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I need to open a file that contains a book. I need to edit the book, and then send it in a PDF file to the printing company to have more books printed.
I have the files on a UBS 3.0 sandisk. I also copied the files to an external hard drive, which I would
prefer to use so I do not screw up the original files that are on the USB 3.0 sandisk.
When I tried to open an AESIR file I get this Mozilla Firefox web link:
When I open that link it states the following:
All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.
More information about the RSA and AES can be found here:
Where did you get the file from?
I think you got a case of malware/ransomware.
Unfortunately, you're going to have to restore your system to a known good/untainted state and then install Malwarebytes to , hopefully prevent future infections.
I have the files on a san disk usb. I also have the files in an external hard drive.
I have not opened them per the instructions yet, therefore my PC is not infected.
I was given these files when I bought an established book publishing company that has drop ship accounts, an Amazon store, and an eCommerce.
Escrow closed on 11-10-2016.
I have contacted the previous Owner this morning, but have not heard back from him yet.
So, while I patiently wait for him to email me back, I decided to turn to this forum for help. I heard from him earlier today regarding a separate issue pertaining to porting the 1-800# that is tied to the eCommerce.
I am running very low on certain inventory.
The former owner has been holding my hand and training me these past 2 weeks on other aspects of running this business. Not like he abandoned me. He has his own business and a wife and kids also.
I have the books in separate files on the san disk. I accidentally erased the inventory page, the sales data in Excel and 2 different files containing logos.
I cannot afford to accidentally delete the book files; there are 25 different books = 25 files.
I have the files on a san disk usb. I also have the files in an external hard drive.
I have not opened them per the instructions yet, therefore my PC is not infected.
I was given these files when I bought an established book publishing company that has drop ship accounts, an Amazon store, and an eCommerce.
Escrow closed on 11-10-2016.
I have contacted the previous Owner this morning, but have not heard back from him yet.
So, while I patiently wait for him to email me back, I decided to turn to this forum for help.
Thanks for any insight while I wait!
There is no help for you here. The person (previous owner?) needs to give you the key(s) to decrypt the files. Without the key(s), the files are useless to you (unless you happen to know someone in the NSA or similar agency with enough computing power to crack them for you, and the agency has nothing important to do for the time it takes to crack 2048bit encryption).
I am not very computer savvy. I did learn how to use the import text wizard last week with Access.
I have never heard of that web browser. I guess I can google it.
Ah, well then, that's a different kettle of horses.
As long as you still have the original files on the USB stick, you can screw with the ones that were copied to disk all you want...and if you mess something up, just copy them again.
I have not used SanDisk's encryption, I have something else (using Linux).
The Tor browser is legit, no need to fear downloading it. You can have as many browsers as you want, but only the Tor browser can be used to do what you need for the files, according to whatever instructions you have. You won't have to 'give up' your other browser(s).
{ You should have all of the books in PDF already. If you want to save a new version of the "Institute A" book then open Microsoft Word. Click "Save As" and then choose "PDF" from the menu.
If PDF is not an option, then you need to download Adobe PDF program.
Let me know if it works. }
I found the files on the san disk and they open up in Mozilla as PDF
I tried to move one book file and it didn't work.
I am a complete etard, but I will try google again.
After a successful installation, run the browser and wait for initialization.
Type in the address bar: (not posting this for privacy reasons)
Follow the instructions on the site.
This is not normal under any circumstances, firstly the only reason you would need to go to a web page using the TOR browser is to protect your anonymity OR the anonymity of the server on the other end. Secondly a private key is no longer private once someone else has it.
As already suggested those files have probably been infested with ransomware. I dont want to sound like "the sky is falling" but if I got a message like that my actions are going to be power down any computer those drives were connected to and research how to back your files up on computer you suspect may have been infested with ransomware.
Quote:
I have the keys.
Where did you get the keys from? And how are you using them to open the files?
After re-reading the thread, it does appear that the previous owner knows nothing about the encryption and the others are correct about the ransomware.
That really sucks.
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