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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 901222" data-attributes="member: 37647">Macrium Reflect free edition, or any other system imaging program, such as Aomei or others, provides good protection against ransomware attacks, provided you fulfill these two conditions:1 Regular, up-to-date backups2 Backups are offline and disconnected from your computer. If you leave your external hard drive connected by USB or by network, then ransomware will zap your backups, too.About running multiple security programs: the most important thing is to educate yourself in safe user habits. MalwareTips is the best forum in the world for that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Running lots and lots of programs to &quot;protect&quot; us will not protect us against ourselves, unless we learn good user habits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 901222, member: 37647"] Macrium Reflect free edition, or any other system imaging program, such as Aomei or others, provides good protection against ransomware attacks, [B]provided you fulfill these two conditions:[/B] 1 Regular, up-to-date backups 2 Backups are offline and disconnected from your computer. If you leave your external hard drive connected by USB or by network, then ransomware will zap your backups, too. About running multiple security programs: the most important thing is to educate yourself in safe user habits. MalwareTips is the best forum in the world for that. :) Running lots and lots of programs to "protect" us will not protect us against ourselves, unless we learn good user habits. [/QUOTE]

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