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Others, including IObit Malware Fighter 5 Pro and Panda Internet Security, even prevent unauthorized reading of data from protected files. Some products just prevent changes to protected files. If it's just a new document editor, the user can whitelist it with a click if it's ransomware, another click sends it to quarantine. When an unknown app attempts access, the security product warns the user of a possible ransomware attack. Known good programs such as Windows components and Office programs get the green light. One way involves controlling access to protected locations, protected file types, or both. There are a number of different ways security products implement ransomware protection. The standalone ransomware protection product works alongside your existing antivirus, working to catch anything the main antivirus misses. Naturally you get ransomware protection as part of the company's full-scale antivirus replacement, Malwarebytes 3.0 Premium. This satisfies the IT team, who typically prefer slightly older tech to the cutting edge. Later, when any rough spots have been smoothed, the company moves that technology into the commercial Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware for Business. This free product is perpetually in beta test, receiving all the very latest ransomware-fighting technology from Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware Beta aims to save you this pain by catching any ransomware your antivirus misses.ĭon't shy away because of the "beta" in the name. Your files remain encrypted and inaccessible. Sure, the updated antivirus can remove the offending program, but the damage is already done. But if the threat that slipped through was encrypting ransomware, you're in trouble.
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Even then, an antivirus update usually clears up the situation before long. However, nobody's perfect, so every now and then a brand-new virus or Trojan may get past the real-time protection. Your full-featured antivirus utility probably does a very good job of keeping your PC malware-free.
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For those that have to do tech-support for customers, friends and relatives I suggest that you install one of those programs for them as it will save you countless hours of frustration. There are good imaging programs out there that can perform automatic imaging and can boot a computer to the point where you can re-install an image from USB or CD. I am sure many people are blissfully unaware that the free version does diddly squat to protect them against ransomware until it is too late.
Personally I find it morally reprehensible that security companies like Malwarebytes had the opportunity to have helped prevent the spread of this latest ransomware by including real-time scanning in it’s free product and instead found some other way to entice users to pay for the premium version.
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The time spent installing, updating and maintaining these free scanners can be avoided with a simple re-image if any disaster strikes not to mention the annoyance of their incessant pop-ups urging you to upgrade to a paid version. I used to have every bells and whistles malware program going (including Malwarebytes) and was spending too much time fiddling around with them updating and scanning etc etc. The only protection software I use is Norton Security because it catches drive-by exploits in web pages and has saved me many times from reputable sites from going to the trouble of having to restore an image. I have yet to ever be able to get Microsoft’s System Restore working when I tried to use it and don’t even bother with it these days and immediately switch it off on all drives. In addition, if Microsoft stuffs your computer with a dodgy update you won’t be saved by Malwarebytes or any other malware protection if you can’t even boot up your PC. Sorry but the best protection against all malware is to image your computer regularly so that you can always return to a recent safe image. This time, it installed the Free Version. One issue I did have before was that Malwarebytes would automatically install the Premium Trial Version without giving you the option to opt out during the installation. I currently have Version 2.x on my main computer and decided to install Version 3 (current as of this writing – 3.-10103) to see if there were any improvements. Eventually, I realized it was a legitimate program and decided to give it a shot. When I first heard of Malwarebytes, I refused to download it because there was a fake scanner program going around at the same time with a similar name. I stopped using it after that and never went back. I ended up fixing more problems caused by Ad-Aware than by the malware itself.
A complete overhaul of the interface, and the program was never the same again. That is, until they came out with the 2007 version. In the beginning, my first choice for anti-malware was Ad-Aware.