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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. ESET is another consumer antivirus vendor boasting strong enterprise security test scores.

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Does Antivirus Protect Against Ransomware?

Spinone

Installing antivirus software (or AV) is often considered an important ransomware protection measure. It’s better to buy a subscription to antivirus software than to pay, on average, $36,295 to hackers or face significant financial and reputational damages. Antivirus users often experience ransomware attacks.

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Bitdefender released a free decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware

Security Affairs

Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware allowing its victims to restore their data for free. Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware , which can allow victims of the group to restore their data for free. The group typically asked ransoms between $20,000 to $5.8

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NIST’s ransomware guidelines look a lot like cyber resilience

Webroot

Nevertheless, the report took the danger presented by ransomware to both businesses and global security for granted. While natural disasters and unplanned outages were once the focus of these contingency plans, ransomware’s current popularity is another reason to ensure backup and recovery are accounted for.

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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

eSecurity Planet

The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted.

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Why Freelancers Should Prioritise Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

That means that you are basically presenting data on a silver platter for cybercriminals to find and use for malicious purposes. Start by installing antivirus software and use it to scan your system every week for malware and viruses. If you have a backup, you can recover the data without playing into the hacker’s game.

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Example of an Email Ransomware Attack in the Cloud 

Spinone

The same is fair for any type of data in the cloud: documents, calendars, contacts, sites, presentations, etc. Moreover, this type of ransomware is able to infect cloud backup as well. There, it encrypts emails, documents, calendars, and contacts, depending on the type and purpose of the ransomware.