Bitdefender Decryption Utility for Shade/Troldesh ransomware

When it comes to ransomware, major players in the cyber security market constantly strive to provide users with powerful tools to protect their computer and recover their compromised files. While a permanent antivirus solution is mandatory to prevent an infection, dedicated decryption tools are the way to go when trying to get back access to files that have already been encrypted. One example is the Bitdefender Decryption Utility for Shade/Troldesh ransomware.

As its name implies, this application is designed to help you get back files that were encrypted by the Shade ransomware, also known as Troldesh.

Once you agree to the license, Bitdefender Decryption Utility for Shade/Troldesh ransomware displays its main window, where all the features are displayed. There are two scan possibilities: you can configure the decryptor to target a certain folder that hosts encrypted files or you can just leave it to run a thorough analysis of the entire system to find encrypted files and try to unlock them.

Bitdefender’s Shade unlocker runs its algorithms to identify decryption keys with no additional input from the user. However, please keep in mind that an active Internet connection is required to find corresponding RSA-3072 private keys for the submitted ID.

The folder or the system scan takes more or less time, depending on your option. In case you select the backup option, the encrypted files will be kept alongside the decrypted ones. Moreover, you can configure Bitdefender Decryption Utility for Shade/Troldesh ransomware to automatically replace the clean version of a file with its decrypted version.

The Shade ransomware family has been around since 2014 and it has developed a series of variants ever since. In the spring of 2020, an impressive number of decryption keys were released to the public, making security companies understand that a better decryptor should be created for Shade. The Bitdefender Decryption Utility for Shade/Troldesh ransomware has been created having that in mind and, as paying up the ransom does not offeer any guarantee, using it is worth a try.