ENC file problem- don't know how to open it

kelly mort

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  1. 2016
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  1. Windows
A friend sent me a file to open for him. The file extension has now become like this:

Book1.docx.nakw

From his end, he inserted a flash drive into his system and all his files got the new strange file extensions.

I have come across such situations, mostly when I send an unzipped workbook through WhatsApp.

How I solve that is to send a zipped one to replace the first.

With this new situation, the there is no original file to do that.

No backups too.

I tried to change the extension from the properties menu but that just rendered the file unusable.

Does someone know how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance
 

Excel Facts

Excel Wisdom
Using a mouse in Excel is the work equivalent of wearing a lanyard when you first get to college
It is a ramsomware; google search for "remove NAKW ransomware"

Bye
 
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