{"id":3860,"date":"2017-05-16T07:24:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2017-05-16T07:26:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:26:01","slug":"protecting-against-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2017\/05\/16\/protecting-against-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Against Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wannacry-attacks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wannacry-attacks.png 800w, https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wannacry-attacks-450x208.png 450w, https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wannacry-attacks-768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Map of computers infected by WannaCry ransomware via MalwareTech.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In light of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, NPR provided these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/05\/15\/528451534\/wannacry-ransomware-what-we-know-monday\">6 key steps to protecting your Windows computer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Back up your computer and store the safety version in the cloud or on a drive that is not connected to your computer.<\/li>\n<li>Use robust antivirus software.<\/li>\n<li>Keep all the software on your computer up-to-date. Enable automatic updates.<\/li>\n<li>Never open attachments in emails from someone you don&#8217;t know. And remember that any account can be compromised.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the &#8220;Show file extensions&#8221; option in the Windows settings on your computer. This will make it much easier to spot potentially malicious files. Stay away from file extensions like &#8220;.exe,&#8221; &#8220;.vbs&#8221; and &#8220;.scr.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If you find a problem, disconnect your machine immediately from the Internet or other network connections (such as home Wi-Fi).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Map of computers infected by WannaCry ransomware via MalwareTech.com In light of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, NPR provided these 6 key steps to protecting your Windows computer: Back up your computer and store the safety version in the cloud or on a drive that is not connected to your computer. Use robust antivirus software. Keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2017\/05\/16\/protecting-against-ransomware\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Protecting Against Ransomware&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[141,282,525,283,160],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-technology","tag-internet","tag-malware","tag-ransomware","tag-security","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3864,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions\/3864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}