Reply To: Exiland Backup / Jan 15 2026

Jan 15, 2026 at 8:23 pm #23831550 Quote

Michael (author of Exiland Backup)

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TK,

Encrypting the backups does not stop ransomware from encrypting the backups again locking you out of your own backups. By changing the extension of archives (for example, .zip > .ppp), this can partially protect backups from ransomware viruses.