well, if android is being affected by ransomware what is stopping Linux from being affected by it? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:46 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 19. Jun, 2014 schwätzte Ralph Prowell so: > > moin moin Ralph, > > 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. >> > > Apple products are also being hit by this. As are Android devices. It just > takes one hole for any system to be susceptable :(. See Mat Honan's Wired > story for some Apple-specific issues. > > BTW, move to GNU/Linux and LibreOffice for the classes :). > > As Eric said: backups, backups, backups. > > Hopefully your friend has learned to never again download an application > from email, especially when using Outlook. > > You might see if a file recovery program can find old copies on the > filesystem. Same for cache files. > > Mat Honan article. > > http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/ > > ciao, > > der.hans > > 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 >> >> > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ > # "Printing and publishing has been a big industry in the city since the > # early 1800s, when New York publishers were the first American printers > # with access to pirated English best sellers." > # -- New York Magazine, 2007Jun04 > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >