To the best of my knowledge, the physical files that make up an MS SQL DB are locked by the database engine. Having said that, if the bad guys decide it's worth the effort they will figure out a way to get to them. Most ransomware that I've had some experience with go for low hanging fruit; all those office docs and jpgs, etc that live out on the network, of which the vast majority will not be locked at any given time. But I also think I've recently read about some new variants that encrypt entire volumes...
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 5:14 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP tables likely victims for ransomware? mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote on 2017-01-09: > http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ransomware-now-billion-dollar-year-crim e-growing-n704646 > > Are VFP files more susceptible than say data in a RDBMS like SQL Server > or MySQL? > Mike, If the RDBMS opens and locks the file for a longer period of time than the VFP tables do, then yes. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/bn4pr10mb0913dc3d63d58fdbcbedae02d2...@bn4pr10mb0913.namprd10.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
