pgp sda file - error

Hello Michael

Thank you for your reply
I don't think Norton found a virus in there, if not,
is there something I can try to do to recover of open
them?

thank you

--- Michael Daigle < pgp-basics%40gswot.org">pgp-basicsgswot.org> wrote:

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> In reply to worteljr's message sent 2006-10-26
> 15:38:
&gt;
> > i have a few pgp-flies (sda files) and whenever I
> try to open them I
> > get this message.
> >
> > "pgp error";
> > "this is nit a valid PGP sda file"
> >
> > it started to do that when I tried to open them on
> a friend's laptop
&gt; > with norton virusscanner installed
> >
> > anybody any ideas?
&gt;
> Is there any way for you to find out of Norton
&gt; cleaned a virus from the
> SDA's? The only hit I'm finding on search engines
&gt; refers to Norton
&gt; cleaning the W32.prifi virus from someone's SDA's
>; rendering them
> unusable. Your post has me wondering if the files
>; referred to in the
> search result were really infected, or just
> misidentified by Norton.
&gt;
> Needless to say, if Norton re-wrote the files with
> pieces missing,
> you've lost the data.
>;
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In reply to Maria Johnson's message sent 2006-10-27 16:56:

> Thank you for your reply
>; I don't think Norton found a virus in there, if not,
> is there something I can try to do to recover of open
> them?

I don't know. I assume, then, that you only had one copy of the SDA's
and those were on rewritable media that you brought to the laptop, else
you would just execute your backups on a working machine. If the sole
copy of the SDA's is now corrupt, it's likely you've lost the data
unless there's a recovery tool that can restore them (the SDA's) to
their previous state.

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In reply to Maria Johnson's message sent 2006-10-27 16:56:

> Thank you for your reply
>; I don't think Norton found a virus in there, if not,
> is there something I can try to do to recover of open
> them?

I don't know. I assume, then, that you only had one copy of the SDA's
and those were on rewritable media that you brought to the laptop, else
you would just execute your backups on a working machine. If the sole
copy of the SDA's is now corrupt, it's likely you've lost the data
unless there's a recovery tool that can restore them (the SDA's) to
their previous state.

{Please try to trim your replies to contain only the quoted text that is
relevant to the discussion.}

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I'm home now, but does McAfee e-Business Server have the ability to decrypt an SDA from a command line? I seem to recall that it does... One thing for sure, the mainframe version does have that option, but I think I work for one of the few companies that uses native PGP (okay, it's e-Biz now) on a OS/390.... Anyway, my thoughts are if you know someone that has access to McAfee e-Biz (v8.5 is the latest, last time I checked the site with our grant #)... you might be able to salvage your data. It's a BIG might.... I don't normally create SDA's and am not sure what might have happened to yours... Like Mr. Daigle said, it's all based on assumption.

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In reply to Maria Johnson's message sent 2006-10-27 16:56:

> Thank you for your reply
> I don't think Norton found a virus in there, if not,
> is there something I can try to do to recover of open
> them?

I don't know. I assume, then, that you only had one copy of the SDA's
and those were on rewritable media that you brought to the laptop, else
you would just execute your backups on a working machine. If the sole
copy of the SDA's is now corrupt, it's likely you've lost the data
unless there's a recovery tool that can restore them (the SDA's) to
their previous state.

{Please try to trim your replies to contain only the quoted text that is
relevant to the discussion.}

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