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Replacing the motherboard and power supply would cost you about as much as buying a brand new computer. What are your suggestions?Ī: I agree, it’s time to replace the old machine. Right now, the computer seems to be operating fine. A few years ago, I had the motherboard and power supply replaced. I am thinking about replacing the computer, especially because it is so old. Q: I have an eMachine that is about 10 years old. And if you restore a local hard disk I can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to recover the data.īut without a backup, there is no practical way to get the data back - once the encryption is done - unless you pay the crooks the blackmail fee and if the crooks actually remove the encryption as they promise (actually they often do). I can’t swear for other online backup services but suspect others may do the same thing. It’s aware of the new problem with Crypto Locker (as well as several imitators) and has made provisions to keep several versions of the backup because of the threat. I know for certain - because I talked to them about this to make sure - that Carbonite does that. Some online backup services keep several versions of your backup. I always warn readers not to do that - even with an attachment from a friend or relative since if their computer is infected, or if someone spoofs the address, the attachment can carry the bad payload.Īs far as whether information stored online by one of the online backup services would be safe, yes, I think so. To infect a computer, in all the cases I’ve heard about, you must click open an attachment on an email. The virus shouldn’t travel to other computers on the home network. The virus can be removed but doing that doesn’t remove the encryption from the disks. The problem is in the payload it carries - and that’s a tiny program that encrypts the information on your hard disk. Will it impact all drives on your computer? How about other computers on a home network? What about cloud storage like Carbonite? Would I be able to access any of these from a newly attached computer? What if I reinstall to original configuration - would I be able to recover data from any of these sources?Ī: Hi, you said Cryptol - that’s a programming language. Would you elaborate on what the virus could do.