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by trynton 1914 days ago
Is it possible to disable the built-in encryption in Microsoft Windows?
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chefkoch 1914 days ago
Yes, but why would that help?
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trynton 1914 days ago
@chefkoch: "Yes, but why would that help?"

Most/all of these ransomware attacks use the built-in Windows encryption.

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jasdine817 1914 days ago
No they don't, they usually just use common encryption library and encrypt files directly.
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