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Is ATI 2020 Emotet-safe?

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I use ATI on my Workstation.

For security reasons, ATI uses (as backup target) a different file share that my "normal" user I work with cannot access.

When we think of malware like emotet, are my credentials that ATI stores in its backup settings safe?

Is the encryption safe so that no malware can decrypt it ?

I don't want malware to find the credentials for my backup share and destroy them.

Best regards

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Oliver, your credentials for your file share are encrypted by ATI and should be safe from being compromised and used for malware attack as far as anyone can tell you with any confidence.

There can be no 100% guarantee offered here because there are too many other factors that can come into play!

If you have a stealth virus / malware present on the computer then that could intercept any entering of credentials or credentials being passed across connections etc.  Malware payloads could be captured within backup images created by any available backup applications if already present and undetected by other security applications present on the PC.

If your backup share is located on a different computer then it could be attacked from that side if malware can access that computer to infect it... etc.

This is why best practice for backup strategy recommends a 3-2-1 approach, i.e. having 3 different backups, stored in at least 2 different locations or media, with 1 being stored offline from any electronic access.

Acronis provide the capability to create and use Rescue Media to boot the system completely outside of any installed OS (Windows, MacOS or Linux etc).  This can be used to create Backup images as well as being required for Recovery in a bare-metal scenario.  Using the rescue media to create a full disk backup image to a standalone backup drive is a good way to ensure that you have a backup to store in a safe offline place.  The backup can be encrypted if needed.