Mike Tech Show – Podcast – #525 – 11-20-14
November 22, 2014
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Posted by Mike
Fighting and preventing Cryptowall 2.0 and other ransomeware
(33 minutes)
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Show #525 Notes
Show Links –
- CryptoPrevent
- Turn System Restore on or off
- RKILL
- Combofix
- RougeKiller
- Malwarebytes
- SuperAntiSpyware
- JRT
- AdwCleaner
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- CCLEANER
- WOT – Web Of Trust
- ShadowProtect Desktop
- My Amazon Shortcut – Amazon.MikeNation.Net
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Hi Mike
Great show and timely. I just saw my first Cryptowall and used Carbonite to restore back before the infection. I have been thinking about all the preventative measures you suggest. It is nice to see them all together as a confirmation of what I have been thinking . I am planning on a preventative maintenance service offering with this as a part. Thanks for this and your other shows. I enjoy them and learn from them.
Greg
Mike,
Started listening to your podcasts yesterday. I spotted this one (Cryptowall) and gave it a listen. I realized I had almost exactly the same experience as you, except
1) the one I ran into was “TorLocker”
2) my client had VSS off, no backups.
She lost everything. Did not seem too upset about it, but 100% gone.
I used the same methodology as you did, except I started with MalwareBytes, not realizing it was TorLocker at first. But soon enough I saw the ransom note files.
I thank you for putting this out there, and I will check your suggestions for Shadow Protect and Crypto-Prevent.