![]() I do encourage you to read the article, but the summary of it is “Yes. Even TechRadar’s recent article “Do I really need antivirus for Windows 10?” highlights the need for AV and lists some great recommendations. There have been countless tests of their products and rankings from non-lab environments up to Gartner reports. They have even built out response teams to gather intelligence from client’s networks who have suffered a breach in order to make their products better to aid other customers. They have built networks and distribution systems for virus definition updates. They have been pioneers in the computer security industry. ![]() Bitdefender, Windows Defender, Sophos, McAfee, Symantec, TrendMicro, and Webroot are among the common responses and they all offer ransomware protection. When discussing the initial facts of a ransomware infection and learning about their environment, I usually ask “Do you use AV and what is the name?” All the clients respond with “yes, we use AV” and the software used are across the board. One of the common themes across our client organizations is their reliance on anti-virus (“AV”). Whether they are hacking into an organization and deploying their ransomware or they are responding to emails to negotiate the release of decryption keys, these groups will continue to operate with the main focus of disrupting businesses by encrypting files, stealing data and waiting to receive payment for decryption keys. ![]() Variants like Maze, Sodinokibi, WastedLocker, Ryuk, Conti, Dopplepaymer, Dharma and countless others are extremely active every day of every week. ![]() In fact, 90% of our business is helping organizations big and small, recover from and investigate ransomware attacks. Arete investigates a lot of ransomware attacks. ![]()
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