I guess I'm not up to speed these days, having just read a few things about Cryptowall.  I had heard of it, but was recently told that it can infect (encrypt) mapped network drives, even if they are not Windows filesystems.

 

First of all, is this true?  If I have drives on my unraid server mapped to my PC, can Cryptowall encrypt all of the data on my server?

 

What are you guys doing to mitigate the risk (besides the obvious stuff I mean)

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

ETA sorry if this is off topic here, I didn't know where to post it.

Read this for answers to most of your questions:

 

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information

 

Of course, you could simply make a backup of all your data to a share which is not mapped.  (I only map to a share when it is absolutely necessary for that data to be available to a program when it starts up.  In the case where I do that, The only thing stored there is the data for that particular program which requires it.)

Read this for answers to most of your questions:

 

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information

 

Of course, you could simply make a backup of all your data to a share which is not mapped.  (I only map to a share when it is absolutely necessary for that data to be available to a program when it starts up.  In the case where I do that, The only thing stored there is the data for that particular program which requires it.)

I have never needed to map a drive with anything I use. Any application which can browse the network can probably use UNC paths.

Read this for answers to most of your questions:

 

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information

 

Of course, you could simply make a backup of all your data to a share which is not mapped.  (I only map to a share when it is absolutely necessary for that data to be available to a program when it starts up.  In the case where I do that, The only thing stored there is the data for that particular program which requires it.)

I have never needed to map a drive with anything I use. Any application which can browse the network can probably use UNC paths.

 

Unfortunately, I have a old Address Book program that requires a 'local' drive.  I had to put the database on a server so that it can be accessed from more than one computer.  This @#$$ program 'expects' that the database will be there when it starts or it goes completely berserk requiring a half hour of tech support to get back working properly! 

Unfortunately, I have a old Address Book program that requires a 'local' drive.  I had to put the database on a server so that it can be accessed from more than one computer.  This @#$$ program 'expects' that the database will be there when it starts or it goes completely berserk requiring a half hour of tech support to get back working properly!

If it were me, I'd write a simple batch command to check if the database file exists and only start the program if it can be read. Simple one liner would be all that is needed. Might save a bunch of tech support time.

Unfortunately, I have a old Address Book program that requires a 'local' drive.  I had to put the database on a server so that it can be accessed from more than one computer.  This @#$$ program 'expects' that the database will be there when it starts or it goes completely berserk requiring a half hour of tech support to get back working properly!

If it were me, I'd write a simple batch command to check if the database file exists and only start the program if it can be read. Simple one liner would be all that is needed. Might save a bunch of tech support time.

 

Well, it has been a long, long time since I wrote a batch file but I got a simple one that works.  It even displays a message if the mapped drive is not available and the Command Prompt window disappears when the Address Book program closes. 

 

Thanks for suggesting  a simple, but elegant, solution!