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Emsisoft Howto Diavol
Emsisoft Howto Diavol
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IMPORTANT! Be sure to quarantine the malware from your system first, or it may repeatedly lock
your system or encrypt files. If your current antivirus solution fails to detect the malware, it can
be quarantined using the free trial version of Emsisoft Anti-Malware. If your system was
compromised through the Windows Remote Desktop feature, we also recommend changing all
passwords of all users that are allowed to login remotely and check the local user accounts for
additional accounts the attacker might have added.
The decryptor requires access to a file pair consisting of one encrypted file and the original, unencrypted
version of the encrypted file to reconstruct the encryption keys needed to decrypt the rest of your data.
This file must be roughly 20KB or larger in size. Please do not change the file names of the original and
encrypted files, as the decryptor may perform file name comparisons to determine the correct file
extension used for encrypted files on your system.
2. Run the decryptor as an administrator. The license terms will show up next, which you have to
agree to by clicking the “Yes” button:
4. The decryptor will display the reconstructed encryption details once the recovery process has
finished. The display is purely informational to confirm that the required encryption details have
been found:
6. By default, the decryptor will pre-populate the locations to decrypt with the currently connected
drives and network drives. Additional locations can be added using the “Add” button.
7. Decryptors typically offer various options depending on the particular malware family. The
available options are located in the Options tab and can be enabled or disabled there. You can
find a detailed list of the available Options below.
8. After you have added all the locations you want to decrypt to the list, click the “Decrypt” button
to start the decryption process. The screen will switch to a status view, informing you about the
current process and decryption status of your files: