Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware

Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by mayoff on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:55PM (#14547515)

Use a cloud-based backup service like BackBlaze or CrashPlan that saves old versions of your files. Since these backups are not connected like regular read-write hard drives, there should be no way for the ransomware to encrypt or delete the old versions.

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by tomashertus on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:38PM (#14548889)

I really discourage from using CrashPlan. I have had very bad experience with that app. It was constantly crushing and overused HW resources.

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by valuearb on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @01:02AM (#14550750)

I've used it for years with no problems. But I've never had to restore anything yet, knock on wood.

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by lostlogin on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:57AM (#14552710)

Turn off iCloud storage though. Holy crap it messed with my Back Blaze stuff when the documents folder all went to the cloud and got deleted off the local drive. As easy as that sounds to fix, it isn't. What a terrible default option for an OS update.

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by ralfd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:56PM (#14549715)

This is it.

The paranoid list/methods in the sibling comment by Razengan is good, but you cripple and annoy yourself (no admin account etc).

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by y04nn on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:06PM (#14549067)

Hopefully most mac users backup their files with Time Machine, easy to use and that would probably defeat the ransomware.

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Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware by markdown on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:47PM (#14549674)

> probably

Not the best attitude to have when it comes to backups.

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