{"product_id":"malware-viruses-ransomware-course-07","title":"Malware, Viruses \u0026 Ransomware Explained - GhostNet Cyber Fundamentals Course 07","description":"\u003cp\u003eRansomware is the one that ends with a message on your own screen explaining that your photographs, your documents and your records are still there but you can't have them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe government's Cyber Security Breaches Survey found ransomware reported by around 1% of UK businesses last year. That sounds reassuring right up to the point it happens to you. It's the rare-and-catastrophic category rather than the common-and-survivable one, and the entire distance between those two outcomes is a backup you tested before you needed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe vocabulary is scarier than the subject. Malware is just software written to exploit you, and it only ever wants one of three things: your money, your data, or your machine's processing power. Once you know which, the defence stops being mysterious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Malware Field Guide.\u003c\/strong\u003e Six types explained in a breath each. Virus and worm, trojan, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware. Enough to recognise what you're looking at rather than lumping it all under \"a virus\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Decision Matrix.\u003c\/strong\u003e Judge a risky file or action quickly, and the four CORE habits that shut the routes malware actually depends on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeven Clarity Scripts.\u003c\/strong\u003e What to do with an unexpected attachment, a shouting \"your PC is infected\" pop-up, and any app you're about to install. Including the one that matters most: exactly what to do while facing a live ransomware demand, written to be followed when you're not thinking clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix self-tests.\u003c\/strong\u003e Including the one nearly everybody skips, which is pulling a real file back out of your backup to prove the backup works. An untested backup is a hope, not a plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe four routes in\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalware can't appear from nowhere. It arrives by a bad link, an infected attachment, a fake app from outside the official stores, or a piece of old software nobody updated. If you've done Course 03 and Course 06 you're already closing three of those four without having thought about it. This course closes the fourth and adds the backup that makes a slip recoverable rather than final.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThis is for you if\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou couldn't confidently say what separates a virus from a trojan from ransomware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have no automatic backup running, or you have one and have never tested a restore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've seen an \"infected\" pop-up and weren't completely certain it was fake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want to know what you'd actually do if a ransom demand appeared tomorrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'd rather have calm preparation than another instruction to \"install antivirus\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBy the last page\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll name the main malware types on sight, recognise the four routes in, spot the signs of an infection early, and have a working backup you have personally tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCourse details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: downloadable PDF, 13 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime to complete: 45 to 60 minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries: Course 07 of 20, GhostNet Cyber Fundamentals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrack: Track B, Threats and How to Spot Them (Course 2 of 5)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrerequisites: none, works standalone and builds on Courses 03 and 06\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks on: any device, any operating system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevel: complete beginner, no technical background needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBuy with confidence\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it isn't useful, email us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full. You don't need to give a reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere to go next\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCourse 08, Social Engineering, covers the persuasion that delivers most malware in the first place. Course 10, What to Do If You've Been Hacked, is the full recovery playbook this guide keeps pointing at. Or take Threats and How to Spot Them, the five-course bundle covering Courses 06 to 10, for £100 instead of £150.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GhostNet Solutions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54375702397274,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/0445\/9866\/files\/c07-square_1080x1080_a5572a1c-8584-4ed1-aafd-cbb63333b087.png?v=1782838157","url":"https:\/\/ghostnetsolutions.com\/products\/malware-viruses-ransomware-course-07","provider":"GhostNet Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}