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My wife's Crashed PC - How do I recover encrypted files?

Aubrey Kloppers

I am not a Sophos user and she (my wife) has no IT experience.  All our Marriage certificates, IDs, testaments and proof of residence documents are now encrypted...

 

It seems the encryption was purchased with the PC, now long gone.  ALL the backup files all show a header of:

SafeGuard FileEncryption
Copyright 1998-2013 Sophos Group. All rights reserved. SafeGuard is a registered trademark of Sophos

Is there any way I can recover these documents?

kind regards

aubrey



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    Hi Aubrey,

    it is unlikely that that the encryption came with the PC, as SafeGuard is not a consumer product and needs to be hosted by someone managing the encryption policies, recovery etc.

    As  suspected the Software might have come from a (previous) employer (e.g. an old notebook from work which was taken over).

    The point is, the encrypted file can only be decrypted by someone in possession of the required key. If you can find out who hosted the corresponding SafeGuard backend, they are the only ones who might be able to help and decrypt the files. 

     

    I´m afraid there is no other option, also Sophos cannot decrypt the files for you. The whole point of having files encrypted, is preventing someone without the required key getting access to the content.    


    Cheers

    F.

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    Hi Aubrey,

    it is unlikely that that the encryption came with the PC, as SafeGuard is not a consumer product and needs to be hosted by someone managing the encryption policies, recovery etc.

    As  suspected the Software might have come from a (previous) employer (e.g. an old notebook from work which was taken over).

    The point is, the encrypted file can only be decrypted by someone in possession of the required key. If you can find out who hosted the corresponding SafeGuard backend, they are the only ones who might be able to help and decrypt the files. 

     

    I´m afraid there is no other option, also Sophos cannot decrypt the files for you. The whole point of having files encrypted, is preventing someone without the required key getting access to the content.    


    Cheers

    F.

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