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Date:      Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:19:19 -0500
From:      Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ransomware virus on Linux
Message-ID:  <20151120131919.0e961b5c@europa>
In-Reply-To: <3CCA6E05-4130-40E0-9FF0-F9E8FF825D6D@mac.com>
References:  <20151119064434.GB1925@c720-r276659.oa.oclc.org> <86y4dtiqc3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20151120002132.7a4e3a82@gumby.homeunix.com> <2021B94D-F9CA-4346-BDA5-A3A460C6BA3B@mac.com> <65FDDF03-930D-4D92-A961-7C7C9ECB2579@rpi.edu> <3CCA6E05-4130-40E0-9FF0-F9E8FF825D6D@mac.com>

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:51:48 -0800
Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi, Garance--
> 
> On Nov 20, 2015, at 7:57 AM, Garance A Drosehn <drosih@rpi.edu> wrote:
> >> So, verify that your backups work.
> > 
> > Which really means:  Verify that your *restores* work!  :)
> 
> Indeed: it is not a working backup if you cannot restore the data.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> -Chuck
> 
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Also make sure that your backups are off-line, so they can't be hit by the malware
at the same time. 



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