How to decode Stupid Ransomware with StupidDecrypter

Stupid Ransomware is a ransomware family commonly used by poorly skilled developers and many variants of this family use themes based on popular movies, popular culture or fake law enforcement announcements . This ransomware family was created using an open source project that was posted to GitHub.

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The plus point of this ransomware family is that they have static encryption keys and are therefore very easy to decode. Readers can follow an example of the Stupid Ransomware variant through the article below.

Michael Gillespie created a decoder named StupidDecryptor that contains decryption keys for all Stupid Ransomware variants found. The instance variables can be decoded with this tool including variations that add the following extensions to the names of the encrypted files.

.666, .adam, .alosia, .android, .ANNABELLE, .anon, .bycicle, .corrupted, .crypted, .CYRON, .deria, .devil, .Doxes, .encrypt, .eTeRnItY, .FailedAccess, .fucked, .fucking, .fun, .H34rtBl33d, .Harzhuangzi, .haters, .iGotYou, .jeepers, .jigsaw, .killedXXX, .lock, .malki, .Malki, .MIKOYAN, .Nazi, .powned, .purge, .slvpawned, .SnakeEye, .Tesla, .whycry, .WINDIE, .XmdXtazX, .xncrypt, _crypt0, _nullbyte

Here are instructions on how to use the StupidDecryptor tool.

How to decode Stupid Ransomware variants

To decode a Stupid Ransomware variant, you can download StupidDecryptor here.

After downloading, just double click on the executable file to start decoding and you will be greeted by the main screen.

Now, click the Select Directory button and select the drive you want to decrypt, such as the C: drive. When the user has selected a drive, the Decrypt button will be available.

Next, click the Decrypt button to start decrypting the selected folder. After clicking Decrypt button , the program will decrypt all encrypted files and display the decoding status in the window.

When the process finishes, the decryption tool will display a summary report of the number of decoded files. If some files are ignored, it may be because those files are configured with special permissions.

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