Ransomware vaccine
Posted: 26 Jul 2016, 06:18
Hey friends,
Bitdefender has recently released a vaccine program for certain ransomeware families. the idea is that if a ransomware of these families hit your computer is that the program will emulate a response to the checks as though your computer is already infected so no need to encrypt the files.
https://labs.bitdefender.com/2016/03/co ... -released/
In settings you can set it to minimize to tray so as not to bother you by showing itself.
For now it protects you from the following:
CTB-Locker
Locky
TeslaCrypt
Pretty sure they will expand their anti ransomware tool to include more families of ransomware.
Enjoy!
-- 26 Jul 2016 07:18 --
Regarding the subject of ransomware:
Europol, netherlands police, Kaspersky and Intel have joined together in an effort to try and help people avoid ransomware and in case you get hit by one, maybe have a decryptor on their website.
According to what I understand, they plan on releasing more decryptors as time passes and they are able to reverse engineer the encryptors.
check it out at: https://www.nomoreransom.org/
Bitdefender has recently released a vaccine program for certain ransomeware families. the idea is that if a ransomware of these families hit your computer is that the program will emulate a response to the checks as though your computer is already infected so no need to encrypt the files.
https://labs.bitdefender.com/2016/03/co ... -released/
In settings you can set it to minimize to tray so as not to bother you by showing itself.
For now it protects you from the following:
CTB-Locker
Locky
TeslaCrypt
Pretty sure they will expand their anti ransomware tool to include more families of ransomware.
Enjoy!
-- 26 Jul 2016 07:18 --
Regarding the subject of ransomware:
Europol, netherlands police, Kaspersky and Intel have joined together in an effort to try and help people avoid ransomware and in case you get hit by one, maybe have a decryptor on their website.
According to what I understand, they plan on releasing more decryptors as time passes and they are able to reverse engineer the encryptors.
check it out at: https://www.nomoreransom.org/