RansomStopper

Ransomware encrypts data and holds it hostage until you pay its author to unlock your files. It may sound like something that will never happen to you, but recent events proved that everyone can be affected. If you don't want to spend money on an expensive antivirus, with anti-ransomware capabilities, then RansomStopper is the next best thing. This piece of software is dedicated specifically to anti-ransomware protection. With its multi-layer defense system, behavioral analysis and machine learning capabilities, it can prevent ransomware attacks before your data is affected. Just let it run on your computer and you will be able to work without any worries that your data might get encrypted by a malicious piece of software.

The program is free for personal, non-commercial use. Downloading its setup package and installing its components doesn't take more than a minute, but you will have to restart your computer when you complete the operation. RansomStopper works on Windows 7 and all later versions, up to Win 10, including several Server editions.

There is nothing you have to do besides installing the software on your computer. It comes with a clean and simple user interface, but it doesn't have any configuration options. You can look over several lists of allowed, blocked and quarantined processes, view an alerts history and update the software. The software provides you with a good amount of information, including file locations and hashes, so you will know exactly what's been blocked or allowed to run, and you can verify if the items are legitimate or not.

On the surface, RansomStopper doesn't seem to have much to offer, especially if you take its lack of configuration options into account. However, the software comes with the latest detection and prevention mechanisms under its hood. It does all sorts of interesting things in the background, while you focus on work or play a game. For example, the software can create dummy files and smart traps to trick ransomware into revealing itself, so if you have a piece of dormant ransomware on your computer, which you didn't know about, you will be able to get rid of it in no time.

Instead of relying on nothing but a database, which has to be updated almost every day, the software monitors your system constantly and reacts to the tell-tale signs of ransomware. If something attempts to access your files without asking or notifying you, the software will put a stop to it dead in its tracks, before it gets the chance to affect your files. The best part is that this system works even against new, undocumented ransomware, so you don't need to worry if you miss an update.

Due to RansomStopper's smart design, a few seconds is all you have to spend to protect your precious data against even the worse ransomware attacks.