Ransomware: normally I try not to post this kind of superduper ultra-geeky thing in GD but....

[Maeve]

1. Hubby is a computer tech and would agree

Backup important files to a stand-alone device on a regular basis. Altho most of these jerks are targeting businesses, anyone can be hit.

And you don't have to be careless to have it happen (altho carelessness increases the risk(; our server was hit by a hacker's bot. It was set up to send out spam, which our software caught, but before that started, a ransomware bot hit thru the hacker's backdoor. Fortunately, there are no files kept on the server and the rest of our system was protected. Hubby was able to clear it and patch the backdoor, but only because he is a belt-and-suspenders type. He's had to clear computers for several clients, some of whom have lost data to this crap.