Postal Retrieval Virus - encryption of data

Against all intelligence i have, i executed a exe file that my virus scanner had indentified as a virus.

This was deilvered via email, and stated i had a lost package.

i had recently shipped a package to india, and lost my IT mind and allowed this thing in.

It was a new varient of crilock i suppose.

It encrypted all my data files, even though i had done the "prudent" thing, and put all data on a seperate drive.

This old school practice, was due to common virus' attacking the op system.

This is a home computer, so naturally i have not backed up my data.

Upon calling my IT buddy we "assumed" this was an FBI varient and attempted to just "unhide" the files.

This is a true ENCRYPTION trogan... asking for a 300 dollar ransom.

In followning past recovery methods, i have removed all traces of the virus.

This infact was the worst thing to do.

I have no link to the ?RSA? key.

Okay, who is working on chasing how to find the encryption key local and how to crack the private code?

I know someone... legal or not knows how to crack encryption of data files.

i am a "super user" not an IT pro... i wanted to get this varient and packaging out there

as well as help to recover my data.. 20 years of data...

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