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Cryptolocker

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:35 am
by Brian K
Are .TBI files immune to being encrypted by Cryptolocker?

Re: Cryptolocker

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:57 am
by TAC109
wrote:
> Are .TBI files immune to being encrypted by Cryptolocker?

I'd be surprised if .TBI files were targeted, but for a definitive answer
you'd need to ask the author of Cryptolocker.


Re: Cryptolocker

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:10 am
by TeraByte Support
they are regular files so they wouldn't be unless the media they were on was
read-only.


"Brian K" wrote in message news:11398@public.image...

Are .TBI files immune to being encrypted by Cryptolocker?


Re: Cryptolocker

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:50 am
by Brian K
OK. Thanks. I think I'll store some images in a partition that isn't in the partition table. That should be safe. I have stacks of storage space.

Re: Cryptolocker

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:51 pm
by Bob Coleman
I keep some on DVDs. Have for years as a hedge against hard disk failure, but this is another good reason.