If I protect my files with password and use rar or zip files to store these files. Can ransomware encrypt password protected files?
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Will password protected files like zip and rar also get affected by Odin ransomware?
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Think of your zip as a house (with your data inside the house). Your house has a locked door. The ransomware builds a house around your house with its own lock. You cannot get inside your house unless you can get inside the ransomware's house.
answered Oct 5 at 22:40
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Yes. The zip or rar file will be encrypted like all other files so that they are useless for you. The only protection is making backups to another physical storage.
This will help independantly of whether the files are in a password protected rar or zip format.
answered Oct 5 at 12:11
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Will password protected files like zip and rar also get affected by Odin ransomware?
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If I protect my files with password and use rar or zip files to store these files. Can ransomware encrypt password protected files?
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Think of your zip as a house (with your data inside the house). Your house has a locked door. The ransomware builds a house around your house with its own lock. You cannot get inside your house unless you can get inside the ransomware's house.
answered Oct 5 at 22:40
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The only problem with this metaphor is that it's highly impractical to build a house around another house. But still fun to think about haha. - Shelby115 Oct 6 at 3:02
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