New decryptor from Avast: solving the problem with the Fonix/Ryuk ransomware

phoenix (or Ryuk) – malware, encrypts files on a computer, named after the Japanese manga character Death Note. Attacks, using this ransomware, are becoming more common, and it is almost impossible to decrypt files without a special key. Avast has released a new version of the decryptor for Fonix/Ryuk, which can be downloaded from the link:

https://files.avast.com/files/decryptor/avast_decryptor_fonix.exe.

For the decoder to work you need, so that in one of the folders with encrypted files there is a file hrmlog1, and it needs to be run as administrator. Several LC forum users have tested this tool on different topics and confirmed its effectiveness there, where Rakhni didn't work.