Had company anti-virus installed as well as a back up drive.

For some reason my computer last checked into the server for AV updates one month ago.  As I said earlier, my continuous backup I thought was happening wasn't.  Nice concept in theory, but apparently not worth a wooden nickel.

I may have already stated that I did in fact get back a single important file, and I have read that many people have gotten their files back once they paid ransom.

Is it a risk?  Yes.  But it's only money, and I'd gladly lose it for a chance not to recreate weeks of work.

This won't be happening to me again I assure you.  At least not without backups of backups in place.

Regards,

TB