Our Simple Software Restriction Policy utility overcomes that. Even after you've figured out what is a very complex set of controls, you are faced with the issue that you cannot easily turn the policy on or off. One of the reasons for the low uptake has undoubtedly been that the Group Policy Editor controls for Software Policies are neither very convenient nor very easy to use. Thus they are nothing new, although they have been largely overlooked by both IT admins and home users until now. Software Restriction Policies are in fact a part of Group Policy, and have been around since the introduction of Windows XP. Since this defensive mechanism does not rely on identifying a given program as malicious, it is in principle effective against all strains of malware. Thus, programs in 'Program Files' will be given the OK, but programs in 'Downloads' will not. In essence, a Software Policy lays down rules about where on disk programs can be run from. An important component of such a strategy can be the implementation of a Software Restriction Policy. In order to counteract ransomware, we need to look to entirely different security strategies. A key reason for its severity is that its payload is largely unhindered by traditional security measures such as limited user working or signature-based antivirus scanning.
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