MP4 video repair for STOP Djvu encrypted files (freeware)
Media_Repair is a free tool to repair MP4 videos that are encrypted by STOP Djvu ransomware.
Author Archives: Joep
Recover photos from a hard drive
When choosing the best photo recovery software it’s important to consider from what type of drive you need to recover from. To recover photos from a hard drive, in 9 out of 10 cases generic file recovery software will do better, give less fuzz and be quicker than specialized photo recovery software. In advance: SSD… Read More »
Recovering data from an unstable flash drive
Recovering data from an unstable flash drive often proves to be a lot harder than recovering data that was lost due to deletion or accidental formatting. This is due to the fact that data recovery software is written to address issues at the ‘data level’ while often instability issues are at the ‘disk level’. What… Read More »
Why is photo repair more expensive than photo recovery?
In this post I’ll try to explain why photo repair is relatively expensive compared to photo recovery. Why is it many photos can be recovered at a fraction of the cost of repairing just a few images?
STELLAR REPAIR FOR PHOTO – Thumbnail extraction feature
How does the Stellar repair for Photo compare to DiskTuna’s JPEG Repair JPEG extraction feature? Often when a photo is beyond repair, extraction of the embedded JPEG is possible. Bigger is better surely counts in this case.
How can a data recovery lab get the data you can’t?
I am all for DIY (do it yourself). In fact my first website was called ‘DIY Data Recovery’, and the idea was to provide people with information and tools to perform their own data recoveries. I learned a few things from that. Some things are not suited for DIY’ing. And some things that are DIY-able,… Read More »
Create a disk image of a SD Card or small USB flash drive
In this post I’ll explain how you can create a sector-by-sector disk image of a small USB flash drive or memory card using JpegDigger. This type if disk images are also referred to as dd or RAW image files. The disk image is an exact copy of each sector of the drive that was imaged.… Read More »
An alternative for repairing STOP Djvu encrypted photos
jpeg-repair.org is a viable option for those who wish to repair photos encrypted by STOP Djvu ransomware, and value time over money.
Repair MP4, MOV, 3GP, M4V, WAV, MP3 after STOP/DJVU ransomware
As most ransomware STOP/DJVU encrypts files to make them inaccessible. After you pay the ransom (in bitcoins), the attackers send the tools and information needed to decrypt your files and make them accessible again. The encryption is very hard to ‘break’ but ransomware researcher every now and then have success creating decryption software. Some time… Read More »
These 9 Sony memory cards might corrupt your files
Sony has issued a product advisory warning for nine of its SD memory cards, across three different product lines, that might damage your data. The cards, listed below, are at risk of corrupting your files when recording video, according to Sony: SF-M Series SF-M64 SF-M128 SF-M256 (Applicable cards can be identified by the presence of… Read More »