A free new online service that can help victims unlock and recover files scrambled by CryptoLocker..

[ShyWriter]

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Krebs on Security has posted a new item.

Until today, Microsoft Windows users who've been unfortunate enough to have the personal files on their computer encrypted and held for ransom by a nasty strain of malware called CryptoLocker have been faced with a tough choice: Pay cybercrooks a ransom of a few hundred to several thousand dollars to unlock the files, or kiss those files goodbye forever.

 

That changed this morning, when two security firms teamed up to launch a free new online service that can help victims unlock and recover files scrambled by the malware.

 

Read the complete article at:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/new-site-recovers-files-locked-by-cryptolocker-ransomware/

 

 

Steve (w/thanks to Samuel..)

[CWB]

now there is some good news .

i have bookmarked the address and will forward it to a few of my acquaintances .

thanks .