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PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT

  • 12-01-2019 03:09PM
    #1
    leemaree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know how to fix this or has anyone came across this problem before?


    All my files on my external hard drive has it and I don't know how to fix it? I'm using windows 10. I don't know what went wrong


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  • #2
    johndoe99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    do you have Encryption on your external hard drive?

    are you getting a dialog box stating "PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT" when you try to open files or do the filenames have PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT on them?


  • #3
    leemaree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭leemaree


    johndoe99 wrote: »
    do you have Encryption on your external hard drive?

    are you getting a dialog box stating "PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT" when you try to open files or do the filenames have PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT on them?

    I have Encryption files on my external hard drive. All most all of them have the filenames PLLMXSHN-DECRYPT. I don't know if I did something or it just went like that? For example I have loads of movies on there and there saying the extension .avi and then in small letters .PLLMXSHN-DECRYP (in small letters) and then the type of the file is PLLMXSHN file. I don't get an error


  • #4
    johndoe99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    it would seem that either the external HD has some form of encryption software you can use. I know there's a type of McAfee Antivirus that can encrypt files on HDs too. You may have inadvertently installed or activated it.


    Also Windows 10 Professional comes with Bitlocker.


  • #5
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Is your computer also affected? It sounds like the behaviour of a ransomware infection unfortunately.

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  • #6
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Yeah, my guess is ransomware too.

    Fortunately a few of the recent outbreaks of that have simple flaws that mean you can decrypt without paying the scrotes. Find somebody with a bit of tech know how to investigate it further and LEAVE IT OFF until then.


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  • #7
    leemaree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭leemaree


    Any other suggestions? I can't get rid of this file. I went to a couple of technicians and nothing


  • #8
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Format the hard drive and be grateful it's the external drive and not your C:/ drive, the only results PLLMXSHM gives on Google or DDG (minus the Pretty Little Liars stuff) are links to this thread so I wouldn't be hopeful it's too above board

    I'd nuke the drive as well as any programs you've run/installed since this happened, if you're downloading movies or music or whatever they'd never have a .exe or .msi file as these are Windows programs, not movie or songs. Running the .exe or .msi is how you end up in situations like this.


  • #9
    Jayd0g
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭Jayd0g


    Not flagging as one of the more common ransomwares on

    https://www.nomoreransom.org/en/index.html


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