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title: "Proactively Detect and Prevent Petya Ransomware [Video]"
description: "Petya is a ransomware outbreak that impacted organizations. This video shows how application whitelisting provides proactive protection against Petya."
source: https://www.airlockdigital.com/airlock-blog/proactively-detect-and-prevent-petya-ransomware
---

# Proactively Detect and Prevent Petya Ransomware [Video]

[David Cottingham](https://www.airlockdigital.com/airlock-blog/author/david)

10th 
November 
2023

The Petya [ransomware](https://www.airlockdigital.com/use-cases/prevent-malware-ransomware) outbreak represents an evolution in the sophistication of ransomware. Employing a number of different strategies for distribution and infection, the Petya ransomware has impacted small and large organisations across the globe.

This outbreak is another reminder that signature-based detection is not effective in today's threat landscape.

In this video, you will see the execution of Petya on a victim endpoint and discover how application whitelisting with Airlock Digital provides [zero-day proactive protection](/airlock-blog/preventing-ransomware-and-zero-days-using-an-overlooked-basic-security-control) against Peta and other ransomware variants.

*Remember to click the Full-Screen button on the video to get a better view of the product interface.*

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