Coinbase for bitcoin purchase. I always keep an offline backup (2nd NAS -
only booted up once a month or so to copy important stuff and kept
off/unpowered the rest of the time) just in case I ever get hit with one of
these, but running through linux firewall and good malware software has
kept me safe so far.

lopaka



On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Thane K. Sherrington <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I know someone with no backups who recently had his entire computer
> encrypted with the .arrow variant of Dharma (.cezar Family).  (BTW, this
> isn't me.)
>
> There is apparently no way to decrypt without paying the ransom or
> recovering deleted files.
>
> So two questions:
>
> 1)Does anyone know if the ransomware encryption encrypts the file to a new
> file, then deletes the old one (giving me the possibility of deleted file
> recovery)?  If so, what software is recommend for an Windows NTFS system
> (so far, Recuva and R-Studio have found squat).
>
> 2)If he decides to pay the ransom and take his chances, what are legit
> sites to purchase bitcoin (never done that before)?
>
> T
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