Best bet is to restore or reinstall the encrypted files. Then when it is in good order make a disk backup with clonezilla or granted. On Jun 19, 2014 8:29 PM, "Ralph Prowell" wrote: > I agree, I'm a Mac user with my IMac, IPad, and IPhone. I use a windows > laptop for teaching classes using PowerPoint presentations. And I agree > you can't backup often enough. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 19, 2014, at 10:25 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > > > > well, I wish your friend a lot of luck. The encryption is very difficult > to break and would likely take longer than its worth. > > > > This is why I strongly recommend daily backups of important data. I have > already seen this on my windows laptop. Fortunately, I had already made a > backup of the entire system. So, It was easy for me to erase using a Linux > rescue disk and then put the old OS back in place. THe only reason for me > to have windows at all around here is for some of the windows specific > applications that are able to be used with JAWS (screen reader for the > blind). All the rest of the time I spend on either the Linux partition on > this mac, or OS X (where I do all my mail). > > > > So, there you have the lesson. Backup, backup, and more backup (even > make a backp of the backup). > > > > -eric > > > >> On Jun 19, 2014, at 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >