I think that you want to move your back-ups off your network to another storage environment for safety. Once the ransomeware is running on your system the backups are vulnerable as well.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Paul Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 January 2017 at 15:03, > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aah, so because SQL Server (and the like) have a file lock on their > files, > > that's how they're better protected from this kind of ransomware crap? > > This is my experience also. I have seen encrypted DBF files but not SQL > (yet). > Force users to run backups folks! > > Someone on here mentioned they charge users to host backups which is a > great idea. > This is something I really need to implement. > > -- > Paul > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYKdY=u_bedrjvdwkpujjkqp82zgwmh-mrirxxieiqt...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
