Brad Marks
BradM at blackforestltd.com
Wed Apr 2 20:39:45 CDT 2014
John, Yes, our contract virus guy also talked along these lines. So far, no one has received the ransom message. We would like to isolate which PC has the virus, but so far this has not yet been discerned. Brad > On Apr 2, 2014, at 8:27 PM, "John W Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote: > > It sounds like the encrypted file extortion scheme. They encrypt it, then "sell" the key to get the files unencrypted. > > Not good. > > John W. Colby > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > >> On 4/2/2014 9:02 PM, Brad Marks wrote: >> All, >> >> Unfortunately, the small firm that I work for part time was infected with a nasty virus last week. This virus has somehow changed a large number of Word, Excel, PDF, and Access 2007 files so that they cannot be opened. >> >> For several years, virus prevention responsibilities have been outsourced to a local independent contractor. He has been onsite all week and is pulling his hair out. A virus protection package called Bit-Defender has been in use for a couple years. >> >> I know that this is a long shot, but I thought that someone here on AccessD may have run into this same problem. I am not responsible for virus prevention, but I would like to help solve this mystery. >> >> Thanks, >> Brad >> >> > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. http://h0stname/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=532222865C.6316B > >