AVG Decryption Tool For Legion

AVG Decryption Tool For Legion is a handy utility designed to help you restore documents, workbooks, photos and other important files that have been encrypted after an infection with the Legion ransomware.

Signs of a Legion ransomware infection

Legion is a type of ransomware that targets personal documents, videos and photos mostly and locks them using an AES RSA-2048 key. Files that have been hijacked feature an [email protected]$.legion extension, whereas the price required can vary from 0.5 to 1.5 bitcoin. On a side note, the ransomware should not be confused with the malware responsible for [email protected] encrypted files.
It is important to note that the malware is typically spread via spam emails that feature malicious attachments and links. Since most emails appear to be incoming from popular shipping companies, most users are very tempted to open them. You can avoid a lot of headaches by whitelisting the emails of the delivery companies you regularly do business with.

Enables you to restore encrypted files

The idea behind the tool is to provide you an easy means to unlock files that have been encrypted by the ransomware infection in just a few steps. Therefore, you can specify the folders, local or external drives that have been infected and the app scans them to automatically detect the affected files.
Even though it is not mandatory, it is recommended that you create a backup of the encrypted files, so you can have them readily available in case something were to go wrong. For instance, if the data gets corrupted during the decryption and renders them useless, you can repeat the aforementioned steps and re-try to recover them.
You can view the decryption taking place in real time and preview the latest log once the operation is complete. Therefore, you can find out more about the files that have been unlocked and that you can access.

A useful recovery tool for Legion-infected files

If you have been infected with Legion ransomware, then your first instinct may be to pay up, particularly if the malware locked important business documents. Since there is no guarantee that the payment can provide you with the passwords, you can try to recover your using specialized tools, such as AVG Decryption Tool For Legion.