Sunbelt to save victims of Data Doctor 2010
By Gina on January 7, 2010 | Security basics, Sunbelt, Data Doctor 2010, dd2010_decrypter.exe, file encryption, file decryption
Sunbelt analyst created a program to fix files messed up by Data Doctor 2010 rogue antispyware . A trojan encrypts files on victim’s hard drive and encourages downloading DataDoctor 2010 for “fixing corrupted files”. While both the trojan and the fake security tool can be deleted using anti-spyware, the files remain encrypted.
Sunbelt offers a tool dedicated to decrypting whatever was encrypted by Data Doctor 2010. You can download dd2010_decrypter.exe from the official website . Make sure you use the tool properly:
1. Place the encrypted files in a directory (i.e. c:\encrypted_files\)
2. Copy dd2010_decrypter.exe into another directory and FROM THAT DIRECTORY, run the following command:
for %f in ("c:\encrypted_files\*.*") do dd2010_decrypter.exe %f %f.decrypted
All files in the encrypted_files folder will be processed and the new decrypted files will have the same name but their extension will be “.decrypted.”
CAUTION: be sure you put ONLY files that are to be decrypted into the target directory before you run dd2010_decrypter.exe
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