{"id":53,"date":"2016-05-05T00:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T05:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.media-moon.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2018-02-08T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:19:12","slug":"cbs-2-chicago-investigators-hackers-using-ransomware-to-hold-computers-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/cbs-2-chicago-investigators-hackers-using-ransomware-to-hold-computers-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS 2 Chicago Investigators: Hackers Using \u2018Ransomware\u2019 To Hold Computers Hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>This is another example of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ransomware\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware<\/a>\u00a0problem. Take a look at:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2016\/05\/03\/2-investigators-hackers-using-ransomware-to-hold-computers-hostage\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2016\/05\/03\/2-investigators-hackers-using-ransomware-to-hold-computers-hostage\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please protect yourself!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Do not open emails from senders you don&#8217;t recognize.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not click on links that look suspicious.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Install anti-ransomware \/ anti-virus \/ anti-malware software (some are free).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What Is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ransomware\" target=\"_blank\">Ransomware<\/a>?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ransomware\" target=\"_blank\">Ransomware<\/a> (a.k.a. rogueware or scareware) restricts access to your computer system and demands that a ransom is paid in order for the restriction to be removed.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Ransomware Comes From<\/h3>\n<div class=\"img-left\">\n<p>Ransomware is created by scammers who are highly knowledgeable in computer programming. It can enter your PC through an email attachment or through your browser if you happen to visit a website that is infected with this type of malware. It can also access your PC via your network.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Recognize Ransomware<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s obvious when your device has been infected with ransomware, since you most likely won&#8217;t be able to access your computer.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Remove Ransomware<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Make use of your antivirus software&#8217;s ransomware removal tool, which should scan for and wipe out any ransomware attempts found on your computer.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Prevent Ransomware<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure all software on your computer is up to date, including your operating system, browser and any toolbar plug-ins you use.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your antivirus software and firewall protection is up to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Protect Yourself Against Ransomware<\/h3>\n<p>There is no better way to recognize, remove and prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ransomware\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware <\/a>than to use an antivirus &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/aff-go\/avast-software\/\" data-eafl-id=\"117\" data-eafl-parsed=\"1\" class=\"eafl-link eafl-link-text eafl-link-cloaked\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">anti-ransomware tool<\/a>, and a suggested anti-virus &amp; anti-ransomware tool is <a href=\"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/aff-go\/avast-software\/\" data-eafl-id=\"117\" data-eafl-parsed=\"1\" class=\"eafl-link eafl-link-text eafl-link-cloaked\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Avast Software<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another example of the ransomware\u00a0problem. Take a look at: http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2016\/05\/03\/2-investigators-hackers-using-ransomware-to-hold-computers-hostage\/ Please protect yourself! Do not open emails from senders you don&#8217;t recognize.\u00a0 Do not click on links that look suspicious. Install anti-ransomware \/ anti-virus \/ anti-malware software (some are free). What Is Ransomware? Ransomware (a.k.a. rogueware or scareware) restricts access to your computer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[63,51,48,64,66,65,46],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyber-security","tag-cyber","tag-cyber-security","tag-cybercriminals","tag-infection","tag-money","tag-news","tag-ransomware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-moon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}