Ransomeware Solution?

[StringfelloH]

Not sure where to post this, so here goes. My laptop was infected with ransomeware back a while ago when I was visiting Las Vegas around July. I used a simple process to remove it as follows : The ransomeware that plagues America can be gotten rid of with malewarebytes. Cycle computer into safe mode and install malewarebytes via usb and run malewarebytes. Otherwise change bios to run os off of a usb with the same os and have malewarebytes installed on a separate usb. Boot to the os usb then run malewarebytes.  This explanation is how I got the ransom ware off my laptop. I can hardly believe y’all haven’t figured this out yet. Feel free to contact me via email or phone(leave a message.) 

 

Does anyone have a system they can try this on?

[wasab]

Or you can simply use Linux instead of windows like me and never have to worry about ransomeware 

[-rascal-]

It depends how aggressive the ransomware is...

One of my co-workers got his workstation infected with a ransomware after visiting an impersonated doctor's website.

It started encrypting files in the background, but he was able to catch onto it.

workstation was quarantined, fearing it could start messing with the files on the network drives.

 

Some of the more aggressive ones blocks you from installing any anti-malware / anti-virus.

Or the first thing they do is disable your desktop, and then start encrypting data/files in the background while you have no control. 

[StringfelloH]

Ok I may have been a bit naive about the solution lol

[bondoao1]

I'm old school and used to have to deal with Windows ME's blue screen of death on a regular basis, so I got into the habit of doing weekly backups onto CDRW's back then, but that evolved to external HDDs. HDD's makes it much faster/easier after the first backup. You just drag and drop and tell it to ignore all files already present and it will only copy new files. I just copy/paste the Program files, program files (x86), and User folder from the C drive to my 1tb external HDD, and I have 1 external HDD per PC (5 pc's in house).
I have had 1 time in the last year where my HDD died on my every day pc. I simply reinstalled Win10 and all drivers, then I just copy/pasted all the folders from the external HDD to the PC.

[demonix00]

The best solution to combat ransomware is to have a solid backup plan and have at least one backup that is only connected to do said backups.

[Flying Sausages]

Disconnect your back up drives once it done backup.

 

Always run a full virus scan before plugging your back up drives.

 

Check your computer for any suspicious activity before plugging your backup drives.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

11 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

Disconnect your back up drives once it done backup.

 

Always run a full virus scan before plugging your back up drives.

 

Check your computer for any suspicious activity before plugging your backup drives.

It is so refeshing to someone who "gets it". I wish I had a dollar for every moron I've tried to explain this to and totally didn not understand it. The worst one are those who can't grasp the difference between just redundancy and a true backup.

[captain_to_fire]

1. Backup always 
2. Be careful with email attachments and links as those can deliver ransomware especially if it’s a potential spear-phishing email. 
3. Use a reliable anti malware solution that can detect and block potential ransomware behavior. Check out reviews from different testing bodies. [1] [2] 
4. Don’t ignore Patch Tuesday. I know Windows Updates can be annoying but they’re necessary. 

[captain_to_fire]

6 hours ago, wasab said:

Or you can simply use Linux instead of windows like me and never have to worry about ransomeware 

Not quite. I don’t really understand why there are people who think that somehow macOS and Linux are the silver bullets against malicious programs.. 

 

https://threatpost.com/linux-ransomware-nas-servers/146441/ 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/b0r0nt0k-ransomware-wants-75-000-ransom-infects-linux-servers/ 

[mr moose]

1 hour ago, captain_to_fire said:

Not quite. I don’t really understand why there are people who think that somehow macOS and Linux are the silver bullets against malicious programs.. 

 

 

 

Because the internet is awash with such tropes and very few actually have enough experience or knowledge to know better.

[wasab]

1 hour ago, captain_to_fire said:

Not quite. I don’t really understand why there are people who think that somehow macOS and Linux are the silver bullets against malicious programs.. 

 

https://threatpost.com/linux-ransomware-nas-servers/146441/ 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/b0r0nt0k-ransomware-wants-75-000-ransom-infects-linux-servers/ 

cuz every linux users i know do not bother installing anti viruses.

macOS get viruses 

[captain_to_fire]

26 minutes ago, wasab said:

cuz every linux users i know do not bother installing anti viruses. 

I'm pretty sure enterprises using Linux in their physical or virtual servers (be it Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, RHEL, etc.) have some sort of an endpoint security solution/s installed. Just like Windows or any other OS, Linux is a potential target.

[wasab]

4 hours ago, captain_to_fire said:

I'm pretty sure enterprises using Linux in their physical or virtual servers (be it Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, RHEL, etc.) have some sort of an endpoint security solution/s installed. Just like Windows or any other OS, Linux is a potential target.

I'm not talking about servers. 

[Euchre]

How about, regardless of platform, you consider how you get ransomware in the first place? Honestly, most malware makers don't have to try that hard, people in general are stupid enough to let their desire for free stuff or porn or silly sentiment get the better of them and do the leg work of getting the malware in. Aside from corrupted advertisements, there's not a particularly massive amount of malware that makes it onto your system without you enabling it through your own actions.

 

Maybe next we'll see all of those 'survey' and 'questionnaire' posts on Facebook being used to take away giants swathes of accounts, leading to things like ID theft and trend manipulation. They're today's version of the old 'forward this warning' chain spam email everyone did in the 90s and early 2ks, which became a boon for anyone wanting to harvest valid emails for spamming, right out of the forwarded headers.

 

Think, don't try to let the software do all the thinking for you.

[-rascal-]

On 8/23/2019 at 6:52 PM, quakeguy said:

Dude collects viruses.

 

There are people who do that.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone in my buddy's work (cyber security government sector) have a few virus' on-hand for testing.

 

There are extremes where REALLY aggressive virus' just lives on its own dedicated laptop/PC, isolated from everything else.

 

Oh yeah, there's this too: 

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/25/18638308/laptop-viruses-malware-auction-persistence-of-chaos-guo-o-dong

https://futurism.com/laptop-infected-6-infamous-viruses