RansomOff is an entirely free anti-ransomware tool from US security vendor Heilig Defense.
The program markets itself as “the world’s most advanced anti-ransomware solution”. That’s a very big claim, but browse the feature list and RansomOff does seem to deliver more than most of the competition.
For starters, you get a signature-less detection engine which looks for threats by their behaviour, which in theory should block new and undiscovered malware strains.
The program protects local, removable and network drives, and even shields your MBR (master boot record) from attack, an extra you rarely see in free anti-ransomware software.
RansomOff uses multiple techniques to detect threats, including looking for programs adding themselves to your startup lists, changing system files or using process hollowing (replacing the content of a legitimate process with malicious code).
A future commercial version will include enterprise-level device management, with the ability to monitor and control multiple RansomOff agents from a central web console. There’s no information yet regarding when this might be released, or how much it will cost.
Setup
RansomOff doesn’t require any form of registration to download. Installation is mostly straightforward, although it does have one …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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