At the same time, however, you do have to be realistic about the fact that even the best defenses in the world cannot provide 100% protection. Your Plan A should always be to keep ransomware out of your systems. For example, these days, there is now malware disguised as decryption tools. This is not only a hit and miss approach, but it also brings additional dangers. You can then try looking for a decryption tool. If that doesn’t work, then you can try using a ransomware identifier tool to identify the exact version of CryptoLocker which was used in the attack. If you don’t, then you better hope that your luck is in and that you have been attacked by one of the versions of CryptoLocker which leaves the Shadow Volume Copies of the files, in which case you can just use Windows Restore to resolve the problem. If you have a clean data backup, then the easiest approach is usually just to restore from that. Then install an anti-malware program and have it scan your computer, just to make sure it’s clean. If this is the case, then try booting into safe mode with networking and then installing an anti-malware program, and if this doesn’t work try booting into safe mode with command prompt and restoring to a previous time point. Sometimes, however, CryptoLocker is installed with other malware to try to make this more difficult. You can often remove CryptoLocker itself just by installing a reputable anti-malware program and having it scan your computer. For this reason, you need to be proactive about protecting your data from CryptoLocker attacks and also doing your best to stop them from happening in the first place. Unfortunately, removing the source of the infection does not undo the damage it has already caused. ![]() ![]() CryptoLocker ransomware is fairly easy to remove.
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