Held to ransom by Zepto !

GabbaGabbaHey

forgotmyname wrote: »

Our photo's are on a NAS and also on 3 PC's. It would take something catastrophic to wipe all of them out.

I hope that at least one of those PCs is permanently stored somewhere outside your house - otherwise I can think of a number of scenarios (including theft, fire and flood) which could cause you to lose it all.

I have to agree with this:

dcouponzzzz wrote: »

"Data never existed at all if it doesn't exist in 3 places at once, separated geographically"

consumers_revenge

you now BUT might help others ...


have a look at google photo backup


you select a folder(s) and ask it to backup/sync to google photos. now whenever you stick a pic into those folders it will back them up to the cloud


quite easy https://photos.google.com/apps


hope that helps someone


CR

AndyPix

consumers_revenge wrote: »

you now BUT might help others ...


have a look at google photo backup


you select a folder(s) and ask it to backup/sync to google photos. now whenever you stick a pic into those folders it will back them up to the cloud


quite easy https://photos.google.com/apps


hope that helps someone


CR

But of course whenever Zepto encrtpts that pic that you have put in that folder, the encrypted version gets backed up to the cloud .

fiendishlyclever

AndyPix wrote: »

But of course whenever Zepto encrtpts that pic that you have put in that folder, the encrypted version gets backed up to the cloud .

But the unencrypted version is held for 30 days on Google and Dropbox so hopefully enough time to roll back (I've never done this to multiple files so could take a while!)

Google photos is a better option - unlimited storage (if you don't mind a drop in quality for high resolution images) and fairly secure against viruses (make sure you don't sync the folders for Google photos if you use Google drive though (the ones within Google drive)

consumers_revenge

true but I think it only backs up jpg extensions? so if it changed the extension that wouldn't get 'uploaded'?

AndyPix

^^ Both great points

Johnmcl7

AndyPix wrote: »

Dropbox etc are vulrerable as they are presented as a drive on the computer so yes they would be encrypted too.

If the cloud service supports versioning then it's likely the encrypted files can be saved which is possible with Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/8408

John

jshm2

File recovery software is what I use to get back encrypted files.

Something like Recuva won't cut it (not tried it though) I use Kali and recover the unencrypted files.

The way the encryption mechanism on most Ransomware works is by copying your file, then encrypting it before overwriting the original file. You can recover the "copied" file most of the time though you'll need to rename it. This is why Foremost is the tool I use as it recognises files by their headers and footers so you can search for file types in scrambled .tmp files.

Better than losing all your stuff even if it is a pain to rename lots of files.

RebekahAmy

Hi, Zepto is a ransomware (a deadly malware program) that is hard to be detected and removed by common security software. I suggest you to install a real-time anti-malware program and regularly scan your PC. Zeptom ransomware has compromised hundreds of computers all across the world from the USA to Mexico, Japan, Germany, and beyond and caused a lot of headaches for individuals and enterprises. Such stubborn ransomware can be distributed to computers around the globe via spam emails. Be careful.

Once your PC is infected with ransomware, your files will be encrypted that is hard to decrypt. Currently, there is no method to get your file back that encrypted by Zepto ransomware. Therefore, learn to how to prevent PC from ransomware infection is very important for a computer user. Otherwise, you need to pay for lots of money to hackers to decrypt the encrypted files. Please note that ransomware is a kind of malware designed by cyber criminals to extort money from its victims.

Mr.Generous

does cyrptoprevent still protect you? I installed it as a precaution and back up to a remote hard drive.