On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:47:37 CET, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 05.01.2015, Gary Evetts wrote: > > > Are you able to help me with the un-encrypting of the data files that have > > been encrypted or are the offenders the only source of a resolution? > > LUKS/cryptsetup is not used here, since you are on Windows. > However, you should check if your files are actually encrypted or > not. For me, there's a possibility that they only want you to click on > the .EXE, with all the nasty consequences this could have. Good idea. I think this is a definite possibility. Privilege escalation with user action is far easier than without, especially if the click then asks for escalation. > Btw: You have a backup of your data? If the data is encrypted, your best bet is likely reconstruction from backup and then patching it before connecting it to the net again. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
