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In the current century technology is a boon to the society. But every boon has some obstructions or difficulty. One of the greatest difficulty is the malware. And one of the greatest brain child of malware is the ransomware. For a basic introduction ransomware encrypts the data present in the computer and in exchange they ask for a ransom amount to decrypt the data. The main motive for this to earn money from the user. The money is taken in form if virtual currency like the bitcoin. In the recent time we have seen a biggest ransomware attack that is the WannaCry which was targeting the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was attacked in more than 150 countries. The attacker demanded huge amount from the affected use they demanded money to be pain in form of the cryptocurrency like Bitcoins. After that there many security protocols have been updated. Many security giant have stated many steps. First of all turn off the Server Message block service. Secondly at every interval backup of the data to be taken. Thirdly install all the security windows updates. Last but not the least use a good updated antivirus to protect the system. As the statement "Prevention is better than cure" is the only way to be save from ransomware.

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