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morgan450

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Posted February 15, 2013 at 9:54PM

help - this ransomware has locked my laptop - i cannot get into safe mode, within minute of startup i get the screen display and am locked out.

solutions seem to be for earlier op systems or on basis i can get to safe mode.

i cant.

any guidance welcome

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morgan450

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Posted February 17, 2013 at 3:42PM

thank you secret squirrel im in and now

even though system restore was corrupted i can now recover

the key was getting in and shift f8 doesnt hack it

the tip of holding shift and clicking power was what i really needed

thanks

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Secret-Squirrel

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Posted February 17, 2013 at 5:05PM

Thanks for the update.

Apologies for not remembering that other Safe Mode tip sooner.

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