At Microsoft, we continue to harden Windows 10 against ransomware and other threats. Ransomware continues to evolve and impact many types of devices in different environments.

Just this year, successive ransomware campaigns and no less than two global outbreaks immobilized hospitals, transport systems, and other high-tech facilities. Worse, for critical infrastructure, ransomware infection can halt the delivery of services. This means losing control of your data: documents, precious photos and videos, and other important files.įor enterprises and small businesses, losing access to files can mean disrupted operations. Ransomware twists the power of encryption against you and uses it to take files hostage. Read our latest report: A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017Įncryption should protect your data and files. From June to November 2017, Windows 7 devices were 3.4 times more likely to encounter ransomware compared to Windows 10 devices. The trend towards increasingly sophisticated malware behavior, highlighted by the use of exploits and other attack vectors, makes older platforms so much more susceptible to ransomware attacks. One of its features, Controlled folder access, stops ransomware in its tracks by preventing unauthorized access to your important files. Windows Defender Exploit Guard is a new set of host intrusion prevention capabilities included with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

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