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Top 5 Anti-Ransomware for 2017

Crypto ransomware is undoubtedly the most harmful type of malicious code nowadays. Once a
ransom Trojan has encrypted your files, the recovery is hardly ever possible unless you opt for
the buyout route.

Present day cybercriminals also optimize their sales strategies to get high ROI. After trying bulk
ransomware distribution aimed at individual computer users, mostly home users, crooks
realized that it is more profitable to target businesses.

Marketing, sales, and HR departments risk of falling victims to dangerous ransomware families
like Crypt0L0cker. Sales and marketing activities involve plenty of communication between
vendors, clients, leads, as well as internal communication.

Cybercrooks use this. They employ various social engineering tricks lo lure users click on
malicious links and attachments.

Together with employee training programs and doing regular data backups, businesses should
consider adding specially crafted software applications.

A number of security tools out there can prevent the ubiquitous ransomware plague from
keeping you at bay. Here’s the rating of the top 5 anti-ransomware utilities you can confidently
rely on.

1. HitmanPro.Alert with CryptoGuard

HitmanPro.Alert by Sophos combats file-encrypting ransomware through its unique
CryptoGuard technology. This module is on a constant lookout for characteristics
inherent to ransom Trojans. Rather than focus on static indicators of a ransomware
compromise, the tool is intelligent enough to identify perpetrating code based on a much
wider range of behavioral attributes.

This approach makes HitmanPro.Alert highly efficient at detecting ransomware, including
new samples, and preventing it from encrypting your valuable files. Furthermore, there is
hardly any user involvement in this protection workflow.

2. Bitdefender Internet Security 2017

This suite goes equipped with an advanced ransomware protection feature that
safeguards your important data from unauthorized encryption. The principle is as
follows: the program allows you to create special secure directories for the most
sensitive files.

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