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Ransomware is malicious software, designed to block data access in order to extort money. As a form of malware, ransomware is most often used to in...

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I have over 30 years in the IT industry. During this time I have worked with a variety of products in a variety of industries.

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Recover raid 5 array with backup image.

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I have a crashed Raid 5 Array in a Dell Poweredge T-320 Server running win Server 2012, R2. There

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Ransomware Defeated

Decrypting Cryakl 1.4.0.0 / 1.4.1.0 FAIRYTAIL Ransomware

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Feeling responsible for an unfortunate ransomware infection on my parent's network, persistence paid off as I was able to decrypt a strain of ransomware that was not previously (or at least publicly) cracked. I hope this helps others out there affected by the same strain. CL 1.4.0.0 Fairytail
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Ransomware - Wannacry/wcry and everything else ...  …

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Ransomware - Wannacry/wcry and everything else ...

Ransomware in general is something none of us …
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Backup and ransomeware protection is acronis a good solution?

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I am a small one man computer shop.  I have been in the IT field since 1984.  I have small to medium

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PC won't boot after Acronis image restore

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The customer asked me to restore their Acronis v11.5 image from a few days ago.  First I validated

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ESXi host failing to login with root account

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One of our hosts is having issues logging in with the root account.  We tried restarting mgt

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WebRoot "WRSkyClient" is locking onto my C# project dll file and won't let me run the debugger.

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After a debugging code in the Visual Studio debugger for a few hours yesterday I was not longer

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Microsoft release Security Patches for Windows XP and …

Microsoft release Security Patches for Windows XP and Windows 2003, against the SMBv1 Security …
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LIVE updates on the recent ransomware attack from our CISO, …

LIVE updates on the recent ransomware attack from our CISO, Director of Security, and Chief …
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Steps to prevent or mitigate a ransomware in a Azure hybrid organization with multiple forest/domains

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Hello Experts,


I would like to get your feedback for a business case like this one:


Company runs a

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Have you been following the ransomware attack against …

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Have you been following the ransomware attack against Atlanta? They were threatened with a bitcoin …
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Ransomware Prevention for Business

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Hi all.  Just wanted to reach out and see what people are doing out there to prevent ransomware from…
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RANSOMWARE HOW TO RESTORE YOUR HGJZITLXE FILES.TXT

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We recently got a client whose HyperV was attacked with ransomware. We helped them restore it back

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WannaCry... I really wanna cry... this whole thing is …

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WannaCry... I really wanna cry... this whole thing is insane. No, I've not been infected... nor have…
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Given the global WannaCry crisis that's been developing over…

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Given the global WannaCry crisis that's been developing over the last few days, this morning Experts…
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A clue in the WannaCry code leads researchers to believe …

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A clue in the WannaCry code leads researchers to believe North Korean hackers are behind the attack.…
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South Korean web host pays largest ransomware demand ever. …

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South Korean web host pays largest ransomware demand ever.

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