A recent study by the company Kaspersky, σε πάνω από 5.000 ανθρώπους στον Καναδά και τις ΗΠΑ, αποκαλύπτει ότι παρόλο που στις μέρες μας τα ransomware είναι τα πιο διαδεδομένα και επικίνδυνα malware, πολλοί χρήστες δεν έχουν ιδέα τι είναι και τι κάνει.
And while computer security officers sweat only thinking that they may be blackmailed, 43% of survey users said they did not know what it was ransomware.
Kaspersky says that respondents were more afraid of other malware categories, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, etc, and that only 16% of about 5.000 users said they were afraid of ransomware.
There was also an additional 9% that ransomware has to do with hacking on some social media account for ransom.
This lack of knowledge about what a ransomware is, explains why a large part of users have never dealt with it theme. A quarter of survey participants said the best method to clean up a ransomware infection is to disconnect the computer from the Internet, which actually doesn't help at all.
In addition, the 15% of Americans and the 17% of Canadians believe that disabling the device will solve their problem. This practice may prove dangerous for certain infections, especially if ransomware files encrypt at that particular moment, resulting in the cessation of the encryption process in some cases leading to permanent damage to the data.
Of course, for some ransomware categories, this technique could save the user's data, but the whole logic looks more like Russian roulette, and it is good you do not.
Also, in a related question from the survey, 53% of users said they were willing to permanently lose their data rather than pay ransom. This result coincides with the findings of a similar study by Bitdefender.
So, it's no wonder that so many people fall victim to ransomware infections. Most people barely know what it is, let alone how to prevent and how to stay away from such dangers.
