Which of the following is the best countermeasure to encrypting ransomwares?
A. Use
multiple antivirus softwares
B. Keep some generation of off-line backup
C. Analyze the ransomware to get decryption key of encrypted data
D. Pay a ransom
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b
Keeping a backup is the best option here. Most antivirus contains some of the same signatures and may not catch the malware. Analyzing the ransom may become time consuming and there is no surefire way to get the key from it. And paying the ransom is never a good option, you never know if you will actually get your key. Keeping a backup will allow you to restore to most if not all of the data you had. So the answer is B.