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PSA: Malware / Ransomware
A lot of targeted malware \ ransomware is going out, particularly via email. The ransomware essentially locks up your computer, encrypts all of your files so you cannot access them, and request 500 to several thousand dollars to restore them. You either Pay or restore from Backup. No way around it.
The email is very normal looking, might be from your boss, or company owner, may be from a local name or even a customer you have worked with before. You open the email and infect your system and usually connected systems.
I have had almost all of my clients targeted with this and fortunately most not successful due to training and filtering but there have been some instances where it has happened.
What can you do? Not run as local administrator on your machine helps, but have good backup, run your system and application updates (JAVA, FireFox, Flash are crucial).
If you are a small biz (5-300employees) in RI, Eastern CT, Norfolk/WCTR county Mass I can put you in touch with my company or deal directly.
For home: BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP. Go get Carbonite or BackBlaze and have your computer files and photos backup up offline. This is the minimum and allows you top at least get some of your files back.
Better: Get an external drive or two, a copy of ShadowProtect and do full system image backups locally AND run offsite to Carbonite/BackBlaze
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