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<blockquote data-quote="FleischmannTV" data-source="post: 239843" data-attributes="member: 23687"><p>Kaspersky 2015 doesn't need any additional software, especially not this CryptoPrevent stuff. It has multiple modules which protect your from crypto ransomware.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><u>Trusted Applications Mode (TAM)</u><br /> = default deny / anti-execution. Crypto ransomware still requires the execution of new processes and/or dlls to encrypt your files. TAM will prevent their launch and hence the encryption.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><u>Automatic Exploit Prevention (AEP)</u><br /> = Unless you download and execute the ransomware intentionally, you'd rather have to be worried about when it comes in form of a drive-by attack; but even that is absolutely rare these days. AEP monitors the behavior of vulnerable applications and detects if they try to download and execute suspicious files. But nowadays you will hardly ever encounter a scenario where AEP will pop up, unless you deliberately keep your system and applications out-of-date.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><u>Application Control (HIPS)</u><br /> You can add folders or file-types as protected resources in Application Control and deny access to them by untrusted applications or all applications except a few white listed for that matter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><u>Firewall</u><br /> Crypto ransomware still needs an active internet connection for its successful operation. You can set up the firewall to deny access or query the user in case a new untrusted application tries to access the internet; by default it will be allowed though, the configuration needs to be changed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">S<u>ystem Watcher</u><br /> now includes rollback for encryption by ransomware, though I wouldn't rely on that one. There could be new ways of encrypting files which are not detected. For example CryptoGuard (HMP.Alert) didn't protect against Critoni. A great example of how specific crypto protection failed against exactly that, whereas all other ancient methods of protection (HIPS, anti-exe, etc) would have stopped it right from the start.</li> </ol><p>Anti-Keylogger, anti-crypto, etc. All snakeoil in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FleischmannTV, post: 239843, member: 23687"] Kaspersky 2015 doesn't need any additional software, especially not this CryptoPrevent stuff. It has multiple modules which protect your from crypto ransomware. [LIST=1] [*][U]Trusted Applications Mode (TAM)[/U] = default deny / anti-execution. Crypto ransomware still requires the execution of new processes and/or dlls to encrypt your files. TAM will prevent their launch and hence the encryption. [*][U]Automatic Exploit Prevention (AEP)[/U] = Unless you download and execute the ransomware intentionally, you'd rather have to be worried about when it comes in form of a drive-by attack; but even that is absolutely rare these days. AEP monitors the behavior of vulnerable applications and detects if they try to download and execute suspicious files. But nowadays you will hardly ever encounter a scenario where AEP will pop up, unless you deliberately keep your system and applications out-of-date. [*][U]Application Control (HIPS)[/U] You can add folders or file-types as protected resources in Application Control and deny access to them by untrusted applications or all applications except a few white listed for that matter. [*][U]Firewall[/U] Crypto ransomware still needs an active internet connection for its successful operation. You can set up the firewall to deny access or query the user in case a new untrusted application tries to access the internet; by default it will be allowed though, the configuration needs to be changed. [*]S[U]ystem Watcher[/U] now includes rollback for encryption by ransomware, though I wouldn't rely on that one. There could be new ways of encrypting files which are not detected. For example CryptoGuard (HMP.Alert) didn't protect against Critoni. A great example of how specific crypto protection failed against exactly that, whereas all other ancient methods of protection (HIPS, anti-exe, etc) would have stopped it right from the start. [/LIST] Anti-Keylogger, anti-crypto, etc. All snakeoil in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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