Windows 10 and backups question

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1. Don't be afraid of Cloud backup

It’s very reliable and secure. I worked in IT for 25 years and moved most of our agency’s applications to the cloud by the time I retired. For backup of my personal PC I use Carbonite Cloud backup - very affordable and designed to allow you to easily recover from malware.

If you proceed with an external hard drive, you will need to keep it unattached from you PC if you wish to protect your data from malware since the new viruses are designed to detect and encrypt backup files. This means you would have to manually attach the external drive every time you backup.

Remember, all detectable hard drives can be encrypted during a malware attack.