With hundred of thousands of ransomware variants emerging every day, it is quite hard for traditional signature-based antivirus tools to give-up the ghost on their signature database up-to-date.
So, if signature-based techniques are non plenty to honor ransomware infection, hence what else tin sack nosotros do?
The solution is RansomFree.
Boston-based cyber safety theater Cybereason has released RansomFree — a real-time ransomware detection too answer software that tin sack location most strains of Ransomware earlier it starts encrypting files too warning the user to stimulate got action.
RansomFree is a costless standalone production too is compatible alongside PCs running Windows 7, 8 too 10, equally good equally Windows Server 2010 R2 too 2008 R2.
Instead of regularly updated malware signatures to cope the bad programs, RansomFree uses "behavioral too proprietary deception" techniques to honor novel ransomware variants inward activity earlier the threat has a adventure to encrypt your data.
"The powerfulness to honor too halt never-before-seen ransomware is i of the features that makes RansomFree hence unique," the company's spokesperson told The Hacker News. "The tool identifies ransomware behaviors including attempts targeting local disks, equally good equally detecting too stopping encryption over shared network drives."If it finds whatever such demeanour on your PC, RansomFree suspends that programme too flags it for your review. It’s hence upwards to you lot to either enable the programme or permit RansomFree to halt it permanently.
By default, the anti-ransomware tool suspends whatever activity it finds suspicious — fifty-fifty if it is a legitimate encryption software that has around demeanour inward mutual alongside ransomware.
With this type of approach, fifty-fifty construct novel ransomware infections volition survive stopped inward their tracks without you lot having to worry nearly updates to the malicious software.
"Pervasive ransomware variants stimulate got outsmarted traditional endpoint defenses, such equally antivirus software, leaving individuals exposed to the existent dangers of cyber crime," said Uri Sternfield, Cybereason Senior Security Researcher.
"What's worse, a major operate of the consumer population threatened yesteryear ransomware attacks stimulate got petty recourse simply to either pay the ransom, or peril losing their stolen content."RansomFree tin sack honor 99 per centum of all ransomware strains too volition also offering you lot protection against futurity ransomware strains, equally the fellowship said RansomFree would survive updated daily inward an elbow grease to remain ahead inward this arms race.
RansomFree is free to download demand from Cybereason's official site.
Earlier this year, nosotros also reported nearly around other behavior-based anti-ransomware tool, dubbed RansomWhere, available for Mac OS X users that tin sack position ransomware-like demeanour yesteryear continually monitoring the file-system for the creation of encrypted files yesteryear suspicious processes.
RansomWhere also industrial plant inward a similar agency similar RansomFree, blocking the suspicious processes too waiting for the user to create upwards one's heed whether to permit or halt the process.
Besides using an anti-ransomware tool, you lot are also recommended to regularly backup your files, give-up the ghost on your OS too software programs up-to-date, disable Java too Flash when possible, practise non download apps from unknown, untrusted websites, too survive extra witting when opening links too downloading attachments inward an email.
