"Please provide your email address [1] and an encrypted file [2] that has been encrypted by CryptoLocker.
This portal will then email you a master decryption key along with a download link to our recovery program that can be used together with the master decryption key to repair all encrypted files on your system. "

explains why there. it might take some time to digest and break the file to return your key. so there is likely a queue.


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 04:19:55AM +0000, Michael Havens wrote:
> Someone said a friend got ransomware on their computer?
>
> Through a partnership that included researchers from FOX-IT and FireEye,
> researchers managed to recover the private encryption keys that
> CryptoLocker uses to lock victims' personal computer files until they pay a
> $300 ransom. They also reverse engineered the binary code at the heart of
> the malicious program. The result: a website that allows victims to recover
> the key <http://www.decryptcryptolocker.com/> for their individual content

Why would they need email addresses? Also, businesses attacked by this
malware would probably be reluctant to send their encrypted files.

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