Got ransomware? What are your options?

  • 3 March 2016
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3rd March 2016  By Paul Ducklin
 
                                                 


 
As you can imagine, one of the most common questions we get asked about ransomware is, “What do I do now?”
It’s easy to be wise after the event: could’a, would’a, should’a.
 
Could have ignored the instructions to “Enable Macros”; would have been smart just to delete the email in the first place; should have bought that USB backup drive last week when they were on special at $45.
 
But what if the worst has happened, all your files are encrypted, and you’re staring down the barrel of a pay page where the crooks are calmly demanding $300 in Bitcoin for the key to unlock your precious files?
 
We’re assuming that you have no offline backups, and that the only copies of the files you want to preserve are sitting there in scrambled form on your hard disk, so near but yet so far.
 
Can you get your files back without paying?
 
As usual with IT-related questions, the answer is, “It depends.”
 
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Great article ?. this guy knows what he is talking about and has alot of great ways to protect yourself from Ransomeware. But we all know you must back up...simple common sense?

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