Malware
Ransomware
In Turkish: Fidye yazılımı (ransomware)
Malware that locks or encrypts your files and demands payment to give them back.
Ransomware scrambles your photos, documents and sometimes whole drives so they cannot be opened, then shows a message asking for money. It often arrives through an attachment, a cracked program or an unpatched flaw.
Paying does not guarantee you get anything back, and it marks you as someone who pays. The strongest protection is a recent backup kept somewhere the infected device cannot reach, such as an offline drive.
What to do
- Keep a recent backup on a drive or service that is not always connected.
- If hit, disconnect the device from the network and do not pay in a hurry; ask someone you trust or a professional.
- Do not open unexpected attachments or run cracked software.