What is ransomware and how can I protect myself?

Ransomware is a very popular type of malicious code now and has a very peculiar operation: hijacks your files and asks for a monetary ransom.

[@justinallen7547]

One of the most concise, yet honest and to the point videos I have seen about ransomware. Suggestions are good, and thank god you mentioned backups. As long as you have that, a good anti-virus, proper knowledge on what a ransomware attack looks like and instant restore software like Shadow Defender or Rollback Rx installed, you will be fine.

[@perfectdelay]

I love your drawings! Good job!

[@nicoladuff5014]

ally be

[@orangecyberdefensegermany]

Bringt das Problem gut auf den Punkt. Aber besonders für Firmen gibts doch bessere Lösungen als terabyteweise Backups wieder einzuspielen. Cylance nimmt den initialen Exploit auseinander und falls was durchkommt: SIEMs können Ransomwareaktivitäten sofort aufspüren. Ist an sich ja nicht schwer zu identifizieren das verhalten.

[@thetroublewithtrebles1362]

Have more than one backup. I lost almost everything on my computer because the external hard drive failed as I was copying files from it to my new computer. I now make three backups, one of which is to an external drive.

[@kirkukserver]

Very Nice .. I wish if Eset Anti Virus have "Ransom File Decryption Prevented"

[@Colin12475]

Shit like this is why I back up important files online and on memory sticks.

[@stewartusher7724]

Nice and simple, gets directly to the point, great video

[@Splixel]

Amazing Video, You should have millions of subscribers

[@carolynmize8496]

thanks for the info

[@avgfree21]

And that Protection software is Trend Micro ;)

[@Mrvickywatson]

kye rosendale my pc is infected by .no_more_ransom how should I decrypt my files any idea ?

[@avgfree21]

VICKY WATSON try the trend micro decryption tool: success.trendmicro.com/solution/1114221

[@purpledreemurr6860]

What about the key some ransomware can be decrypt by a key however most encryption methods can not

[@TheManchineel]

For a moment I thought that my photos of a whole life would have gotten lost :D

[@Canaanite]

if my primary drive is infected, Will my secondary drive get infected if its encrypted with bitlocker?

[@lovetigers606]

So basically my computer is f*cked......

[@hicks221akaAshiiTVsub]

or just safe boot and erase the stuff off your pc

[@lovetigers606]

***** It's okay, my computer is fine now but thanks for the advice anyways ^-^

[@maheshraj3774]

you deserve million subs

[@whatyouneedtoknow]

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[@Mostafakamal-lq2rb]

you deserve 1m views

[@charlesmagtoto7124]

My laptop got infected with the Cerber ransomware last month and I was wondering, if you connect an external hard drive to an infected laptop, will the hard drive get infected as well? And also, if I connect my Android phone to the infected laptop, can the ransomware make its way into my phone?

[@TheManchineel]

Well, Cerber is not for Android, but if it gets mounted as a drive letter on Windows, Cerber might be able to encrypt data on your phone. Cerber does not spread via USB devices, but it tries to encrypt their content.

[@charlesmagtoto7124]

Thanks for the response. I have been incredibly paranoid since losing important data on my phone is the last thing I would want to happen. For now, I am currently using SHAREit to transfer episodes of The Mentalist from my laptop to my phone because it's always better to be safe than sorry. :)

[@TheManchineel]

Y'know, when creating and securing my backups, I always thought: okay, these are fine backups, redundant, updated, universally compatible, but, if there was a virus on my computer that BADLY wanted to erase them, it would do it with no problem at all. But, I did not expect a so evil software to exist. I was on Mac OS X (a horrible operating system, but it was the only way to have a decent command line, like Linux and a discrete program availability, like Windows). My backups were made with copy 'n' paste and I had a Windows virtual machine that got infected with Teslacrypt. The folders with backups were shared with the VM and the virus encr'ed them all. I luckily had a Time Machine backup so I restored the most of the data. Demand was 2BTC (about 1K bucks). Now I have a custom Unix user with permission to open an HDD I keep in my drawer where I manually copy the data. My own user account, with different password, cannot even see the drive, so I'm safe. When I need to back something up, I log into the other account that has no access to Internet and any application except the ones I need to do the copy. I also have 2 Raid 3TB each HDDs for Time Machine, a couple of other partitions (Ubuntu, Windows) where I keep my data too, and backed up on another USB HDD, then I have another HDD hooked up to my Raspberry Pi that is accessible via the local network via FTP and a password, and contains another copy of my files. Oh, and I have my important stuff on my laptop, phone and Playstation 3 too.

[@HellFireGod6]

I have ESET NOD32 Antivirus

[@rayman121985]

Is Ransomeware 100% preventable? Or can even the best networks get it?

[@quakercrackers4262]

Even the best of networks can, just always have a good backup externally, and ransomware wont be a problem.

[@mohamedgamal8704]

Petya is crushing windows and Microsoft

[@chasedacurious]

which is why always have hard drives :D

[@2goXD]

Malwarbytes antiransom-ware beta is out so download it fast ... better safe than sorry

[@bervin3232]

OH MY I HAVE IT

[@plains12]

#protection

[@outdoorsman8998]

This happened to my phone

[@karlmarx3505]

same

[@plizzwub]

Y u r drawing in a board and wasting ink instead you draw in a soft ware for these videos

[@chris88022]

You-you have a girlfriend Me- I used to Have one But She RANSOMWHERE

[@zr_gs2118]

LMFAO

[@dimension1813]

they take ur pr0nz!!!!1111

[@karlmarx3505]

1:10 it happened to my phone

[@karlmarx3505]

1:33 yep it had police thing on it...

[@karlmarx3505]

+Jasper 1:44 Yas my phone efed up

[@bryanchavez02]

I thought you wee in the ocean.

[@karlmarx3505]

Goten no...I'm stuck in earth. ..

[@bryanchavez02]

That's cool.

[@samsumsiindustriis]

eset pff ahaha i can made ransomware wich cant be detected by any anti virus

[@Cynadote]

Good job, Mr. Script Kiddie

[@nam9085]

Really the only the they are gonna take is 38 photos 😂 everything else is easily downloadable like steam and google chrome