I have two Windows XP PCs that are on 24x7 and live behind a firewall/router that has NAT. I run Avast Antivirus on both of them. I get a minor infection on each machine about once per year but between Avast and Malwarebytes that is quickly fixed. By far most of the infected items I get are via email. Just need to be careful what I click on. Some of the spoof emails are getting to be pretty good. I also have a Linux Server that runs a few webpages that has port 80 open to the internet. I've never had a problem with that machine for two years now. It replaced a Windows Server box that was plagued by Virus'.
As far as backup goes; Unless your files are in more than one place, you really don't have them secured. Online backup is ok. Google drive is pretty cheap. But unless you have a really big hose to the interne, bandwidth may be a problem (it is for me). Personally I think that plugging in a portable HD periodically and doing a backup and then depositing that hard drive into an offsite location (like a bank vault or different building) is probably your best bet for mass data backup. Don't keep the drive powered up all of the time. What if you have a lightning hit ?? Think worse case; Like fire, flood, theft, tornado, lightning, etc. How would you recover from that?? Data loss has put many companies out of business. I have a friend who has a large sheetmetal shop and he was hit by a ransomware virus. He thought he was screwed. Fortunately he had everything backed up on Google drive and Google drive refused to sync the encrypted files. Dave On 4/5/2016 1:09 PM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 12:09:14 -0400 > [email protected] wrote: > >>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Valerio Bellizzomi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 14:00 -0400, Tom Easterday wrote: >>>> Always good to have a local backup as well, but offsite backup is >>>> essential if you really care about the data. With CrashPlan there is an >>>> option, I believe, where they hold the key as well and can therefore >>>> decrypt data if you happen to lose the key. >>> I am not sure how to take this. It appears to me that if they hold the >>> key, they hold your power, and I am not sure how this is good for your >>> data security allowing them to look at your data. >> Agreed, and that is why I choose to hold the key myself. But, if you are >> willing to trust the company with your key (and hence data) and are afraid >> you will lose your key then that is an option for you. You can think of the >> company hosting your data like a bank. You are willing to give your money >> to a bank. They could choose to steal your money at any moment (and it has >> happened), but that isn’t the normal course of business. > Bank lend your money to other and the part not protected by government is > legally gone then bank get bankrupt. > > For me it would be of greater concern to lose key than for others to get a > copy. Illegal copies may be a concern but legal competition is worse. > > > Nicklas Karlsson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
