Acronis has released a new, free, standalone application named Acronis Ransomware Protection. The new app uses Active Protection technology based on the company's Cloud AI.
This is a very smart marketing initiative for Acronis. Who would not want a free anti-ransomware tool if it's good?
Can be used alongside existing ones copies security and anti-virus products on Windows systems.
Lightweight (20MB) software Acronis Ransomware Protection runs in the background and, according to the development company, monitors your system's real-time processes to automatically detect and stop any ransomware attacks.
When it detects a malicious process, it blocks it and notifies the user with a popup window. The standalone application also facilitates the immediate recovery of infected files.
Acronis says the software uses model-enhanced heuristic behaviors engineeringlearning, which are produced by analyzing hundreds of thousands of malicious and legitimate processes in its infrastructures Acronis Cloud AI.
According to the company, the application is effective against all types of ransomware that are in circulation, including those that are not in circulation (zero-day attacks). This makes Acronis' application much more efficient than others solutions which to detect a malware rely on signatures.
The new application can be backed up to cloud and any user can have 5GB for free at Acronis Cloud.
You can use one simulator ransomware from RanSim to test the software.
Acronis Ransomware Protection is compatible with Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, and 10.
Download it software from here, no registration required.