Now, when Drive detects a ransomware attack, it pauses cloud syncing to prevent the attack from spreading and offers an alternative way to download older, unaffected versions of files.
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Google is adding new AI-powered ransomware detection for Google Drive on desktop.
The new protection is trained on millions of real-world ransomware samples and is capable of identifying maliciously modified files in Drive. Once the app detects «unusual activity that suggests a ransomware attack, it automatically pauses syncing of affected files, helping to prevent widespread data corruption across an organization’s Drive», Google says in a blog post.
