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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:41:39 -0800
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ransomware virus on Linux
Message-ID:  <2021B94D-F9CA-4346-BDA5-A3A460C6BA3B@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151120002132.7a4e3a82@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <20151119064434.GB1925@c720-r276659.oa.oclc.org> <86y4dtiqc3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20151120002132.7a4e3a82@gumby.homeunix.com>

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On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:21 PM, RW via freebsd-questions =
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote:
> What worries me is that the next version might target Linux =
workstations
> where there's a lot of very complex software running as the owner of
> the user data.=20

Ransomware which encrypts your stuff isn't a major problem if you have a =
current backup.

So, verify that your backups work.

Regards,
--=20
-Chuck




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