The pro-active approach would be, actually ditch your current setup every 3 months. Like others have said, you shouldn't be keeping valuables around on your laptop.
Incidentally, this is (or used to be) the trial period for a copy of Windows.
Generally I find the data I care about is k in size, the terabytes I seem to accumulate are mostly garbage.
Given how large the size of drives of today are, and how small the data that means anything to any of us remains, the size of storage space and the almost effortless ability to replicate are the primary indication of ransomwares general irrelevance.
Incidentally, this is (or used to be) the trial period for a copy of Windows.
Generally I find the data I care about is k in size, the terabytes I seem to accumulate are mostly garbage.
Given how large the size of drives of today are, and how small the data that means anything to any of us remains, the size of storage space and the almost effortless ability to replicate are the primary indication of ransomwares general irrelevance.