Judge Decryptor GuideTable of Contents
1. HOW TO START................................................................................................................... 3
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.

DOWNLOAD THE JUDGE DECRYPTOR...................................................................................................................3
EXECUTE THE DECRYPTOR.....................................................................................................................................3
ACCEPT WARNING ...................................................................................................................................................3
ACCEPT END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT .........................................................................................................4

2. USING JUDGE DECRYPTOR ................................................................................................. 5
2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.5.

START.........................................................................................................................................................................6UPLOAD THE RANSOM NOTE.................................................................................................................................7UPLOAD AN ENCRYPTED FILE................................................................................................................................9SELECT PATH TO DECRYPT.................................................................................................................................. 11

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1. How to start
1.1.

Download the Judge Decryptor

Go to nomoreransom.org and download the executable.

1.2.

Execute the decryptor

Go to your “Downloads” folder and double-click on Judge-Decryptor.exe

1.3.

Accept warning

Press the button ‘Run’ in the warning.

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1.4.

Accept End-User License Agreement

To accept the End-User License Agreement, click on the button “Accept the EULA”.

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2. Using Judge Decryptor
Please read the instructions on the Usage tab, it explains what files you can upload.

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2.1.

Start

In the left corner, go to the tab “Start”.

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2.2.

Upload the Ransom note

Click on the button “Select File”.
There is a pop-up where you can browse for the note. As stated in ‘Usage’, this can be found inevery folder with encrypted files and looks like “info.txt”

Now press the ‘Send’ button.

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You can see ‘Success’ in the left bottom corner when the note is sent.

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2.3.

Upload an encrypted file

To be able to properly decrypt your files we need to analyze a file of the type: docx, pptx, xlsx or
zip of max 9 MB
Click on the button ‘Select File’
There is a pop-up where you can browse for an encrypted file.

•Press the ‘Send’ button

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You can now see in the bottom left corner that the server is busy processing your request.
This can take a long time 15 minutes up to 1 hour!

When it was successful you can see “Success” in the lower left corner.

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2.5.

Select path to decrypt

When previous step was successful you can decrypt a specific path, including all subfolders.
Select the path you want to decrypt.
The path you used for the ransom note is selected by default.

•Press the ‘Decrypt’ button

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After the decryption has finished, it will show “Decryptor succeeded” in the bottom left corner.

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