DocAndersen
I backup my pictures twice locally and twice online. I use Carbonite for one of the online backups, and I use the Amazon Prime (pictures are free) feature for the second online backup. Locally, or in my house I have an online and an offline hard drive. Why have tow? Well the second one has a full copy of the online one, but it is never online. It is the easiest ransomware protection system. Offline computer, offline drive leaves you less vulnerable to a ransomware attack. To be clear, Ransomware is an attack that encrypts your files, but you didn’t encrypt. Someone else encrypts the files on your computer and sends you a note saying if you send me 50 dollars, I will unlock your files.
It is illegal to do that, but as my father used to say I’ll Eagles, only care about getting better. Ransomware continues to grow. The WannaCry malware of last year held hospitals and another emergency/first responders hostage. The data wasn’t available until they paid the Ransom. Ransomeware doesn’t just strike businesses and hospitals. You can suffer a personal attack. So I keep an online copy of my files. If I am attacked, I shut down the computer and do not power on the other drive. I can then wait for the virus scanners to figure out how to remove the Virus. It took the primary virus scanners two full days to be able to catch and remove WannaCry.
The reality of the digital world is that more and more devices are connected. There are people who have the skills and understanding to take your computer off-grid. Off-grid is the fastest way to stay safe. But it is much harder for a computer to stay off-grid. You have to have a system. The simple answer to RansomWare is a disconnected hard drive. A couple of days I talked about home wifi security. I use a product called Fing. Find notifies me when a device joins my network. Sends me an email saying this device just joined your network. Fing, however, is one line of defense at my house. The other line is grabbing the information my wife router knows about every connected device. The last layer is having two hard drives, one that is always offline.
Security has a very simple rule, and you will get hacked someday. Therefore always act as though you are going to be hacked today!
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Question of
Do you check your wifi logs?
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Yes
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No
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Are you running a virus scanner on your pc?
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Yes
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No
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are you running a Malware scanner on your pc?
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Yes
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No
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Have you changed your Virily password?
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Yes
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No
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Be safe ok?
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Yes
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This is good. I am aware on what to do with my files online or off line.
it is very important to be aware.
Q: Do you check your wifi logs?
Yes (2 votes) – 29%
No (5 votes) – 71%
Q: Are you running a virus scanner on your pc?
Yes (6 votes) – 86%
No (1 votes) – 14%
Q: are you running a Malware scanner on your pc?
Yes (4 votes) – 57%
No (3 votes) – 43%
Q: Have you changed your Virily password?
Yes (4 votes) – 57%
No (3 votes) – 43%
Q: Be safe ok?
Yes (7 votes) – 100%
I haven’t changed my password in months, I need to do that , thanks for the reminder. I actually need to do a whole lot of backing up and stuff.
🙂 I i try to change mine 4 times a year. But I realized in reading your message, that I haven’t changed it in 5 months.
I am doing so today!
Great tips here I have a virus scanner and I have a program that requires to scan my PC each week. I love the smiley face that reminds me of this and when it’s frowning I know its time to scan.
that is really important and I am glad you are doing that!
Good tips and a reminder to change the password.
It is a very important security rule! The more you change your password the less likely you are to get hacked. You will someday be hacked but you increase your recovery chances.
This type of posts is definitely very useful.
thanks – i’ve been sharing these (as you know) for a long time
You are my main source of information, since I don’t actively browse for info on these topics (which I should change soon).
yes, you should! You remain my dessert source!
Do you have a separate post about checking your wifi?
yes, one of the last few security posts I did talk about checking your wifi.
https://virily.com/virily_poll/are-you-really-secure/
🙂
I mean how to check the devices connected. I saw you answered vidocka, but I am not sure what to look for.
Well the way I do that is using Fing (internet security device).
But if you connect to the web page of the router (the device from the internet company).
It should have the option to see all connected devices. Count how many devices are connected right now.
Once a day or week, go back to that page on your router and see how many are connected.
Thank you I will take a look! Is it the private ip or the public ip what should be checked?
so first, (and why I didn’t got into details)
I assume the following, your router at home has DHCP. You have more than one device connecting to the internet.
based on that, you only care about the addresses assigned by your router not the broader internet (29 billion devices would take you a while to sort the whole internet) 🙂
I’m really going to have to go deep into my computer and check security. Although my computer was protected by a computer expert, I do not know exactly what the protection covers.
I am sure they did a good job. As long as the applications used to secure the computer were updated you should be ok.
Forgot to change my password, thanks for the reminder!
🙂
Now to figure out a way to get views back up.
Never changed my Virily password but now I will. Thanks
happy to help, I would like to keep as many people safe as possible!
I have a computer protected..I don’t know what kind of security … this is what a computer master did to me … I also changed my password on Virily
that is awesome! I am happy you are making yourself safe!
I hope so, but I don’t have any such information, my friend
I will happily make sure to share more tips and tricks to stay safe.
I have no doubt about that because you are an expert in such matters, my friend
i am more of a computer server expert than a security expert. I just see issues and try to help!