Dear all
I have several offline backup data systems. It would be a disaster, if somehow the offline backup data systems got infected with a time bomb / timed walware – and then the time bomb would execute after several years.
It could be:
Malware that deletes all the data
Malware that overwrites all the data
Malware like ransomware that will encrypt the data
I have effective deterrences, such as don’t visit shady websites, don’t open shady links, updated OS and run scans often.
1.
Has anyone heard about time a bomb / timed walware, that either delete all the data, overwrite all the data or encrypt all the data?
2.
If it happened, what could I do to undo / solve it?
Encryption:
Try to decrypt the data
Delete all data:
?
Overwrite all data:
?
3.
Would a antivirus / anti-malware scanner still detect the threat / danger in the file?
Thank you