ESET offers free solution to free the TeslaCrypt ransomware – Portal Technology

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By Bruno Peralta | 20 May 2016

the name ESET security company launched a completely free software that allows help users who are attacked by some variant of TeslaCrypt ransomware.

Ransonware is a malware that has been known in recent times as it encrypts files from a computer, preventing access to this data. In order to regain access to the data, the hacker responsible for this ransomware requires a monetary value. Recently, the well-known case of an attack of this style has targeted hospitals in the US, but also Portuguese companies and government entities have been targets of this type attacks.

Recently, hackers responsible for TeslaCrypt announced they

would complete their malicious activities, which led to one of ESET analysts to try their luck. Contacted the responsible and asked the decryption key. The organizers decided to make it public.

So, ESET decided to create a decryption free tool that lets you unlock the affected files and then restore access to the user. If it is one of the affected, can go to the ESET website, download the file and follow the instructions

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