Bitdefender Decryption Tool for MortalKombat

Ever since it was first spotted in the wilderness of the Internet, the MortalKombat ransomware family targeted both individuals and companies. Inspired by the famous Mortal Kombat video game and based on the Xorist ransomware, MortalKombat uses RDP and mail phishing as its preferred spreading method. Luckily, large security companies are on the hunt for such malware and Bitdefender has already released a cost-free decryption tool to aid victims in unlocking their files with ease.

Once MortalKombat reaches a computer, the ransomware starts encrypting files, creating new ones with a specific extension. To intimidate the victim even more, it changes the wallpaper on the desktop into one with a Mortal Kombat game theme and creates a text file containing the ransom note.

The Bitdefender Decryption Tool for MortalKombat aims to provide assistance in recovering files infected by the MortalKombat ransomware strain. In other words, it allows the decryption of files encrypted by MortalKombat and helps users recover their data without having to pay the requested ransom.

The application can scan the entire system if you want it to, but it also allows you to select a single encrypted file or folder. The main window also includes an option to create backups for the encrypted files, just to be on the safe side of things and avoid data loss in case something goes wrong. Once the analysis is completed, a confirmation message is shown.

You can also execute Bitdefender Decryption Tool for MortalKombat via the command line, making it easier for system administrators to automate deployment of the tool on multiple workstations in a larger network.

The decryptor can run silently, performing either a full scan or a specific path, with or without creating a data backup.

While cyber-criminals are getting more and more inventive when it comes to malware, security expert teams such as Bitdefender strive to make the digital world a safer place. Bitdefender Decryption Tool for MortalKombat is proof that the creators of ransomware strains such as MortalKombat can be defeated.