08-30-2016, 09:46 PM
Here is my problem.
In the beginning of Nov 11, 2015, my motebook got somehow infected ( although I am very careful and I had installed an antivirus) form the CRYPTOWALL 3.0 Ransomware.
The ' funny ' thing was, that at that time, since I did not know that I was hit by this virus, I made a copy of some xlsx and accb files - that I used to work on them for over 4 years - to a usb stick as a backup. Unfortunately I backed up the infected files.
The notebook was eventually reformated. but the things I want to know is, if I can do anything with the usb stick - which I keep in tact -., in order to retrieve these files.
Is it dangerous if these usb stick files are transferred somewhere else ?
What about if these are written to a CD ?
There are some companies listed in the internet as Data Recovery Company. Do you beleive it is a lost cause ?
Thanks for your help and your assistance
In the beginning of Nov 11, 2015, my motebook got somehow infected ( although I am very careful and I had installed an antivirus) form the CRYPTOWALL 3.0 Ransomware.
The ' funny ' thing was, that at that time, since I did not know that I was hit by this virus, I made a copy of some xlsx and accb files - that I used to work on them for over 4 years - to a usb stick as a backup. Unfortunately I backed up the infected files.
The notebook was eventually reformated. but the things I want to know is, if I can do anything with the usb stick - which I keep in tact -., in order to retrieve these files.
Is it dangerous if these usb stick files are transferred somewhere else ?
What about if these are written to a CD ?
There are some companies listed in the internet as Data Recovery Company. Do you beleive it is a lost cause ?
Thanks for your help and your assistance