Acronis True Image 2021 Software Including Backup Solution With Real-Time Antimalware and On-Demand Antivirus

Acronis International GmbH announced True Image 2021.

This release integrates cybersecurity capabilities with the personal backup to create a complete personal cyber protection solution for home users, prosumers, and small businesses.

Incorporating cybersecurity capabilities such as real-time anti-malware protection, on-demand antivirus scans, web filtering, and video-conference protection into True Image ensures users have complete cyber protection. For individuals and small business users, unifying these vital capabilities in one solution makes their protection easier to manage and more affordable, while improving the security of their data and devices.

Delivery of this solution comes as the Covid-19 pandemic exposes gaps in traditional solutions and strategies. Securing home machines has never been more important, yet a recent company’s survey found nearly half (47%) of remote workers never received clear guidance on working from home.

“As more people work or attend classes from home, the FBI documents a 400% increase in cyberattacks because hackers know home systems are not usually as well-defended as an office,” said Serguei ‘SB’ Beloussov, founder and CEO, Acronis. “Backup without cybersecurity is an incomplete option in that situation, as is cybersecurity without backup. Acronis True Image 2021 delivers the easy, efficient, and secure cyber protection needed today.“

By integrating the company’s VB100-certified antimalware technology into its personal backup software, the firm can offer one solution that tackles the complete range of modern data loss threats.

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Standalone backup and cybersecurity are obsolete
With the modern reliance on everyday devices like computers, smartphones, and tablets, the data they contain has an inherent value. Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their attacks to reach that data, which is why security research firms such as AV-Test report more than 350,000 new malware threats every day.

Since backup software and files are often the targets of these new attacks to prevent recovery, backup alone no longer provides suitable protection for users. Similarly, conventional cybersecurity solutions do not provide the data protection and recovery capabilities users need following an attack.

Relying on multiple products that were not designed to work together creates security gaps, is more complex to manage, and is more costly.

As a single, integrated solution, True Image 2021 closes those gaps, making protection and security more effective, easier to manage, and more affordable. Users have authentic, unaltered data that’s free of malware for safe recoveries. They can proactively stop any malware attack and then restore affected files. The single interface reduces the complexity of managing their security and backups.

“With remote learning being the new normal, students and faculty are increasingly looking for cyber protection and backup solutions for their home computers. In doing so, they help protect themselves and others logging onto school networks. Acronis True Image comes highly recommended as it provides the highest level of cyber protection and is also very easy and convenient to use,” said Florian Oelck, director, business development, Kivuto Solutions, Inc.

Integration delivers superior cyber protection
For the last few years, True Image has been a personal backup solution with a built-in anti-ransomware that stops attacks in real-time, while automatically restoring any affected files.

With the launch of True Image 2021, those capabilities are expanded with the addition of the company’s anti-malware technology, which is currently deployed in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud. This next-gen, full-stack antimalware has been shown by independent security labs such as Virus Bulletin and AV-Test to return a 100% detection rate with zero false-positives.

As result, home users gain capabilities with True Image 2021, including:

• Real-time protection, driven by AI-enhanced behavioral heuristics, which stops all malware – including zero-day attacks by never-before-seen threats

• On-demand antivirus scans of the system or quick scans of at-risk files, either of which can be scheduled in advance or run instantly

• Web filtering that automatically blocks Windows users from accessing malicious websites that harbor malware, disinformation, scams, and phishing attacks

• Video-conference protection prevent hackers and malware injection attacks from exploiting popular apps like Zoom, Cisco Webex, and Microsoft Teams

• Detection, with both behavioral analysis and signature-based analysis engines

These anti-malware capabilities are included with Advanced and Premium licenses, and offered as a 3-month trial with Standard and Essential licenses.

True Image 2021 gives individuals and small businesses access to the same protection technologies relied on by global companies and top teams in the professional sports.

“Cyber protection is a top priority for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” explains Bobby Rahal, co-owner, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. “For the past two years, we have relied on Acronis to protect our data and workloads with the latest cyber protection solutions. When our races were on pause, Acronis continued to provide protection for our team working remotely. Now, with Acronis True Image, everyone can safeguard their personal data vs. the worst-case scenario.“

Reliable
The expansion of the built-in anti-malware does not come at the expense of  True Image’s backup capabilities, since risks such as disk failures, accidental deletions, and lost or stolen devices continue.

Release features several enhancements, including:

• Resumable replication of backups. If a disconnection happens while data is being replicated in the cloud, the process resumes from the point of the interruption to avoid duplicating of previously replicated data.

• Quicker backup validation. Users can now choose to validate the latest version for their backup only, which speeds up the standard process for validating the effectiveness of backups.

• VM options. Users now have the ability for .tibx archives to be mounted, moved, renamed, and converted to the .vhd format – enabling them to be run as VMs.

“Acronis True Image provides best in class cyber protection and backup to everyone from home users to small business owners. We are excited for the exceptional integration with OWC technology, its ease of use, and the benefits every OWC customer can appreciate,” said Larry O’Connor, CEO, Other World Computing, Inc.. “It is the only personal backup solution that utilizes AI to stop ransomware and cryptojacking in real-time. Everyone needs this…before they need it.“

4 versions of True Image 2021 are available:

• Standard, Essential, Advanced and Premium. One-computer licenses starting at $59.99 for Standard and $49.99 for Essential.

• Special launch prices for Advanced and Premium licenses (starting at $69.99 and $99.99, respectively) are available until November 2020, at which time the full MSRP will be in effect (starting at $89.99 and $124.99, respectively).

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