saiguy Posted October 10, 2017 ID:1171456 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I have read that leaving external drives connected to the computer could lead to ransomware infecting files on those drives. All my connected drives are AC powered. If the power to the drives is turned OFF, and therefore can not spin, I assume that condition is safe. Is this assumption true? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff treed Posted October 10, 2017 Staff ID:1171457 Share Posted October 10, 2017 If they are not getting power, then that is correct, they should not be able to be affected by ransomware. Of course, if there are no backup copies of the data on those drives, they could (and eventually will) have a physical failure, resulting in that data being lost. At this time, that's a much bigger risk on a Mac than ransomware. So be sure you have that data thoroughly backed up, preferably with at least one backup saved to storage that is off-site for maximum safety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saiguy Posted October 10, 2017 Author ID:1171470 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks Thomas. Yes I have many off site backups and 2 flavors of clones. Thanks for your quick response. Another ? if I may. I do not have firewall protection other than the built in OS X. Nor do I understand anything about that. I do not have an anti virus program. I have read they slow down Mac performance a lot. Given that I am throughly backed up, do I have need for the above add ons? What do you suggest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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