{"id":1608,"date":"2017-05-16T16:47:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T04:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2017-05-16T16:47:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T04:47:54","slug":"device-security-from-ransomware-and-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/2017\/05\/16\/device-security-from-ransomware-and-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Device Security from Ransomware and Viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Mission Heights Junior College would like\u00a0to raise awareness to students and parents regarding the ransomware (virus) called &#8220;Wanna Cry&#8221; or &#8220;Wanna Crypt&#8221;. You would have seen it on the news lately since last Friday. There are some simple steps you can take to keep your device safe on the internet;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t open suspicious files that are emailed to you, even if you know the sender.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t download files from places such as Pirate Bay, Putlocker, Mega, Mediafire or any other file sharing websites.<\/li>\n<li>Always keep your machines (Windows or Mac) constantly up to date. For Windows users, update to Windows 10.\u00a0 This includes your home computers.<\/li>\n<li>Backup your files regularly. You can use Google Drive for this. If you back up to an external drive, make sure you store it away from your computer in a safe place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Heights Junior College would like\u00a0to raise awareness to students and parents regarding the ransomware (virus) called &#8220;Wanna Cry&#8221; or &#8220;Wanna Crypt&#8221;. You would have seen it on the news &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/2017\/05\/16\/device-security-from-ransomware-and-viruses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Device Security from Ransomware and Viruses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schoolnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1609,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhjc.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}