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Don’t WannaCry? The Single Best Ransomware Prevention: Backup Computer Now

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. -- AOMEI Technology releases special version: AOMEI Backupper Free - Especially For WannaCry Ransomware, which has caused over 200,000 computers across 150 countries infected, and the number is growing. Hackers use a cyber-weapon called EternalBlue, developed by U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), as one method for spreading the ransomware. Once the system is infected, your most commonly used files will be encrypted with the extension .WCRY. What's worse, it can spread to all the computers on the same network.

This ransomware spreads through a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. For now, more than 1.3 million computer systems are still vulnerable to WannaCry Ransomware. To protect against ransomware like WannaCry, you should download and install Microsoft patch MS17-010 immediately. At least two new variations of the WannaCry Ransomware have been detected already.

If unfortunately, your computer is infected, you are facing three options:

* Pay the ransom. Be aware that there is no guarantee that your files will be decrypted after paying $300. We don't suggest you pay the ransom. If you fear your files will be lost after the end of the countdown, you can backup all the encrypted files with Windows backup software.
* Restore from the previous backup to your original computer or another.
* Format your hard drive and reinstall Windows.

Obviously, backing up your data is the best defense against ransomware. If you have no backups, you should create an offline backup including all your files before the WannaCry variations delete the encrypted files.

Looking backward to the recent virus attack events, the new type of computer viruses will become increasingly insidious and threatening. It is never enough to only rely on that Microsoft or security agencies release patches. Although backup is an old routine, it can save you time and money in the event of ransomware or virus infection.

To ensure your backup is effective against ransomware, you should use 3-2-1 backup strategy. It means three copies of your data in two different locations, one of which is offsite. Even if one copy of your backup is encrypted by ransomware, you will still have other copies on external storage that ransomware cannot touch.

The easiest backup service provider - AOMEI Backupper is such a data backup and restore software. It allows you to automatically backup your system, files, disk, or partition to external hard drives, USB flash drives, CDs/DVDs, and NAS devices. In the case of ransomware running during backup process, you can create a bootable media and then boot from it to create offline backup.

About AOMEI Technology:

The Easiest Backup Service Provider - AOMEI Technology provides solutions for home and business users worldwide. We started in 2009 and our mission is your data will never be lost. Information: http://www.aomeitech.com.

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Are You Prepared for the 2017 World Backup Day?

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- This Friday, March 31, 2017 is the yearly World Backup Day. As the easiest backup service provider, AOMEI Technology is very pleased to remind you to backup data in advance in case of any unexpected issues. These days, 5,000 computers get stolen or lost in USA, one out of ten computers infected with virus every month, nearly one-third of data disasters caused by accident, and over ninety percent of computer users have experienced hardware failure. Therefore, anyone and any company should have a backup plan to protect their precious data before it is too late.

"I thought backup was really complicated and tedious. I would never need it," John D. Kelley from New York said. "But then I realized I should have done it on a regular basis when my system crashed and all my important documents lost. The truth is creating backups is easy and I only need to set it up once."

You should never leave your data unprotected. You need backup software to protect your personal and business documents; memorable pictures and photos; audio and video recordings; system and applications. The things that you cannot live without or would take you much time retrieving need to be included in your "backup plan." Imagine if you suddenly lose all of this stuff.

Many devices and services can be used as a backup location. Keeping only one copy of backup may not be enough.

You can keep multiple backups to the following locations:
* Internal storage: HDD, SSD, SSHD.
* External storage: External hard drive, USB flash drive, SD card.
* Network storage: NAS devices, network shared folder.
* Online storage: Cloud drives.

With AOMEI Backupper, you only need to configure a scheduled backup once and it will continually create backups on a specific event or time. In order to save backup disk space and time, you can also choose to create an incremental backup or differential backup along with full backup. A backup without testing is no backup at all. When a backup is complete, you can use Check Image feature to see if the backup is integrated.

On this special day, get started to backup your data with AOMEI Backupper Free Edition. Download this freeware: http://www.backup-utility.com/free-backup-software.html

AOMEI Backupper Paid Editions are on sale. The discount is up to 50-percent OFF. To grab this special offer, please visit: http://www.backup-utility.com/landing/world-backup-day-sales-2017.html.

About AOMEI Backupper:

AOMEI Backupper is a backup software that allows you to backup files, partitions, disks and system easily into an image file. Once data loss or system crash happens, you can restore them back. If your computer hardware fails, you can also restore the system to another computer with dissimilar hardware. Besides backup functions, AOMEI Backupper also provides hard drive clone and file sync feature to help you protect your data.

Learn how AOMEI Backupper works, please visit: http://www.backup-utility.com/features/index.html

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