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CRYPTOLOCKER

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CryptoLocker encrypted file

File type: Ransomware encrypted file

Files with cryptolocker suffix are generally encrypted files with their extension renamed by CryptoLocker ransomware.

What is cryptolocker file?

File type category:
Ransomware encrypted file

Date updated: January 4, 2017

File extension cryptolocker is mainly associated with CryptoLocker, one of the first ransomware that was used to attacks computers via e-mail attachments and botnets. CryptoLocker encrypts certain types of files stored on local and mounted network drives with RSA.

A .cryptolocker file represents the encrypted and renamed variant of the original file.

Note: A different rensomware pretending to be the original CryptoLocker appeared in December 2016, but is from a different group.

How to open cryptolocker file?

As far as we know, there is no reliable decryptor for CryptoLocker.

How to convert cryptolocker file?

You can only convert the original files once their are decrypted, there is no alternative here.

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