Being hit by ransomware usually means that you no longer have access to your files unless you pay a ransom or find another way to decrypt them, but a newly released tool allows users to move encrypted files to a new location.

Dubbed CryptoSearch, and still a beta release, the application is powered by the ID Ransomware service that was launched last year, and comes from the same security researcher, Michael Gillespie. Built for Windows computers, the tool was designed to detect encrypted files and allow users store them to a new location for future decryption operations.