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It is obvious that the digitalization era has revamped our thinking and developed a new way of storing information. We call them files - a computer resource able to store various kinds of data ranging from music, pictures, or videos to important records and docs. Let's be honest, nobody likes losing important data either due to accidental misclicking or unintentional system corruption. Today our topic of focus is ways of recovering deleted files on Mac - an operating system used worldwide by millions of users. Alike it's main competitor Windows, Mac offers a number of methods to restore data even when it seems to be deleted forever. The difficulty of recovering files often depends on whether you emptied the Trash Bin upon deleting a file. If the Trash Bin is emptied, it may require help from third-party tools or advanced Mac features. Below, we will show all the methods covering both third-party and manual steps to recover lost files on Mac.

RED TEAM is a ransomware infection tightly connected with the Babuk malware group. The virus operates like many other file-encryptors - by enciphering data with military-grade algorithms and modifying the names of encrypted files. For instance, a file named 1.pdf will most change to 1.pdf.REDTM and reset its original icon to blank. The .REDTM extension is only used to change the appearance of all encrypted data in the way shown above. Once the process with file encryption is finished, RED TEAM Ransomware creates a text file named HowToDecryptYourFiles.txt to guide victims through the recovery terms.

Unlocker is a ransomware infection capable of encrypting system-stored data. Victims infected with this ransomware variant will also see a visual change in encrypted files according to this pattern .[e-mail of cybercriminals].[personal ID].lock. For instance, a file named 1.pdf will change to something like 1.pdf.[unlocker@onionmail.org].[5MKlY].lock and reset its original icon. Unlocker Ransomware may look similar to another file-encryptor called Unlock, which assigns the .unlock extension instead. Despite this, they are still different ransomware infections and should not be put under the same ceilling. Once file encryption gets to a close, the virus creates a text file named either README_WARNING.TXT or ALL_YOUR_FILES_ARE_ENCRYPTED.TXT. This depends on what version of Unlocker Ransomware penetrated your system. Both ransom notes are almost identical having some minor differences.

0xc0000098 is a BCD-related (Boot Configuration Data) issue. It was reported to prevent users from booting Windows 11 all the way to the desktop. The reason why such an error occurs indicates the BCD file is corrupted and lacks booting entries on it. Once error 0xc0000098 appears, users are presented with the following text. Despite being unable to boot up the system completely, it is still possible to fix the issue using a Windows 11 Bootable USB Drive or DVD Installation Media. Make sure to get yourself ready with this and hop straight to the solutions down below.

Error 0xc0000142 relates to problems with opening some applications in Windows 11. While this error might be an unexpected phenomenon for many users who migrated to Windows 11, similar problems took place in previous Windows versions as well. This is due to the same root of occurrence - most often corrupted or missing .dll files. Such files are designed to store instructions that other programs can call upon to do certain things. If there is no such file operating correctly, the program will have no proper instruction to open itself and operate as required. As a result, users encounter a message saying “The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.”. Sometimes issues like 0xc0000142 are caused by incompatible software that raises a conflict. Whatever it actually is, trying each method in the sequence below should eventually lead to a successful resolution of error 0xc0000142.

The No command message is quite a popular error reported by many Android users. While this issue appeared a long time ago, it may still forward its presence in newer generations of smartphones. The problem itself has been long-time researched to merge while trying to update or factory reset a smartphone. It is therefore accompanied by an uncommon screen displaying a lying-up android with an "exclamation mark" popping out of the belly. Some people give it the name of "Dead Android Screen" as well. The reason why Android runs into that screen remains unclear. It may be a glitch, bug, or else prompted by some applications or other hard-to-define causes. Despite this, there are methods that showed enough capacity in resolving the "No command" error and letting users get back to normal experience. Follow these methods in our instructions below.

DeezNuts Crypter is a type of virus usually categorized as ransomware. It uses the .deeznuts-crypter extension to rename successfully encrypted data. For instance, a file named 1.pdf will change to 1.deeznuts-crypter.pdf becoming no longer accessible. While this is incredibly rare for ransomware attacks, files affected by DeezNuts Crypter can be in fact decrypted for free. Cybercriminals demand literally zero Bitcoin to buy a special decryption key. The key is already publicly known and it is 123. Victims have to simply enter these digits into the pop-up window that opens automatically after users' data ends up encrypted.

Recent forum discussions have shown some users got a ransomware attack on PCs connected to NAS (Network Attached Storage). The virus encrypts NAS-stored data, wraps it in archives, and puts up a password on them. This prevents victims from accessing artificially created archives and viewing what files have been affected by the infection. Unlike many other ransomware infections, 7even Security does not use any extension to modify file appearance. It does though create a text note called Please Read Me !!!.txt containing instructionы on how to return the encrypted data. According to the above-mentioned note, cybercriminals demand 0.04 BTC for file decryption. This amount has to be sent to the attached crypto address. Victims are also guided to notify swindlers about successful payment through their e-mail address (team.seven@zohomail.eu) and include a personal ID. Should victims refuse or ignore to pay the demanded ransom, cybercrooks threaten to sell all important data to interested figures. Because the infection is recent, there is not a lot of information on whether files can be decrypted or not. At the moment, the only best way to recover data completely is via backup copies of files. Otherwise, attempts to decrypt data alone are likely to turn in permanent damage of data and therefore loss.