If you use a computer do you do back ups and hoe often - a precautionary tale.

I write, so save all my work on the compute plus on a separate USB stick. If I am interrupted saving my work comes first.
Norton scans regularly.

No internet-connected device is completely immune to cybersecurity threats but Macs are far safer than other systems.

Like Wyllow, I have been using Macs for decades, pay for no additional security and have never had any problems.

Bear in mind that up to 90% of cyber attacks involve some form of direct human element involving data abuse.

You need to be thinking about why you have been subject to this attack now and what might have precipitated it.

Did the people who cleaned up your machine identify exactly what the attack was and how it infiltrated your system?

Wyllow3

Apple Macs cost more but its not just I cloud but also using them since 1989 I have never once had to worry, or pay for virus security.

I could have said that until last Monday, although I do have AVG installed.

As I said, as well,given recent happenings. the cloud could get taken down or hacked.

Apple Macs cost more but its not just I cloud but also using them since 1989 I have never once had to worry, or pay for virus security.

Get an Apple.

My laptop does an automatic back up . As does my phone. They’re both Apple

I use a desktop pc but keep all my files on an external hard drive. Several years ago the hard drive gave up and I hadn't backed up for quite a while. I had to send it to a company who charged nearly £500 to retrieve the data. Expensive lesson!

All my stuff goes to The Cloud.

I have spent years taking things off my computer altogether.
If mine crashes, it wont matter in the slightest.

I think DH backs up his regularly.
But I need to check.

Some of his stuff is paper too.
Neither of us went fully onto computer. Even from the beginning.

Oh, I am aware of the cloud, but these days is that safe?