Μία πρόσφατη μελέτη της εταιρείας 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, many users they have no idea what it is and what it does.
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 extra 9% that ransomware is about hacking into a 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 a ransomware infection is to disconnect the computer from Internet, move that actually doesn't help at all.
In addition, 15% of Americans and 17% of Canadians believe that turning off the device will solve all their problems. This practice can prove dangerous for some infections, especially if ransomware does encryption files at that particular time, with the result that stopping the encryption process in some cases leads to permanent data damage.
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.
