.CRYPTOLOCKER File

File extension cryptolocker is mainly associated with CryptoLocker, one of the first ransomware that was used to attacks computers via e-mail attachments and botnets. CryptoLocker encrypts certain types of files stored on local and mounted network drives with RSA.

A .cryptolocker file represents the encrypted and renamed variant of the original file.

Note: A different rensomware pretending to be the original CryptoLocker appeared in December 2016, but is from a different group.

How to open:

As far as we know, there is no reliable decryptor for CryptoLocker.

How to convert:

You can only convert the original files once their are decrypted, there is no alternative here.