Description
Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware 1.0.11.26 (March 28, 2016)
Author: Bitdefender
Date: 03/28/2016 09:01 PM
Size: 4.46 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista
Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware prevents your files from being encrypted
by the following ransomware families:
- CTB-Locker
- Locky
- TeslaCrypt
Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware is a combination Crypto-Ransomware Vaccine which allows users to immunize
their computers and block any file encryption attempts from Cryptowall and Cryptolocker also known as
Ransomware. Uses very little memory, about 8 MB. It is updated whenever possible and effective up to and
including the new 4.0 variant from Russia. It might not block all known variants due to the speed that
hackers change their software but it should protect you from most. Myself, and our malware team have
fought with this difficult infection and there is no easy way to remove it.
Bitdefender anti-malware researchers have released a new vaccine tool which can protect against known
and possible future versions of the CTB-Locker, Locky and TeslaCrypt crypto ransomware families by
exploiting flaws in their spreading methods.
“The new tool is an outgrowth of the Cryptowall vaccine program, in a way.” Chief Security Strategist
Catalin Cosoi explained. “We had been looking at ways to prevent this ransomware from encrypting files
even on computers that were not protected by Bitdefender antivirus and we realized we could extend the
idea.”
A study conducted by Bitdefender in November 2015 on 3,009 Internet users from the US, France, Germany,
Denmark, the UK and Romania offers a victim’s perspective on data loss through crypto-ransomware:
50% of users can’t accurately identify ransomware as a type of threat that prevents or limits access to
computer data.
Half of victims are willing to pay up to $500 to recover encrypted data.
Personal documents rank first among user priorities.
UK consumers would pay most to retrieve files
US users are the main target for ransomware.
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