You have to pay or restore from a backup. You can't beat the encryption. On Jun 19, 2014 7:19 PM, "Ralph Prowell" wrote: > Just recently a friend of mine opened an outlook message that asked her to > download a program that turned out to be a ransom virus and has encrypted > all of her Microsoft office files and are wanting her to pay a ransom of > $500 to get her files back. > > Has anyone had any success in retrieving these ransom files from an > infected machine? If so please contact me if you have any ideas how to > retrieve these files. > > Thank you, > Ralph > > Sent from my iPad > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >