anorwell/fake_ransomware

A very basic tool for simulating ransomware on a machine

Fake Ransomware

This is a script that simulates a single directory being hit by ransomware, but with the ability to easily restore any files affected.

Usage Instructions

1. Make sure ruby is available on your system. On windows, you can run RubyInstaller. On MacOS and Linux it should be installed by default.
2. The ransomware tool is fake_ransomware.rb. It must be in a directory that has two child folders: Files and Backup. Initially, Files directory should contain the files which are to be encrypted (hit by ransomware), and the Backup directory should be empty.
3. Run fake_ransomware.rb. It should "encrypt" the files in Files, while backing them up in Backup.
4. Run fake_ransomware.rb again to restore from the backup directory.

Caveats

Don't use this with the only copy of your files.