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How do I check if files have been encrypted by Ransomware?
Is there any way to check if the current files (files of a computer/user/hard disk/NAS ) have been encrypted with ransomware by a third party?
Would it be possible to open all files according to their ...
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Mbed ransomware attack on my PC [duplicate]
My pc attacked by Mbed ransomware virus and all files get encrypted.
To kill this virus, I have scanned my full system with bootable anti-virus
and used Emsisoft Decryptor to decrypt files.
But this ...
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Laptop PC stuck at startup, formatted, now data unrecoverable, looks encrypted
Someone asked me to recover data from a laptop computer (Sony Vaio), after a Windows reinstall (Windows 8) through the startup recovery procedure.
Prior to that, the computer was malfunctioning : it ...
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Why is windows 10 encrypting so many files?
My current status: Paranoid.
Monday night I had a friend over and we were making travel plans on my computer.
A message appeared at some point asking about backing up encrypted files. I stupidly ...
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How do the ransomware viruses perform their encryption?
I know the classic setup ... open a file, click a link -- bam: malicious code execution. Oh noes!
But how does that lead to "all my files are suddenly encrypted"?
The operative word here is "...
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Is this a ransomware?
I just got this window on my main computer:
Apparently, it's from Windows. I checked, and the process EXE file is the original one (efsui.exe or something like that). However, I don't use EFS (I ...
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How does ransomware work? [closed]
If it's possible to get a full rundown on how ransomware usually works in encrypting files, that would be nice.
I know ransomware encrypts all files with AES-256 for speed, but where does RSA come in?...
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How to remove BUYUNLOCKCODE Ransomware [duplicate]
A ransomware appears to have been circulating for the past few weeks. It encrypts data files and creates a BUYUNLOCKCODE.txt ransom note in all directories where a file was encrypted.
This ...
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