At a glance, NoMoreRansom.org looks like a "best-practices" site, dispensing the usual prevention advice: use back ups, only open attachments from people you know and trust, use anti-virus software and so on -- but it also features ransomware detection and decryption tools. Users can upload encrypted files to see what kind of malware they're infected with, and then check to see if it can be removed with the 160,000 decryption keys at the organization's disposal.

Beyond simply helping infected users get back on their feet, the organization hopes to deter ransomware by reducing criminal income. "The biggest problem with crypto-ransomware today is that when users have precious data locked down, they readily pay criminals to get it back," explains Jornt Van der Wiel, from Kaspersky Labs. "That boosts the underground economy, and we are facing an increase in the number of new players and the number of attacks as a result."



It's an uphill battle -- and malware will probably never be eliminated entirely -- but it's a war worth fighting. Think you might be infected with ransomware? Check out the website at the source link and get your files checked.