CryptoLock Virus Found To Be Irreversible Backups Only Hope

Jan. 18, 2014 - PRLog -- Ever since first appearing the CryptoLock Ransomware Virus has had the malware and virus industry in an uproar as the industry professionals teamed up attempting to reverse the devastating damages which encrypted every Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PDF, JPG, Gif, and PNG file not only on the infected computer's hard drive but every drive including network drives it had access to. This included every attached external hard drive, USB drive, and network drive.

Several companies at risk of loosing up to 10's of thousands of dollars in man hours decided to pay the $299 bitcoin ransom. Many were rewarded by gaining access to their files again while many found their attempts useless. The malware and virus industry were issuing warnings about paying the ransom on the grounds that regaining access to the valuable files was not guaranteed plus the payment only supported the actions of those that released the most devastating virus to hit computers in over a decade encouraging future threats.

Defense Against The CryptoLock Ransomware

While there is no way to regain access to the encrypted files there is a defense that will save every infected company and person from losing every file. A well planned and followed backup procedure is currently the only way to avoid losing access to all of the encrypted files. This backup plan is a mixture of ensuring the Shadow Copy services on Server and local machines is active, local backup procedures using external devices that are not accessible by any computer on a network, backup processes to external devices that do not stay attached to any computer, and online backup. Online backup companies are able to roll back the files on an account prior to the encryption attack giving companies and individuals access back to files that are once again useable.

Companies like http://www.techwizardsolutions.com promote the most affordable unlimited online cloud backup packages and have the ability to roll back prior to the attack of a threat like CryptoLocker giving access back at no extra cost. These types of online backup services ensure that ransomware culprits are not rewarded for extorting vulnerable companies and individuals but rather ensure these extortion attempts are useless and help to discourage the work and effort it takes to implement such a destructive and undefensible attack.