Did you not read the HELP_DECRYPT.TXT file?

This has nothing to do with OpenOffice.  

Your computer was attacked by some means and all of your important files have 
been encrypted.  To have them be decrypted, you must pay a ransom, as specified 
in that .TXT file.

This is a known attack.  There are a variety of ways that it can reach your 
computer.  It could have arrived some time ago, and it only triggered at the 
time you noticed.

The painful reality is explained in this post, which describes the CryptoWall 
attack and one of the ways you might have encountered it: 
<http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information>.

In general, the encrypted files cannot be decrypted.  It is important to have 
backups or earlier versions that have not been encrypted and restore with those 
once you remove the attack software itself.


----- Original Message ----
From: Bev [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 17:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Users of OpenOffice in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale area?

4 attached files downloaded to my laptop at 7:12 pm while I was gone and now I 
when I open files they are gibberish. Why did these download and what to do to 
fix my spreadsheet files?

From: Bruce Larson 
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 7:57 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Users of OpenOffice in the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale area?




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