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Originally Posted by jrelliott
Just be happy it was not ransomware! Wife got it on her computer and we lost a lot of information. We figure the bad program came in on a machine embroidery design that she had purchased from a reputable site. Took me about a month to recover as much as possible. The ransomware was in the process of encrypting all the files including the backups. I run both MS security and VIPRE internet security and it still got through. You have got to be careful with all the scams going on out there
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If you put into effect tip #5 in my post #11 ransomware will never be a problem. Just wipe your boot hard drive and restore from your backup clone. Let me emphasize that once set up, this is all automatic. I do nothing and the clones are created once a day, and once a week.