Heimdal blocks the top 4 ransomware infection sources:

• Infected links received in emails;
• High-risk email attachments which connect to malicious servers to install ransomware;
• Infected web pages that deliver encrypting malware;
• Malicious web applications that spread ransomware (which can appear deceivingly legitimate at first.)

Heimdal detects if malware tries to use your browser or apps to connect to malicious web destinations. This connection is invisible, as it happens the background and is used to download malware on your computer. Heimdal blocks this dangerous connection that can compromise your data.

Heimdal blocks exploit kits that use security holes in outdated software to infect your computer with ransomware. These kits connect to the servers controlled by cyber criminals to get their instructions. Heimdal blocks such connections to stop the data transfers and prevent the infections.

In this stage, Heimdal also maintains your software up to date: this blocks 85% of web attacks that target your apps.

Heimdal cuts off the connection to the malicious server when it tries to drop the ransomware encryption key on your computer. At the same time, Heimdal prevents your confidential data from being harvested and leaked to the malicious server.

This entire process happens automatically each time a malware attack happens. All you have to do is install Heimdal and let it do what it knows best.