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Hi all,<br />
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With all the craziness about ransomware going around, I have a question:<br />
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Many backup programs will enable you to encrypt your own backups with a password. <br />
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If you take this extra step, does it afford you a measure of protection against malicious code that tries to encrypt these backup files?<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance.
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Hi all,

With all the craziness about ransomware going around, I have a question:

Many backup programs will enable you to encrypt your own backups with a password. 

If you take this extra step, does it afford you a measure of protection against malicious code that tries to encrypt these backup files?

Thanks in advance.

Ransomware and encrypted backups

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.