5 free anti-ransomware software that can help you remove ransomware without paying the criminals

WannaCry ransomware attack, which is one of the broadest as well as most damaging cyber attacks in history, has shown us how rapidly ransomware can spread leaving businesses as well as reeling. Ransomware creators generally include lots of intimidating threats as well s warnings so that you get scared as well as pay them the amount that they demand. However, there is no guarantee that if you fulfil their demand, they will release your data. Also fulfiling their demand by paying the ransome amount helps fund crime. Hence, it is better to stay calm as well as look for an alternative solution. Today, many of the big names in PC security offer tools that can release your PC from ransomware, and also they don’t charge for the privilege. Also, there are dedicated tools in order to prevent programs that behave like known ransomware from running on your PC at all.

And did you know that there are mainly 2 types of ransomware: the kind that encrypts your files as well as threatens to delete them if  you don’t fulfil their demand (like WannaCry), as well as the kind that completely locks you out by preventing you reaching your pc. Thankfully, there are some free tools to fight both types.

Avast Free Ransomware Decryption Tools

All ransomware does not encrypt data in the same manner. Hence, security software providers have to create specific solutions as new threats emerge. Avast free ransomware decryption tools can help decrypt files encrypted by 20 different strains of ransomware.

Avast has provided complete description of how each form of ransomware works, what extension you will see on the encrypted files, as well as an example of the message that the virus creators have prepared for the victims in order to help you work out which one you need.

Once you have downloaded the right tool, you will be guided through the process of cleaning out the ransomware without paying the ransom. You will have to provide 2 versions of the same file – the original one as well as the encrypted one. This will be easy for you if you have made a backup before the infection. However, Avast also suggests locations where may get the original files. The decryption tool will then compare the 2 as well as use the results for determining the password.

Trend Micro Ransomware File Decryptor Tool

Trend Micro Ransomware File Decryptor is a free ransomware decryptor tool that can help you unlock files that have been locked by 26 different types of ransomware and their variants.

Unlike Avast, it bundles all its decryption tools into 1 bundle. However, you will still have to tell it which form of ransomware it is dealing with. Trend Micro’s website will provide you all necessary information to help you identify your infection, & contact details of its technical support department if you are not sure. You will then have to provide a sample file for the Decryptor to analyze, & it will get to work.

Trend Micro™ Ransomware Screen Unlocker Tool

Trend Micro™ Ransomware Screen Unlocker Tool is designed in order to eliminate Lock Screen ransomware from your infected system in 2 different scenarios:

Scenario 1: Lock Screen ransomware has blocked “normal mode”, but “safe mode” with networking is still accessible.

Scenario 2: Lock Screen ransomware has blocked both “normal mode” as well as “safe mode” with networking.

BitDefender Anti-Ransomware

Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware is a free security tool that can help you protect against existing as well as emerging ransomware attacks.

It currently protects against Locky, CTB-Locker, Petya as well as TeslaCrypt ransomware families, & starts defending your PC from these threats instantly.

If you are currently using Bitdefender Antivirus, the Anti-Ransomware module is already installed.

Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware Tool

Ransomware attack on your home computer is undoubtedly frustrating, but an infection that locks you out of your business computers is an absolute disaster. Your client information, customer data, accounts, as well as work can all be encrypted & also it can affect multiple machines on the same network.

Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware Tool for Business is particularly designed for helping small as well as medium-sized businesses (SMBs) protect against ransomware as well as cryptomalware immediately and safeguard their important data. Just like Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware, it is also a preventative tool that is designed in order to prevent infection right in the first place rather than decrypt files or unlock your desktop.

This tool runs alongside your regular security suite, monitoring network activity for anything that matches known ransomware behavior. As its threat database is stored on Kaspersky’s cloud servers, updates are immediately pushed out to all users.

Being infected with ransomware is really frustrating and dissapointing.  However, with the above mentioned 5 anti-ransomware tools, you can easily remove ransomware without paying ransom to the criminals.