https://www.truenas.com/blog/combating-ransomware/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://www.truenas.com/blog/combating-ransomware/#comment-5379 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:42:59 +0000 https://www.ixsystems.com/?p=56757#comment-5379 I am not very knowledgeable about NAS but have several ndas boxes I use to store data as well as a couple of larger disks I use to do backups of my system every once in a while..
I run linux on two machines but win 7 on one of my computers as well. I guess if my system gets a ransom ware attack everything connected will probably get infected as well. Does that include a machine running linux on the same network will also get infected if my win 7 computer does and visa-versa?
I will ask this at my next linux meeting and see what the other guys there say is my best approach. I can actually understand that best way is to use one computer only to go on line and connect the others only via a cable system (no wifi) seperate from the other network or modem used to go on line.
The question is, can the infected computer such as a laptop have the disk removed from it and then have it wiped clean and be used again in the same laptop by using a restore from a pervious backup before the infection? Not sure it the wipe of the disk will remove all the ransom ware from the drive; is it in the boot blocks etc?
It would be nice to see a tutorial on this for rookies like me.

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