RansomWare awareness

What is RansomWare?
RansomWare is a malicious code that encrypts all your documents(Excel, Word, PPT, PDF etc.) and pictures(jpg, bmp, pic etc.) etc. and extorts a money from infected users for decryption of them.


What is the impact?
All documents and pictures etc. are forcefully encrypted so is impossible to be opened unless RansomWare decryption software are given after the money payment to a cyber-criminal.

What should you do?
1. Backup
Make sure all your important data is backed up where space is isolated. Network drives and USB external storage can also be forcefully encrypted by RansomWare. The backup space must be isolated.

2. Windows Update
Please make sure your Windows Update setting is active as below.


3. Don’t open Spam email
Please even do not open a suspicious emails. RansomWare installation scripts can be launched.

4. Use Chrome
Low version of Internet Explorer(IE) is vulnerable where lets RansomWare installation launched on internet web pages.

5. Virus check for files

Almost all of you have Anti-Virus program. You can scan RansomWare by using Mouse right click and clicking the scan button.

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