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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 843420" data-attributes="member: 37647">Experts: Don&#039;t reboot your computer after you&#039;ve been infected with ransomwareRebooting may lead to restarting a crashed file-encryption process, potential loss of encryption keys stored in-memory.Security experts don&#039;t recommend that users reboot their computers after suffering a ransomware infection, as this could help the malware in certain circumstances.Instead, experts recommend that victims hibernate the computer, disconnect it from their network, and reach out to a professional IT support firm. Powering down the computer is also an alternative, but hibernating it is better because it saves a copy of the memory, where some shoddy ransomware strains may sometimes leaves copies of their encryption keys <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/experts-dont-reboot-your-computer-after-youve-been-infected-with-ransomware/" target="_blank">Experts: Don&#039;t reboot your computer after you&#039;ve been infected with ransomware | ZDNet</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 843420, member: 37647"] [SIZE=7][B]Experts: Don't reboot your computer after you've been infected with ransomware[/B][/SIZE] Rebooting may lead to restarting a crashed file-encryption process, potential loss of encryption keys stored in-memory. Security experts don't recommend that users reboot their computers after suffering a ransomware infection, as this could help the malware in certain circumstances. Instead, experts recommend that victims hibernate the computer, disconnect it from their network, and reach out to a professional IT support firm. Powering down the computer is also an alternative, but hibernating it is better because it saves a copy of the memory, where some shoddy ransomware strains may sometimes leaves copies of their encryption keys [URL="https://www.zdnet.com/article/experts-dont-reboot-your-computer-after-youve-been-infected-with-ransomware/"]Experts: Don't reboot your computer after you've been infected with ransomware | ZDNet[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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