ibackup crypto recovery

[pcpete]

Do you guys know how well ibackup handles restoring multiple files of a older version all at once. For example if you got hit with a crypto virus and all of your current versions were encrypted and you need to restore all of your files from several days back?

 

[nlinecomputers]

The term you are looking for is versioning. And yes iBackup handles that. Also, most crypto viruses change the name of the file which makes any backup of that a new file. Both the corrupt and the last backup before the name change would be in the stack.

https://www.ibackup.com/versioning.htm

 

[pcpete]

If I am reading the information correctly, it appears that with each file you want to recover you need to select an older version, then download it individually. If a client has several hundred files the restore would take lots of labor. Is there a way to globally just say I want to use the most current version of each file before the encryption happened? For example, if the computer encryption started on 4-1-16, can you just say I want to recover all of the files before that date in one swoop? I have trouble getting my thoughts clear, does that make sense?

 

[nlinecomputers]

A couple of things. You get what you pay for. If you need that level of control you need a more sophisticated backup.
You also might be able to call tech support explain that the backup was compromised on such and such date and that you need a backup restored from before that date. I wouldn't want to download an entire data stack in any event. I would want a hard drive shipped.

 

[pcpete]

That gives me something to think about. If a client has 1000 pictures, it is more or less useless to have to do each picture individually. I like ibackup, since I can resell it and still make good margins, but if it is worthless for all practical purposes for crypto infections, what is the point of using it.

 

[Markverhyden]

ibackup does not allow specifying a recovery date point?

 

[nlinecomputers]

Not that I can find. One of the reasons I'm shopping around for something else....

 

[pcpete]

I just found this: when I right click on a folder, it allows be to choose how many versions back I want. That to me would imply it may just do it in one swoop of all of the files in the sub folders

 

[pcpete]

I have been testing it on my quickbooks directory. I was been backing up the open quickbooks file. I have not actually verified it is not corrupt. Does this use something like shadow copy to accomplish this?

 

[Markverhyden]

I'd be surprised if it was not corrupted. It takes special software to properly capture a live db and many of those cloud backup apps do not do this. Whether it's QB, Outlook, or some other DB program. Does not matter the OS. I've got a customer with a File Maker Pro Server DB. They have been well trained to close the client connections and I'm using the built in backup app to backup the DB. Then the backups, along with everything else get backed up with Time Machine. For "static" DB's like regular Quicken and QB (not server) or Outlook you want to make sure the apps have been closed to insure DB integrity.

 

[nlinecomputers]

iBackup does use VSS but like Mark said databases are picky.