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Maybe you have it set to reject cookies

It can only infect to the extent of the infected user rights

Yes it infects local drives too

I believe it only accesses mapped network drives. When infected format the hard drive, it hides in the restore areas.

Never ever be stupid enough to pay the ransom. If you do you are as bad as the criminals, you are financially backing their next venture. And you deserve it when they don't decrypt your files.

Make sure you format the hdd when you wipe it, the virus hides in the restore partition.

I agree but this virus is disguised in legitimate emails from people you know or companies you deal with

The .exe files are hidden in .zip files or disguised as a .pdf file, but when you click on it, it is an .exe file and too late.

If you get a suspect email, is there a way of analysing the attachment for cryptolocker without getting infected?

I have copied all data onto my other NAS drive. It's just 200Gb backups of old pc c: drives over the past ten years, not live data. I can format it now.

download the app classicstart8

Go to www.windows8codecs.com or Download K-Lite Codec Pack and download the codec pack

Yea. I guess without backing it up to another drive I could create a ntfs partition and move files across? Expanding the ntfs as the fat32 shrinks.

try an mp3 file that you know works, try ripping one from a cd if you don't have one.

Hi, Anyone know how to convert an old FAT32 NAS drive to NTFS without losing the data on it? convert z: /fs:ntfs gives error message cannot convert network drive ta

Important stuff is also synced to the cloud, but an infected NAS would be an irritation.

One reason why I only store programmes on the pc and access all data off NAS drives. A factory reset sees off any virus.

I remember celebrating Halloween when I was a kid in England the 1960s, so it's been a tradition here for over fifty years. We didn't knock on doors though.

Seems to be working normally now

I won't upgrade tapatalk 2 out of principal seeing as the upgrade takes you from a premium version to a free one with ads. So I will wait, thanks.