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Beware of Ransomware
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08-20-2015, 09:44 AM
(08-20-2015, 09:40 AM)dmcowen674 Wrote:
(08-20-2015, 09:36 AM)SickBeast Wrote: What is the thing locked down at the BIOS level?  Can you not just format the hard drive?  You have to buy a whole new computer?

The boot sector for the Hard Drive is encrypted.

So then why not just replace the hard drive? It seems like overkill to me to buy an entire PC.
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Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-20-2015, 05:38 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by SickBeast - 08-20-2015, 05:57 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by ocre - 08-20-2015, 07:33 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-20-2015, 08:38 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by SickBeast - 08-20-2015, 09:36 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-20-2015, 09:40 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by SickBeast - 08-20-2015, 09:44 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-20-2015, 09:20 PM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by SickBeast - 08-20-2015, 09:20 PM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-21-2015, 08:45 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by BoFox - 08-21-2015, 08:52 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by SickBeast - 08-21-2015, 08:55 AM
RE: Beware of Ransomware - by dmcowen674 - 08-21-2015, 10:34 AM

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