Ransomware Readiness Check – Backup and Recovery Verification

Almost everyone thinks they have backups. Far fewer could actually restore from them.

The Ransomware Readiness Check answers the only question that matters on the worst day: if your files were encrypted tonight, could you get them back? It inspects the recovery capability already present on your machine and the specific configuration weaknesses ransomware crews rely on to get in.

What it checks

• Whether a backup exists at all, when it last ran, and whether it is a copy ransomware could also encrypt
• Volume Shadow Copies and System Restore — the recovery points attackers delete first
• Controlled Folder Access and ransomware protection features already built into Windows
• Remote Desktop exposure, the single most common ransomware entry point for small businesses
• Office macro execution settings
• Whether your recovery copy is offline or offsite, and whether it has ever been tested

What you get

• A written PDF report emailed back to you, typically within one business day.
• A straight answer on recoverability, rated Critical / High / Medium / Low.
• Evidence you can put in front of a cyber-insurance application — most policies now require tested backups before they will pay.
• Step-by-step fix instructions written for a normal computer user, not an engineer.
• A "what was checked" appendix that states the limits of the scan honestly.
• Reporting built to CompTIA Security+ and PenTest+ practice standards.

Who it's for

Small businesses, sole traders and anyone whose livelihood is on one computer. If losing your files would end your week, this is the check to run first.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Run as administrator
• About 5 minutes, plus a few questions about how you back up

What this is not

QuickScan is detection and advisory only. It does not encrypt, delete or move any of your files, never exploits a weakness, and leaves nothing running behind it. It is not a certification, an audit or an attestation. If the scan turns up something serious, the report says so plainly and points you to the hands-on ThreatVector service that deals with it.

One-time purchase. No subscription, no auto-renewal. Your report is prepared with AI-assisted analysis under ThreatVector's security review protocols and checked against our false-positive triage rules before it is sent. Reports are produced by ThreatVector LLC. ThreatVector and its scan library are developed, sold and distributed by ThreatVector LLC.