Do the WDC My Cloud Products come with backup to Cloud Storage in addition rto Backup to My Cloud which is accessible from everywhare? And does WDC Provide tools to prevent encryption of attached data from Ransomware Class of Virus?

If you don’t have a backup, and the files are very important, you can try paying up. No guarantees though, they are criminals after all.

Paying up is a bad idea. …for so many reasons. I have recently gone through a threat assessment for my own set up since I have some files I would hate to lose permanently. You’re best bet against ransom-ware and similar attacks is an offline backup. Someone who gains illicit access to your PC ca…

Con_M, I have developed a method that safeguards my data should a ransom virus be launched. First of all, I create a standard back up of the file server to another REMOTE NAS. Then in the REMOTE NAS I create INTERNAL BACKUPS one for each day or sometimes just two days of the week. So let’s say so…

Cloud Storage and Ransom Viruses

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mike27oct April 16, 2016, 6:54am 2

The My Cloud products provide access links to popular cloud service providers, but there is not a WD cloud service.

Funny you should mention ransom ware. Within the past 24 hours this post has created a lot of interest:

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Cloud Storage and Ransom Viruses

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