Anti-Ransomware Standalones - Worth It?

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I was reading some articles and reviews about Anti-Ransomware standalones, and discovered that the popular CyberReason Free has been discontinued at the end of 2018, and that Avast and AVG only possess Basic Ransomware protection. One has to pay to upgrade to get the added Ransomware Shield. What a bummer and disappointing, although I am using CF/cs alongside.

That said, are any of you using any Anti-ransomware standalones?

Having said that, I guess the only FREE AV that would have full anti-malware and anti-ransomware protection amongst other features now is probably Kaspersky Free AV.

Thoughts?

 

[kylprq]

cf is enough

 

[shmu26]

Comodo firewall is good protection against ransomware, which anyway is not today's major threat like it used to be.
Most standalones are weaker protection than CFW.

 

[imuade]

I was reading some articles and reviews about Anti-Ransomware standalones, and discovered that the popular CyberReason Free has been discontinued at the end of 2018, and that Avast and AVG only possess Basic Ransomware protection. One has to pay to upgrade to get the added Ransomware Shield. What a bummer and disappointing, although I am using CF/cs alongside.

That said, are any of you using any Anti-ransomware standalones?

Having said that, I guess the only FREE AV that would have full anti-malware and anti-ransomware protection amongst other features now is probably Kaspersky Free AV.

Thoughts?

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[shmu26]

The strongest solution to ransomware is keeping your backups updated and offline.
If you have a recent backup, and it is disconnected from your PC and from the network, you can basically laugh at ransomware.

 

[conceptualclarity]

I'm using CryptoPrevent standalone.

 

[Ink]

The strongest solution to ransomware is keeping your backups updated and offline.
If you have a recent backup, and it is disconnected from your PC and from the network, you can basically laugh at ransomware.

There's always a market for Anti-Ransomware, because there are users who don't know what a backup is, or are too lazy to keep the data safe.

 

[RoboMan]

Some standalone anti-ransomware tools are great!

Nevertheless, you say you have CFW, and if correctly configured (e.g CruelSister's settings) you have a bulletproof anti-ransomware, you don't have to throw anything upon it. It's not even recommended.

 

[LDogg]

For Beginner users, something like Comodo Firewall at CS settings maybe too difficult for them, where as an install & forget Anti-Ransomware "standalone" product such as Checkmal Appcheck Anti-Ransomware would be ideal. For more average to advanced users anything from an AV to Windows Defender/OSArmor would be enough to stop ransomware.

And yes, always make sure to backup important data xD

~LDogg

 

[RoboMan]

For Beginner users, something like Comodo Firewall at CS settings maybe too difficult for them, where as an install & forget Anti-Ransomware "standalone" product such as Checkmal Appcheck Anti-Ransomware would be ideal. For more average to advanced users anything from an AV to Windows Defender/OSArmor would be enough to stop ransomware.

And yes, always make sure to backup important data xD

~LDogg

We tend to say difficult configurations are for advanced users, but let's be honest: default deny solutions, anti-executables, CS CFW, they will all just block everything and won't let people install crap, and that's exactly what they should be blocked to do. If you ask me, I'd prefer my whole life to install and configure CS' CFW on my aunt's PC so all unrecognised files are sandboxed and if necessary blocked, prefer she doesn't install crap rather than having to help her recover encrypted files.

 

[bribon77]

If you have Comodo Firewall with the CS configuration. Forget about Anti-Rasomware, I say this because I have tested with Rasomware and none of them affected me.
But it is always advisable to have backup copies.

 

[harlan4096]

I think has been discussed here already, but that product has not been updated for long and may cause some system issues with new W10 versions...

 

[shmu26]

I think has been discussed here already, but that product has not been updated for long and may cause some system issues with new W10 versions...

+1

 

[DDE_Server]

If you have Comodo Firewall with the CS configuration. Forget about Anti-Rasomware, I say this because I have tested with Rasomware and none of them affected me.
But it is always advisable to have backup copies.

form interest what is your security configuration ??

 

[WinXPert]

I am using CFW (CS settings with slight modification)
OSArmor 1.4.3 (almost all options checked)
Cryptoprevent 7.4.21
plus some homebrew registry blocking hacks

 

[alakazam]

ZoneAlarm's Anti-Ransomware tool is pretty good.