{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"4GoodHosting Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog","author_name":"4GHadmin","author_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/author\/4goodhosting\/","title":"Ransom-ware - how to protect yourself (and your computer) - 4GoodHosting Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Rfc0NVPhZK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/ranson-ware-protect-computer\/\">Ransom-ware &#8211; how to protect yourself (and your computer)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/ranson-ware-protect-computer\/embed\/#?secret=Rfc0NVPhZK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ransom-ware &#8211; how to protect yourself (and your computer)&#8221; &#8212; 4GoodHosting Blog\" data-secret=\"Rfc0NVPhZK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"This blog concerns the topic of what is known as \u201cRansomware\u201d. It is becoming a ever more prevalent annoyance that has been circulating around the internet. The devilish hackers behind it are attempting to extort money from common people. Like its name implies, &#8220;Ransom-ware holds your computer hostage, subsequently demanding payment in order for the person to be able to boot or log into their computer again.&#8221;, says Eric Rainbolt, 4GoodHosting\u2019s support manager. It goes onto a victim\u2019s computer through unpatched software vulnerabilities to silently install itself, and sometimes through social engineering tactics too. \u201cCryptolocker\u201d is ransom-ware that can spread quickly through email a affects a person\u2019s file that on drives that are mapped to a hard-drive (of SSD) using the drive letters D: , E, or F:. This can also include USB memory sticks, ext. hard drives, or from a network or cloud folder. Paying the criminals, which we don\u2019t advise, may or may not let you access to your system or your data back, but there have been plenty of cases where the ranson-ware\u2019s decryption key isn\u2019t emailed or when sent doesn\u2019t even work. Tens of thousands of machines have been affected in the past couple of years [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/4goodhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ransomware-600x400.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":400}