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How is backup software beneficial to computer security and not detrimental?
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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 746599" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p>Backup software is not a security software. It can't protect you proactively. It's a recovery software.</p><p></p><p>It has its own caveats</p><p></p><p>1) The backup can be corrupted. You won't know until you do a restore.</p><p>2) You can't tell if your backup is infected not just from malware but from info stealers as well</p><p>3) You won't know at what point in time the infection occurs and thus can restore an infected image</p><p>4) Updating to a new version of the software can sometimes prevent the earlier image from being restored</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 746599, member: 55987"] Backup software is not a security software. It can't protect you proactively. It's a recovery software. It has its own caveats 1) The backup can be corrupted. You won't know until you do a restore. 2) You can't tell if your backup is infected not just from malware but from info stealers as well 3) You won't know at what point in time the infection occurs and thus can restore an infected image 4) Updating to a new version of the software can sometimes prevent the earlier image from being restored [/QUOTE]
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