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 Encryption is a great way to keep your files safe — but what if it’s used against you?
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That’s exactly what ransomware, an increasingly prevalent type of malware, does. While you might normally encrypt your data to keep bad actors out, ransomware encrypts it without your approval, which prevents you from accessing it — and the ransomware is a doozy to get rid of. But a new tool released Monday can help.

Kaspersky Lab, a software security firm headquartered in Russia, released a “Ransomware Decryptor” to help people fight back against so-called “CoinVault” ransomware, which takes control of data on computers and demands payment to restore access.

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