Ransomware... Just in case question
I am always worried about losing my important file / photos to some kind of virus or ransomware.. I am under the impression that even though you keep file / photos in the "Cloud", they will also be im...
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LScamper wrote:
I use TrueImage for an image backup to an external USB hard drive. The drive is only connected when doing the backup. If I have to do a restore I start the computer from the TrueImage restore DVD witch loads TrueImage and reads my backup USB drive. Can ransom ware or any other bad stuff cause problems with this method?
As long as you are not booting the OS from the infected drive, restoring your backup from an image will work fine (IE virus is not active since it depends on specific boot files it infected in order for it to start).
So, booting from a bootable DVD essentially prevents the virus from starting provided you do not open an infected file on the infected drive..
This is another way to run antivirus software also (although once your files are encrypted there is no point in messing with trying to clean up using antivirus).
Once booted to the DVD drive you can blast the virus laden drive by dropping the backup image onto the drive.
