Emsisoft’s free ransomware removal tools save users more than $500 million

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Emsisoft’s free ransomware removal tools save users more than $500 million

Emsisoft employee Jareth shares us info on ransomware and Emsisoft's free removal tools

.....Emsisoft is very active in the fight against ransomware and we’ve continuously worked hard to stay one step ahead of the bad guys. Over the years, we’ve created completely free ransomware decrypter tools for over 100 major ransomware families and variants that victims can use to recover their files without paying the ransom. 

How much of a dent have we put in the criminals’ profits? Let’s take a quick look at the math.  

Our decryption tools have been downloaded more than a million times: 1,144,351 times to be exact. And that doesn’t take mirror downloads into account, which means the total figure is probably significantly higher. But we’ll run with this number for now.  

The average ransomware is about $522. Multiply that by 1,144,351 and you get the princely sum of $597,351,222. To sum it up:  

Emsisoft’s free ransomware removal tools have prevented more than $500 million from falling into the hands of cybercriminals.  

Top 5 most popular Emsisoft ransomware removal tools 

NemucodAES – 66,476 downloads 
Nemucod – 65,419 downloads....

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