Does news of the CryptoLocker virus have you on edge? What about one of the other 49 million new strains of malware?
Any one of them might have taken down your system. Can your business afford to be down for hours or days at a time—due to a vicious virus or merciless malware?
While the title of this post may seem self evident, a lot of people believe that once they move their data into the cloud, that they no longer have to worry about backups. This unfortunately is not completely accurate.
As you may have discovered from experiencing this yourself or heard all the related news, there is severe malware roaming the internet at the moment which utilizes “Social Engineering Attack” in order to run a malicious code. The aim of this code is to encrypt all of the files and folders
It's a nightmare scenario for any business when a computer virus cripples their system. It's even worse when it happens to a company that has invested in a dedicated antivirus software, especially when the virus got through because someone felt the need to disable it! Because of scenarios like this, you should never disable your antivirus software.