thunderx decryptor guide - no more ransom
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Table of Contents
1. HOW TO START ......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1. DOWNLOAD THE THUNDERX DECRYPTOR ...................................................................................................... 3 1.2. EXECUTE THE DECRYPTOR .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.3. ACCEPT WARNING ................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4. ACCEPT END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ...................................................................................................... 4
2. USING THUNDERX DECRYPTOR .......................................................................................................... 5
2.1. START ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. UPLOAD THE RANSOM NOTE .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.3. UPLOAD AN ENCRYPTED FILE ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.5. SELECT PATH TO DECRYPT ................................................................................................................................ 11
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1. How to start
1.1. Download the ThunderX Decryptor Go to nomoreransom.org and download the executable.
1.2. Execute the decryptor Go to your “Downloads” folder and double-click on ThunderX-Decryptor.exe
1.3. Accept warning Press the button ‘Run’ in the warning.
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1.4. Accept End-User License Agreement To accept the End-User License Agreement, click on the button “Accept the EULA”.
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2. Using ThunderX Decryptor Please read the instructions on the Usage tab, it explains what files you can upload.
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2.1. Start In the left corner, go to the tab “Start”.
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2.2. Upload the Ransom note Click on the button “Select File”. There is a pop-up where you can browse for the note. As stated in ‘Usage’, this can be found in every folder with encrypted files and looks like “readme.txt”
Now press the ‘Send’ button.
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You can see ‘Success’ in the left bottom corner when the note is sent.
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2.3. Upload an encrypted file To be able to properly decrypt your files we need to analyze a file of the type: docx, pptx, xlsx or zip of max 9 MB Click on the button ‘Select File’ There is a pop-up where you can browse for an encrypted file.
• Press the ‘Send’ button
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You can now see in the bottom left corner that the server is busy processing your request. This can take a long time 15 minutes up to 1 hour!
When it was successful you can see “Success” in the lower left corner.
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2.5. Select path to decrypt When previous step was successful you can decrypt a specific path, including all subfolders. Select the path you want to decrypt. The path you used for the ransom note is selected by default.
• Press the ‘Decrypt’ button
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After the decryption has finished, a summary is displayed of files which were successfully decrypted and of files which could not be decrypted.