IF lets say an
Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel i5
running Yosemite has a BootCamp partition running Windows 10, And the Windows 10 partition gets some type of Ransomware, Like Cryptolocker
and was locked down and encrypted would it effect the MacOS partition?
I have been running Windows in a VM but it is too slow so I am thinking about BootCamp.😮
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Windows
No. Unless specific additional software is installed into Windows, the Mac OS X partition will be read-only.
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I have seen two instances of ransomware which carried a read-write HFS+ driver and caused havoc. This specific driver was derived from OpenSource linux variants (Ubuntu, Fedora) and ported to Windows.
There is nothing on the horizon yet, that currently has a CoreStorage OS X driver for Windows.
I suggest either using OS X FileVault2 to encrypt the OS X side, or converting the OS X HFS+ volumes to CS LVG/LVs and avoid future issues.
Good backups for both OSes should be user first line of defense, where you can wipe and/or replace the internal disk/flash and bring sanity to the Mac.
If a mac has bootcamp can ransomwareaffect the OSX partion?
