free anti ransome ware program

There's another one out there that my coworker recommends too.

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edit: note that both the one I posted and the one above are BETA, so...use with caution.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi all,

Here is some free anti ransom ware information and a download to help prevent it.


http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/free-ransomware-protection-utility.htm

This link isn't working, at least not for me.

The one posted by MNgeeks61 is working.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi all,

Here is some free anti ransom ware information and a download to help prevent it.


http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/free-ransomware-protection-utility.htm

Working link:

Clicky

I will qualify my comment by saying I know nothing about the "anti-ransomware" products offered above.

But, I will say that unless you are absolutely sure it is a legitimate product from a trusted source, NEVER click on an unsolicited link offer. The most common form of malicious social engineering exploits is to present a link to something that looks like a "good thing" when it is, in fact, a link to something malicious or may actually provide something harmless, but also installs some hidden malware without your knowledge.

Tal/IL wrote:
I will qualify my comment by saying I know nothing about the "anti-ransomware" products offered above.

But, I will say that unless you are absolutely sure it is a legitimate product from a trusted source, NEVER click on an unsolicited link offer. The most common form of malicious social engineering exploits is to present a link to something that looks like a "good thing" when it is, in fact, a link to something malicious or may actually provide something harmless, but also installs some hidden malware without your knowledge.

Your comment is well taken, but neither link above goes directly to a download, so vetting the file source is easy enough to do before downloading.

BitDefender and Malwarebytes are both major players in the anti-virus/anti-malware field, and I think both have long ago earned the respect and trust of the user community as a whole.

I've fixed the link.

Both links are from well known, reputable companies specializing in anti-malware security software.

One caveat is that these ransomeware developers will likely devise work arounds to circumvent detection. I would not substitute any security software for backups. As this is the only way to reliably counter malware threats.

As a note, a fellow enterprise IT network engineer in my office was telling me that they were informed from weekly Gov security network meetings, that a few members of our enterprise staff had their network share drives encrypted by ransomware. Nothing really surprising as we've seen the Locky ransomeware trojan downloader attached to emails. Though didn't really cause any significant problems, as our network drives are all backed up with access restricted.

Do any of those types of programs actually work