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No. &nbsp;If the documents are stored in a shared folder, then the ransomware has access to that folder exactly the same as any software does. &nbsp;And it'll encrypt those folders too. &nbsp;It does not matter where the folder is located.<br />
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The only defense against ransomware is airgapped daily full backups -- &quot;airgapped&quot; being media that is connected to the computer only when a backup is being done and then immediately disconnected.
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No.  If the documents are stored in a shared folder, then the ransomware has access to that folder exactly the same as any software does.  And it'll encrypt those folders too.  It does not matter where the folder is located.

The only defense against ransomware is airgapped daily full backups -- "airgapped" being media that is connected to the computer only when a backup is being done and then immediately disconnected.

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Thank you guys. this explains a lot. I was just wondering if it was at all possible
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Thank you guys. this explains a lot. I was just wondering if it was at all possible

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I just got the idea to prevent ramsomware to create a Ubuntu server create shared folders and have the office computers mapped to it, they office consists in 4 people running windows 7, the idea is to have them use that as their shared folders and for backups, would this help with ransomware if the documents are stored in a linux machine and not windows.
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I just got the idea to prevent ramsomware to create a Ubuntu server create shared folders and have the office computers mapped to it, they office consists in 4 people running windows 7, the idea is to have them use that as their shared folders and for backups, would this help with ransomware if the documents are stored in a linux machine and not windows.

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