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How to Protect your data against Ransomware Malware??

Protect your data against Ransomware Malware..!! 1. Back up your data The  single biggest thing  that will defeat ransomware is  having a regularly updated backup . If you are attacked with ransomware you may lose that document you started earlier this morning, but if you can restore your system to an earlier snapshot or clean up your machine and restore your other lost documents from backup, you can rest easy. Remember that Cryptolocker will also encrypt files on drives that are mapped. This includes any external drives such as a USB thumb drive, as well as any network or cloud file stores that you have assigned a drive letter. So, what you need is a regular backup regimen, to an external drive or backup service, one that is not assigned a drive letter or is disconnected when it is not doing backup. 2. Update your PC Update your PC into latest version. The hackers are pointing Windows XP, Just because Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows XP after Apri...