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Thank goodness for these forums. I had somehow turned on EFS on one folder somewhere on my disc. I found the answer here as to how to discover it and therefore turn it off.

To the best of my knowledge I did not turn on this encryption myself. The folder that had it encrypted was from within a downloaded zip file. Is it possible to download a file that has EFS enabled and for it to then enable EFS on the system where the file is stored?

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"Is it possible to download a file that has EFS enabled and for it to then enable EFS on the system where the file is stored?"

That sounds similar to the description of how the CryptoLocker virus/trojan works, but I think it uses it's own encryption scheme.

I'd have to say, yes, it is possible, especially when downloading unknown/questionable files to windows just about anything is possible...

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