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Tracecea
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Mar 25, 2025

Software to monitor for malcious deleting of files?

I have noticed a lot of my files are missing dispite having RAID 6 and various backups.

I am wondering if there is software that can monitor for deleted files possible by a malcious actor or virus.

Also, there is not a way to make the files not deletable without restricting write access ?

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    Mikaeliop
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    Enable Windows audit policies (gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Security Settings > Advanced Audit Policies > Object Access > Audit File System) to record file deletion events, or use third-party tools for real-time monitoring.

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