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 > > > >
