26/04/2017
Back in the day, Dick Turpin made a pretty penny with a nifty highway robbery racket. The 21st century equivalent is Ransomware which infects your computer via the internet just like a virus which then encrypts all your data, effectively locking you out.. and you guessed it, your data is held to ransom by the perpetrators until you pay up.
If this happens to you, you can always rectify the situation by reverting to factory settings then reinstalling all your data which you've backed up perfectly (of course you have a brilliant backup system in place, haven't you?).
Or you could just prevent it happening in the first place by installing this free anti-ransomware software, as recommended by our IT providers, Octotech.
https://ransomfree.cybereason.com/
Download RansomFree by Cybereason - freeware for detection and blocking of 99% of ransomware types. Protect your data from being held hostage.