Hi Sam Misread this. Cryptolocker doesn't delete files - just encrypts them so as far as I can tell you would have to restore previous versions one by one.
Best wishes Pat On 25 Nov 2013, at 20:36, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > On the Dropbox website you can select multiple folders & files to restore > from deleted. > > Regards > > Sam > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 25 Nov 2013, at 20:21, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As I read it if you are sharing Dropbox files/folders with a Cryptolocker >> virus infected Windows user then these will be encrypted. If you use Dropbox >> and have files syncing with that service, Dropbox creates file versions. Use >> this to get your file’s most recent good version – as well as determine the >> time of infection. You may get a file back, but doing it in DropBox’s web >> interface, one file at a time, will be painful. >> >> And, of course, if you have Time Machine operating, by knowing when the time >> of infection took place you can revert to a good version of the file/folders >> from this as well. >> >> So not necessarily disastrous for Dropbox users, or any other cloud service >> which has file versioning. >> >> E&OE!!!! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Tony >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 25 Nov 2013, at 19:21, Pat Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've been reading a bit about the windows virus cryptolocker. I share >>> Dropbox folders with quite a few windows users. It would seem that Dropbox >>> folders can be affected. Excuse my ignorance but would this mean that the >>> files in shared folders synchronised to my mac would also be encrypted? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
