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I recently had most all my files locked by a some hacker. I had them backed up on Dropbox, but the sync also locked the files online. If I had had the Dropbox folder secured with Folder Lock, would my files have been unavailable to the hacker?

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  • They were locked or encrypted? Because its not clear how a file being locked would present a problem. The advertised program isn't going to play well with Dropbox.
    – Ramhound
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:24
  • Dropbox folder on my computer is password protected using Folder Lock. Works well. Files are not encrypted. Program that got on my computer was classified as Ransomware when I looked it up. Don't recall exact name of it however.
    – Ken
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:28
  • It still sounds like your files were encrypted by the Ransomware not locked. If you are already using it, and you already know it works, then what is the question?
    – Ramhound
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:30
  • Doesn't dropbox have "backup" versions of the original files available?
    – Xen2050
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:30
  • Start over. Yes ransonware did encrypt the files. I thought you were asking if Folder lock encrypted files. Question is whether the ransomware could have done the damage to the files if they were secured with Folder Lock
    – Ken
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:33

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Dropbox for Work has unlimited restore of previous versions. Dropbox Personal or Pro let's you restore up to the last 30 days. These are for files only, but in your situation, you may need to store folders to a specific point in time. Someone wrote a python script called dropbox-restore that may be what you need to perform a point in time restore.

This is all contingent upon you having your computer cleaned of the mess first.

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