, CERT Polska and Eleven Paths (the Telefonica Cyber Security Unit), which shows that the threat is a worldwide issue that needs to be fought together.

The initiative has also welcomed new law enforcement organizations from Interpol, Australia, Belgium, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and Ukraine.

Since December 2016, 15 new ransomware decryption tools have been added to the online portal by partner organizations, offering more decryption possibilities to the victims:

• AVAST: Alcatraz Decryptor, Bart Decryptor, Crypt888 Decryptor, HiddenTear Decryptor, Noobcrypt Decryptor and Cryptomix Decryptor
• Bitdefender: Bart Decryptor CERT Polska: Cryptomix/Cryptoshield decryptor
• CheckPoint: Merry X-Mas Decryptor and BarRax Decryptor
• Eleven Paths: Telefonica Cyber Security Unit: Popcorn Decryptor.
• Emsisoft: Crypton Decryptor and Damage Decryptor.
• Kaspersky Lab: Updates on Rakhni and Rannoh Decryptors.

Previously available in English, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, the No More Ransom site has now added new languages including Finnish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Slovenian, Spanish and Ukrainian.

More languages are also expected to be made available soon to assist victims across the world better.