

It has offices in California in the USA, in India, and Ukraine, and uses datacentres in the UK, Australia, and South Africa, among other places. SOS's website says that it has "11 datacenters across multiple continents" and uses "military-grade security". The cloud service is provided by a third party, SOS Online Backup, which was founded in 2001. However, Malwarebytes warns that: "If you lose/forget your username/password combination, your data will be unrecoverable - there is no way to de-crypt data without that information." Nor can any government authorities who subpoena data.
#CLOUD MALWAREBYTES SOFTWARE#
The backup software can be set to scan a PC for all the documents, photos, music and videos on a PC and upload them, or files and folders can be selected manually.īoth PC and mobile files can be encrypted using an AES standard system, in which case, the cloud service provider cannot read them. Backups can be made manually or completely automatically, and can keep unlimited versions of files that change. Malwarebytes Secure Backup can be used to back up files either to an external hard drive or by uploading the files to a cloud service. And since online files can be shared by sending someone a link, Kleczynski argues that the scanning process also helps users protect their reputations. Anti-malware software can only get you so far."Īlthough backups can be used to rescue a device that has been compromised by malware, it's a problem if the malware is also in the backup. Marcin Kleczynski.Ĭhief executive Marcin Kleczynski said: "Backup is an important pillar in security.
#CLOUD MALWAREBYTES ANDROID#
Malwarebytes Secure Backup can back up multiple Windows PCs, and Android and Apple iOS devices, with optional encryption.

Malwarebytes, the San Jose-based anti-malware company, has launched a backup service that includes scanning files for malware such as viruses.
