MikeLorensoTampa wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
How did your files become encrypted?
all files .doc steel .doc.ccc :?
Sounds like you have the
TeslaCrypt malware? First, you need to make sure its no longer on your system? You can use an app such as
Malwarebytes Free.
Whether you are going to be able to recover your files is another question? You may be able to do so if you had System Protection enabled in Windows, which uses Shadow Copy to save version changes to files? You can download a third party front end app that makes it easier to search for copies of files at
ShadowExplorer. However, this is no replacement for dedicated backups. So copies of files may not all be intact.
Another possibility may be to use a file recovery app such as
Recuva, which can do a deep scan for deleted original copies of files prior to encryption by malware. Though a slim chance of being successful, as TeslaCrypt attempts to write over the original files several times.
