![]() ![]() It does not spread itself automatically from computer to computer. User education and behavior modification are the most effective ways to combat these new viruses. All college data and work related documents should be stored on network drives so critical work is not lost to these types of viruses. This is not the case for local data on workstations. It is also important to note that ITS maintains an enterprise backup of network drives, which enables restoration of lost or corrupt files and data. Additionally, valuable up-time is lost when workstations must be replaced. Workstations must be cleaned, backups must be verified and restored, and new preventative measures must be developed and implemented. In addition to the loss of data, these viruses incur large labor and time costs. The decryption is not guaranteed and most of the time results in lost money and data. In return for anonymous forms of payment, namely Bitcoin and MoneyPak prepaid credit cards, the program will offer to decrypt the data it has encrypted. ![]() The second objective of the virus is to extort payment from the compromised user, business, or institution. The first being to encrypt your user data (documents, pictures, text files, and so on) and any network storage that you have access to (division shares, department shares, group shares, and personal/home directories). If you don’t have a proven backup and recovery solution that meets the above three criteria please contact Roshtech.The Cryptolocker and Cryptowall viruses goals are to encrypt all files on both the local workstation and any user-accessible network drives. This process is then documented so that it can be easily repeated in the future. Recovery SimulationĬustomers that are on one of Roshtech’s business support arrangements will have the cloud backup recovery process tested every 6 months to prove that their backups can be recovered successfully in an acceptable period of time. You are assured that you can recover your backups stored on Roshtech’s cloud server despite a potential Ransomware systems infection. This is the best way to ensure that you are able to make your business immune to Cryptolocker attacks that target backups on your IT systems. Cryptolocker can’t reach the backups once they are stored offline, even if it spreads throughout your IT systems. Roshtech’s cloud backup offline service will store your backups in the Roshtech private cloud automatically every night. The transmission of the image is encrypted and secure. The backups are stored locally, and then automatically uploaded to Roshtech’s cloud server. Each night the ShadowProtect backup takes a complete image backup of your servers, including operating system, settings and data. ![]() This is the best way to disconnect your backups from your network and virtually eliminate the risk of a cryptolocker virus spreading to your backups. Roshtech provides a cloud backup service for ShadowProtect backups. Make sure you have a proven procedure to recover your backups.
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