Avast Decryption Tool for LambdaLocker Ransomware

If your computer has been recently hit by the LambdaLocker Ransomware, chances are that some of your files are now locked. To figure out if they were affected by LambdaLocker, you should take a look at the file extensions since the original files should now have ".MyChemicalRomance4EVER" appended to their names.

LambdaLocker is a relatively new threat, first observed by Avast in May 2017. Just like any other ransomware agent, it gets infiltrated into insecure computers, finds important files, and leaves a message behind on how to contact the intruder and send money for ransom.

Instead of doing this, you can try Avast Decryption Tool for LambdaLocker Ransomware. Made by the same guys who developed Avast Free Antivirus, this application doesn't require installation and features a wizard where you just have to follow some simple steps to decrypt your files.

You can get started by selecting the locations to scan for encrypted files. The local drives are included in this list by default but you can remove any of them as well as add network drives or custom folders.

In the following step, it's necessary to include two files: one that has been encrypted with LambdaLocker, along with its unencrypted, original counterpart. They have to be identical. This way, you can help the application verify data to figure out the correct password. If you already know the key, however, you can enter it to speed up the task.

As mentioned by the app, the files locked with LambdaLocker may be found in various places, including the backup disk, email folder, wallpaper folder, and Windows sounds directory. Before starting the decryption job, you can ask the tool to create a backup of the encrypted files as well as to apply administrative privileges to the task, in order to avoid file reading errors.

All aspects considered, Avast Decryption Tool for LambdaLocker Ransomware offers a simple and convenient solution for unlocked files that were encrypted with LamdaLocker, instead of doing the alternative: paying the ransom. Just keep in mind that it cannot protect you from new attacks, so you should equip your PC with a powerful anti-malware application.