tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post4508783849533641979..comments2023-10-17T04:56:38.303-04:00Comments on Cherie Reich - Author: IWSG: Ransonware and Backing Up Your Work / Wattpad Wednesdays: Reborn Chapter Four / Smashwords July SaleCherie Reichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-25617788580853266392014-07-22T22:27:55.855-04:002014-07-22T22:27:55.855-04:00Yikes. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I kn...Yikes. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I know someone who was affected by this and he had to take his laptop to a tech, I believe to restore it to factory settings, but at least he didn't have any important files saved on there. I get a lot of spam about faxes, but never open them. Since you were at work, I can see why you'd open it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-3359702087309499622014-07-14T18:38:22.089-04:002014-07-14T18:38:22.089-04:00I am so sorry! Thanks for sharing this with us bec...I am so sorry! Thanks for sharing this with us because I have not backed up my files lately. After this crazy weather we are having tonight I will have to back up everything. I wish hackers didn't do things like hold our files ransom. <br />:( <br /><br />Good luck rewriting and creating! <br />~Jess DMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-61210907159351241012014-07-10T11:28:35.482-04:002014-07-10T11:28:35.482-04:00That sounds horrible! It's just not fair!
Sorr...That sounds horrible! It's just not fair!<br />Sorry you had to go through all of that, Cherie.<br />Michelle Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750092836481599870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-75465455099374695482014-07-08T06:32:22.497-04:002014-07-08T06:32:22.497-04:00How awful! Sorry to hear this happened. You work s...How awful! Sorry to hear this happened. You work so hard and do so much. This sucks.<br />Cher Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15817089871390887197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-3468051136404992912014-07-07T09:35:25.242-04:002014-07-07T09:35:25.242-04:00That's awful. It's also a timely reminder ...That's awful. It's also a timely reminder that you can never back up your work enough. I'm not religious about most of my stuff, but I save any writing I do on a memory stick on a daily basis. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I go as far as to re-save the previous days work as a new file with days date as the file name. So, if one file gets corrupted, I hopefully can go back to an earlier one. I'm a little paranoid!Ellie Garratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731071128348213067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-48412023789655613122014-07-06T18:53:38.087-04:002014-07-06T18:53:38.087-04:00Awful that happened. Thanks for the reminder.
Ye...Awful that happened. Thanks for the reminder. <br /><br />Yesterday I opened a word doc from email, worked 5 hours on it and saved then closed. Now I cant find it anywhere. 5 hours work down the drain.Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-70324245273107288992014-07-06T18:16:22.204-04:002014-07-06T18:16:22.204-04:00Yikes, Cherie... that is the absolute worse! But ...Yikes, Cherie... that is the absolute worse! But you are taking it very well and I admire this. I, on the other hand, would have been an absolute emotional mess. <br />So many viruses out there on the world wide web nowadays. I always back up my files on a USB because I have heard too many stories like yours. Not too mention, that one episode of Sex and the City when Carrie didn't back up her files and lost most of her writing. I'm constantly reminded that these things can happen at any given moment. <br />Good luck with the rewrites! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498810090279251726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-79522840032786445982014-07-06T09:52:25.167-04:002014-07-06T09:52:25.167-04:00Holy crap, Cherie -- I can't imagine how demor...Holy crap, Cherie -- I can't imagine how demoralizing that must have been. Didn't Hemingway lose an entire suitcase of his work? Which is to say, you're in good company. It really stinks, but I have faith you will overcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-36412525071015318872014-07-05T18:29:28.852-04:002014-07-05T18:29:28.852-04:00 That is so horrible!! I am so sorry that happened... That is so horrible!! I am so sorry that happened to you. Losing even a 100 words is hard. It is just hard to recreate something.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395502314886308773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-29619944597580927362014-07-05T10:16:53.496-04:002014-07-05T10:16:53.496-04:00Oh gosh. That happened to me a few years ago! So s...Oh gosh. That happened to me a few years ago! So sorry. Since then I've started to email myself my work, because you just can't trust technology implicitly. That way I always have a copy in my email inbox.D. U. Okonkwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900694425526387930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-23862828013533194172014-07-04T16:49:39.043-04:002014-07-04T16:49:39.043-04:00Just mentioned this to my other half and he was aw...Just mentioned this to my other half and he was aware of it - I've never heard of it! I do back up regularly though - well since my computer crashed and I thought I had lost everything! Scares like that make you ultra-cautious.<br />Suzanne @ <a href="http://www.suzannes-tribe.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Suzannes-Tribe</a><br />xxSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210964582774377295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-9475723961570381022014-07-04T11:01:01.189-04:002014-07-04T11:01:01.189-04:00That is completely awful. I'm so sorry that ha...That is completely awful. I'm so sorry that happened. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865863123307699691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-521890562645293712014-07-04T09:34:18.500-04:002014-07-04T09:34:18.500-04:00That's horrible. So sorry that had to happen t...That's horrible. So sorry that had to happen to you.<br />Vanessa Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953359344425030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-59424875799755914812014-07-04T07:37:44.369-04:002014-07-04T07:37:44.369-04:00Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!!! That is HORRIBLE! I&#...Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!!! That is HORRIBLE! I've never lost THAT MUCH work! I'm so sorry. The only good thing about this is that usually when you have to write something again, it turns out better than the first time :-) When I worked with Word docs, I used to copy them to Dropbox as well as email them to myself every few days. Now I use Scrivener, and Gmail doesn't seem to like to upload those files (don't know if that's just my computer or a common thing!) so now I just backup to Dropbox. (And Scrivener has an automatic backup thing every time you close the program.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181241692016438730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-77921996504580644932014-07-03T18:05:58.390-04:002014-07-03T18:05:58.390-04:00YIKES! That really sucks. If I were you, I'd b...YIKES! That really sucks. If I were you, I'd be backing everything up daily for a while too. I'd probably be doing it a few times a day just out of paranoia of it happening again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-87959536387331053792014-07-03T13:32:56.548-04:002014-07-03T13:32:56.548-04:00Eek! That is no fun. I just backed up my work to G...Eek! That is no fun. I just backed up my work to Google Drive. <br /><br />I hope you're able to regain those words quickly, and may they be even better than before!<br /><br /><a href="http://lonitownsend.com/" rel="nofollow">Loni</a>Loni Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126958230703180761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-49701940267893988912014-07-03T12:51:54.845-04:002014-07-03T12:51:54.845-04:00Holy F!!!
Yeah, I've been through that a few t...Holy F!!!<br />Yeah, I've been through that a few times and it feels like the floor just fell out from under you. I backup via email and external HD now. Plus when I am creating new content, I also email the daily doc to my kindle. It's a great way to edit as well.Catherine Stinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131569196977321229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-32219787155552495032014-07-03T11:24:24.860-04:002014-07-03T11:24:24.860-04:00My (brand new) computer is wonky, so I save everyt...My (brand new) computer is wonky, so I save everything to a USB drive and back it up. Most everything I do for my freelance clients is emailed as soon as I complete it, so it's out there, but my book manuscripts have to be backed up. My flash drive has (so far) been reliable. I noticed when you upgrade to Office 2013, OneDrive is included so you can save everything to the Cloud for free. Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-71328139692570807492014-07-03T03:33:31.071-04:002014-07-03T03:33:31.071-04:00I'm so sorry this happened to you. People are ...I'm so sorry this happened to you. People are just disgusting sometimes. I'm glad it wasn't anything that you couldn't replace irrevocably and even more relieved that you didn't have to hand over any money to them. Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-19285844166296408952014-07-03T03:17:33.460-04:002014-07-03T03:17:33.460-04:00Wow, I didn't even know something like that co...Wow, I didn't even know something like that could be possible! Ransomware? What the hell is that? I mean, people have no better way to make a living? How much money would you have to pay these losers?<br /><br />I use Dropbox, too, but I always back up my files on my computer's hard drive and a separate portable hard drive at all times. I learned years ago from getting hit with malware to always back everything up in as many places as possible. Now I know even Dropbox isn't completely safe. :(<br /><br />I'm so sorry this happened to you, Cherie.... I'm glad you have a good attitude about the whole thing. If I had lost 20k words, I'd be losing it BIG time. I hope you're rewrite will go well!Cathy Keatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356112948372149785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-35325886437440401122014-07-03T02:05:48.780-04:002014-07-03T02:05:48.780-04:00Oh no, not another virus to look out for. Maybe I ...Oh no, not another virus to look out for. Maybe I should back up my laptop files. Thanks for the reminder.dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-11412420335539163052014-07-03T00:28:35.915-04:002014-07-03T00:28:35.915-04:00That sucks! I use a cheap man's back up - emai...That sucks! I use a cheap man's back up - email. Every week or so, I send an attachment of my entire WIP to my gmail. I also have various versions printed out.kimlajevardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560936098715470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-34953535407001888592014-07-02T22:06:46.308-04:002014-07-02T22:06:46.308-04:00I'm still shocked it happened. I'm backing...I'm still shocked it happened. I'm backing up more now too. I haven't written anything new yet since my last save last week, though. I need my mornings back! =PChristine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-19824402408535614692014-07-02T18:18:09.325-04:002014-07-02T18:18:09.325-04:00So awful...I can't imagine what you went throu...So awful...I can't imagine what you went through those first few minutes. Nas https://www.blogger.com/profile/08341843048288374472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-42375923508558450932014-07-02T17:39:11.539-04:002014-07-02T17:39:11.539-04:00Those are horrible moments, Cherie. Glad you didn&...Those are horrible moments, Cherie. Glad you didn't lose more. I now just back up every night and I subscribe to Carbonite. It saves me many sleepless nights. <br /><br />cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.com