Ransomware Protection

Ransomware Protection
I go over everything you need to protect yourself from ransomware and also what to do if you need to do if you get infected.

[wumi]

And most important part of ransomware protection: having a brain. Just a little bit of thinking before downloading/launching a file can save your PC from most attacks

[nevoyu]

I'm still of the opinion a good backup policy and practice is the best ransomware insurance.

[kik]

Linux tutorial:

1. Install ZFS
2. sudo zfs snapshot
3. Laugh in the face of any ransomware

[gwgux]

That bit on multiple backup methods is extremely important and one that is next to impossible to get a business to spend money on as many non-tech savvy execs still believe that one backup is enough. Case in point, if you run a popular backup software like Veeam or do backups via scripting, there are malware out there that attack and delete said backups or will seek and encrypt those backed up files so you can't use them. If you have only one backup method, find a way to limit access to the backups so they are not accessible unless a backup/restore is running.

[kachilda]

That's happened to me once. I formatted my computer and reinstalled the OS and now unless I need something that's Windows specific I use MX Linux and backup anything I care about to the cloud.

[bogusrevealer]

The best policy I can suggest is
1. Install windows any version on small drive, preferably SSD - 120 GB ( C drive ) .

2. Keep all the data on ZFS NAS with snapshot enabled for every 5 minutes for whole day, and daily snapshot for 2 months.

3. Make sure that your nas or Linux Box with ZFS has at-least z2 redundancy for potential hdd failures. That's it. You can recover in hardly 5 minutes even after worst virus attack including ransomware.
Use this method, if you want to stick to windows. Else install Linux [ any distribution ] and have fun. No ransomeware on Linux or Mac.

[Cyanwasserstoff]

You do not need a cloud to backup your data. You can use external hard drives instead, that you only connect while your system is offline. These are only used during the backup process and then are plugged off the PC.

[terry.chootiyaa]

*So the NSA is ultimately to blame for all this mess...it figures 😐 😀*

[preston]

Just have to put my "red hat" on and things go pretty smooth

[alibabaei]

1 TBytes of my valuable hard drive full of family pics and lots of my documents, receipts, clients data got encrypted 2 years ago. even today there is no tool to be able to decrypt them 🤕

[jjjacer]

I had someone that had this happen to them, no backups. well i got rid of the ransomeware and backed up the encrypted files incase they every got the decryptor tool released as at the time there was no decryption.

6 months later i saw the ransomeware team released the public key (i think it was teslacrypt), and i still had my customers backup stored on my server incase, checked and was able to recover all his files (around 4000 word documents)

after that we got him on a backup service and had him keep more copies on his flash drives.


Also when i did tech support for some extended care facilities we would see them get ransomeware that encrypted the shared folders on the network almost monthly. and just last year the same company i used to work for had their own servers encrypted after an employee got infected (including AD/Email/Citrix) which knocked out thousands of their customers services. they basically had to restore hundreds of servers from backups

[awaixjvd]

6:21 The Verge and his expressions. LMAO

[Zundfolge]

There is Macintosh ransomware out there . Some would argue that Adobe is already Mac Ransomware :p

[TheCocoaDaddy]

Quick question: isn't taking regular backups more of a recovery mechanism from a ransonware attack instead of a protection mechanism? I mean if you're using backups to restore files that were encrypted, you were already hit by the ransomware and not protected from it.


Thanks for mentioning protected folders. Do you know how Windows is able to prevent malicious programs from changing protected folders vs "any" program? Or does it pretty much block all programs, other than ones "authorized" to modify protected folders, from changing protected folders? Thanks for posting the video!

[martin]

I'm so glad I switched to Linux. Microsoft fired most of their testing team and the results speak for themselves. Early Linux was buggy but that is now largely a thing of the past. Like Joe Collins said, "it's possible that you could get a virus on Linux but it's also possible that you could go outside and get hit in the head by a meteor. Think about it.

[Cesar_EP]

The Macrium Reflect Home program has active protection "Out of the Box" of the Backup files it generates, I recommend it over the other Backup tools

[rpfrhpy]

i have problem with debian after couple days ok work b4 deb i had 1 month installed mint without problems .After restart debian i got black screen with cursor.On same computer had 2 years old windows 7 ?!?! Windows bad linux good?!?!

[kamilerkadoo]

Simple query, what can I install to detect, block and delete Ransomware ?

[waupacachainolakes]

Does windows ransom ware protect - protect sub folders of the selected protected folder. Be advised Realtor here - i got ransomed and the locked files were synced up to one drive and then down to my other synced computer - one drive is not backup protection - had a backup but the key to a backup is having that drive NOT connected when you get hit - a second backup drive that is connected might also get ransomed - if you have a second drive in you computer once you back up it need to be un-mounted the backup drive each time to be safe - i use an external passport drive to back up and then just pull the usb plug out of the computer thanks

[shriram]

Hey, I am Shriram. Once my windows 10 system was compromised to ransomeware, my project works was lost. I am not so tech savvy but, after then I managed to make a Hackintosh in my AMD machine. From then on I store my important data in Mac, and use windows only for gaming. Then I came to know about linux. It was said that linux had more stable release and more secure than Macs. So I tested out Ubuntu. Now after gaining significant knowledge with ubuntu and knowledge about package managers, I would like to change my distro. I need a rolling release and also need a lot mare privacy out of the box, and also a software centre like in ubuntu. Now I really have a hard time in choosing my bistro. I have watched ur linux distro videos. But the more I search the more I get confused. Can u please suggest me one distro? I need something like Qubes os. But unfortunately my amd is not compatible with Qubes os. I have used ubuntu just to store my important data. but now I am like really need to get into the linux next level, but should be user friendly and should use the distro in day to day usage. So I really need some help in choosing my distro.