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Sunflower21
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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File Recovery 2016 and ealier

Hello. I recently (year 2022) found out that my files in Dropbox was also hit by a ransomware last 2016. Would they still be recovered using the Dropbox Rewind?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    4 years ago
    Sunflower21 wrote:
    I recently (year 2022) found out that my files in Dropbox was also hit by a ransomware last 2016. Would they still be recovered using the Dropbox Rewind?

    No. That's far outside of any recovery period.

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Rich
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4 years ago
Sunflower21 wrote:
I recently (year 2022) found out that my files in Dropbox was also hit by a ransomware last 2016. Would they still be recovered using the Dropbox Rewind?

No. That's far outside of any recovery period.

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Sunflower21
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

SO SAD. 😢 But thanks!

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