Simple question, I hope. I was reading about crypto locker. Scary stuff. Which led me to think, "does norton protect against it"? Is there a web link where I can check to see if the software I have protects me against a given virus. Seems like there must be one, but I could not find. Thanks!
This has already been "Covered" in other Cyrptolocker (Ransomcrypt.F) thread and also at times has scan links.
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JohnOzuk wrote:Simple question, I hope. I was reading about crypto locker. Scary stuff. Which led me to think, "does norton protect against it"? Is there a web link where I can check to see if the software I have protects me against a given virus. Seems like there must be one, but I could not find. Thanks!
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Cryptolocker is scary, I agree, for many home PC users. In my opinion, the best equalizer for home PC users is to have a backup plan in place, daily backups of those "must-have" items, such as data files for e-mail clients, frequently-edited files, spreadsheets, etc.
Every couple of days or so, I also plug in a Flash Drive and copy those same items over to the Flash Drive. This gives me a backup of those must-have's that are protected against any attack since I disconnect the Flash Drive after copying the items, so it's protected on the shelf from any Cryotolocker-type attack that can spread to external drives that are continuously connected to the PC.
In addition to some type of daily backup task, keep a complete spare HDD (or Image) available on the shelf that is disconnected from your PC.
That way, if you get hit with a worse-case scenario, such as a Cryptolocker intrusion that spreads to external HDD's or storage devices, you're still protected and can recover with a complete HDD replacement (or recovering to an Image that's stored externally) and you'll be back up and running your PC fairly fast and without the need to pursue HDD cleanup/recovery tools, online support, etc.
I've recovered a couple of times this way over the past several years where I didn't have time, or didn't want to deal with my original HDD cleanup/recovery.
I pulled the affected HDD, installed the cloned spare HDD, booted up, and ran Norton live updates (along with my MBAM updates), copied those frequently-changed items from my Flash Drive, and I was running the PC as normal within a short time.