{"id":340949,"date":"2017-05-15T20:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?post_type=tc-media-gallery&amp;p=1489952"},"modified":"2017-05-15T20:57:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T12:57:03","slug":"top-six-tips-to-help-avoid-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/top-six-tips-to-help-avoid-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Top six tips to help avoid ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Seriously: back up your\u00a0data<\/h3>\n<div class=\"slide-caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>I know I\u2019m being flip here but almost all ransomware can be avoided with regular backups. I know it\u2019s sometimes more complicated than simply attaching a drive to your computer I\u2019m absolutely certain that you would have 100% fewer ransomware problems if you\u2019re able to restore from backup at the first sign of trouble. Considering hard drives are now wildly inexpensive and the software is quite easy to use I encourage you to give a try.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it! You\u2019ll never have to buy and send bitcoins to a strange person again!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Binary field with Ransomware in the middle of it.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=1360 1360w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/gettyimages-492752984.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;Here are some amazing tips to help you and those you love (and the National Health Service) avoid ransomware. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/gallery\/top-six-tips-to-help-avoid-ransomware\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=x8semrijYPk:9NoRYwelQzY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/x8semrijYPk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-340949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}