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ApolloOGA
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All,
In need of help here. I believe my PC has been infected with a ransomware. Not totally sure though. No one ever tried to ask for a ransom. I can still use the PC and no pop up ever presented themselves asking for $$.
One morning I logged into my computer and suddenly my original 'Admin' account was logged in. I never use that. I logged into the PC with my other admin account(domain server acct) and noticed that all my personal files now had the extension '.4hscojk5hx'. they seem to be encrypted. I can not open any of them.
I can't find that extension anywhere on the internet
Windows seems to work fine. The and I did not receive any ransomware pop up or requests for $$$
I tried the Offline Windows Defender on a USB stick, but it will not run. I just get the fault: "Windows Defender Offline cannot be started - Drive may be missing or encrypted... Error Code 0x8004cc01
Tried the Kaspersky Decryptor, but it just says that it is an unsupported file type. The extension does not seem to be on their list.
I removed the network connection pretty quick and was going to try a couple more decryption tools from Bit Defender - they seem to have a good list of them, but there are so many, not sure where to start.
Any help would be wonderful.
Apollo
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In need of help here. I believe my PC has been infected with a ransomware. Not totally sure though. No one ever tried to ask for a ransom. I can still use the PC and no pop up ever presented themselves asking for $$.
One morning I logged into my computer and suddenly my original 'Admin' account was logged in. I never use that. I logged into the PC with my other admin account(domain server acct) and noticed that all my personal files now had the extension '.4hscojk5hx'. they seem to be encrypted. I can not open any of them.
I can't find that extension anywhere on the internet
Windows seems to work fine. The and I did not receive any ransomware pop up or requests for $$$
I tried the Offline Windows Defender on a USB stick, but it will not run. I just get the fault: "Windows Defender Offline cannot be started - Drive may be missing or encrypted... Error Code 0x8004cc01
Tried the Kaspersky Decryptor, but it just says that it is an unsupported file type. The extension does not seem to be on their list.
I removed the network connection pretty quick and was going to try a couple more decryption tools from Bit Defender - they seem to have a good list of them, but there are so many, not sure where to start.
Any help would be wonderful.
Apollo
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