Peter Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:17:06 +0100, mechanic
wrote:


And whatever happened to Copernic and other such search engines?

I have Copernic installed because Windows wouldn't index my NAS drive.
I don't know if that is still the case.

Once the NAS volume is Mapped, go back
to the Indexing Options and see if the
drive letter is in there.

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/win...-search-index/

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Note that, for the purposes of Ransomware,
your NAS does not count as a backup. Only
the hard drive you used to back up the NAS,
that is disconnected when Ransomware hits,
is your backup image.

Even when a NAS isn't Mapped, ransomware
can still find it. And the situation I
feared the most, the ransomware that
"sits and waits for a number of days",
has come to pass. Time was, you could
expect a quick attack, as that reduced the
odds of the attack being detected when the
ransomware arrived. (The odds were better
that your backup drive would save you.)

But the people writing that stuff have wised up.
If they can sit on a machine for a while, they
can see credentials and stuff. Even that backup
drive I described, might not be enough. You
might need a traditional "IT rotation pattern"
of backup drives (more than one drive).

I don't think Mapping necessarily makes the
situation that much worse. I just thought
I'd mention the issue. Some people think
their NAS is magic :-)

Paul