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This Free App Can Protect You From Ransomware

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Dissent

Lee Mathews reports:

If you’re properly prepared, however, ransomware can actually be quite easy to deal with. The security professionals at Cybereason think their new, free Windows app can help.

It’s called (logically enough) RansomFree. Cybereason says it protects computers by watching for the behaviors typically exhibited by ransomware. Like other anti-malware tools with behavioral analysis tools, that enables RansomFree to protect against emerging threats — not just older ransomware that’s on its last legs.

Read more on Forbes.


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