- #Does hitmanpro alert use blacklisting or whitelisting manual#
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Right now I have HitmanPro.Alert installed/activated and hope for the best.Īs you know from my other comments, I use a dual 'online-offline' setup to be safe. And, besides, I read elsewhere that the latest crypto-ransom stuff works around these rules, possibly making the tool less useful. So, without knowing much about this tool, I reversed the 'rules' to default. PIF files (yes, I still use some DOS-progs) that I need for access to old databases and related material (going back to 1989-90). I tried the CryptoPrevent tool, but, I ran into some trouble with programs stared via. However, also a bit overwhelming for a layman like myself. I actually read that same Bleepingcomputer write-up and found it informative. However, a locked computer/external drives is more of a pita. Prior to Crypto-Ransom times, I skipped this intermediate step, which is a pita, sort of.
#Does hitmanpro alert use blacklisting or whitelisting Offline#
That's what I'm doing right now, backing up to an online USB drive, which I then take offline before I sync it with the 'Duo' for backup-archiving. like the one offered by HitmanPro.Alert (see my comments to Krusty ). But, right now it's too much/complicated for me as I'm looking for a simple solution. Thanks Scoop, perhaps something to look into. I use a "file copy" script to copy my items over to the backup drives to minimize the time that the drives are connected to the PC.
#Does hitmanpro alert use blacklisting or whitelisting Pc#
These drives are separate from multiple full-HDD backup options and are disconnected from my PC except during the actual file copying process. I have 3 backup copies on a couple of Flash drives and an external USB HDD that contain my most important items on my PC. I am using a continuously-connected USB HDD for my unattended scheduled specific-item backups but that's for recovery scenarios that don't include encryption ransomware incidents. Just my opinion, the best method for protection against malicious occurrences is to have redundant backups on devices that are disconnected from the parent PC except when backup jobs are processing. * Volume 5 F FLASH STICK FAT32 Removable 15 GB HealthyĭiskPart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point.ĭiskPart successfully dismounted and offlined the volume.ĭiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. Volume 5 F FLASH STICK FAT32 Removable 15 GB Healthy Volume 4 H GoFlex 1 NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy Volume 3 E Videos NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 931 GB Healthy Boot Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 197 MB Healthy System Volume # Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
#Does hitmanpro alert use blacklisting or whitelisting manual#
I used manual commands to simulate what can be automated with a batch file, repeating some of the "list" commands to illustrate the "*" mark indicating that Diskpart has selected the correct drive.Ĭopyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation. Volume 5 is a Flash Drive with the letter "f" volume on the drive. Here's an example screencap of what's currently mounted on my PC using Diskpart. Then, create a notepad/txt file on your Desktop with the same name as above (mount_drive.txt) that includes this:Īfter the backup job completes, an "unmount" script can be run similar to the previous script:
#Does hitmanpro alert use blacklisting or whitelisting windows#
One example would be something like this, where you could run the script manually before a backup job begins or run it unattended from Windows Task Scheduler a couple of minutes before a scheduled backup job begins.ĭiskpart /s C:\Users\your_name\Desktop\mount_drive.txt That would allow the backup drive to remain connected (USB, etc) to the parent PC when not in use. I used to run an internal Raid 1 array on my Desktop PC but removed it since it doesn't protect against malicious intrusions (malicious content will be mirrored to the companion drive).įor example, a script using "Diskpart" could be run to mount a backup volume before running the backups and then unmount the volume when the backup job completes. Since you're running a Raid array, I'm not sure how this would work but I think it would work the same way as a single USB backup drive.
I don't know if some ransomware variants will mount volumes that were previously unmounted.
I'm not sure, but I've read elsewhere that ransomware encryption variants won't access unmounted drive volumes. Something that might work is to keep the USB WD Drive volume unmounted until you run the backup job.