Unfortunately, for the past week the Atlanta GA has been crippled by Ransomware bouncing around computers within numerous government agencies. We thought this would be another great opportunity to point out how important backups are in situations just like this. The thing that makes Ransomware different than typically virus or adware infections is they corrupt/encrypt […]
It’s time for me to preach about backups again… Again! Please backup your data by any means. Yet another customer has come to me crying after their hard drive crashed. 20 years worth of family pictures are gone. The drive is too far gone, even for a data recovery specialist. This could have easily and […]
This has been a trying time recently for those of us down here in Texas, especially those on Texas’ Eastern coast. Hurricane Harvey wreaked its havoc, pummeling the coast with wind and rain. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to the anyone affected by the storm. Many found themselves without a home and some are […]
I have written several blogs on the importance of backups of your data. I recently completed an audit for systems and servers that we backup. The two major issues I found were first, backups failing due to software problems and second, backups running but not backing up the correct data. Between viruses and hardware failure, […]
We talk quite a bit about backups here at Frankenstein. Without proper backups, when disaster hits your precious data is lost forever. Whether that disaster takes the form of catastrophic hardware failure, natural disaster or a serious infection like ransomware, the only way to safeguard against it is to back-up properly. Not only your files […]
Trojan.Cryptowall is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer. It then asks the user to pay to have the files decrypted. The Trojan is mainly distributed through spam campaigns, compromised websites, malicious ads, or other malware. Several of our big clients have recently been infected with the Cryptowall viruses. This is a […]
Years ago, I lost a computer to an power outage; since then, I have always used a UPS battery backup for all my desktop computers. But then, I realized I spend as much money (OK, way more) on my HD television, Playstation, Xbox, and other electronics. We all spend a ton of money on our […]
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We all wonder how long our computer equipment will last, and the truth is… it’s already starting to fail. All hardware is going to fail at some point in time, whether by factory defects, random failures, or parts wearing out. Sure, I have a laptop that is over 10 years old and is still running, […]
CryptoWall is a file-encrypting ransomware program, released this past April,that targets all versions of Windows including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. This program is very similar to the CryptoDefense ransomware, in that CryptoWall’s decryption service is almost identical to the one for CryptoDefense. When you are first infected with CryptoWall, it […]
