{"id":503,"date":"2020-08-26T02:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:19:17","slug":"fake-windows-updates-hidden-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"Fake Windows Updates (Hidden Ransomware)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hackers have been increasingly sending emails that instruct readers to install urgent Windows OS updates. The emails&nbsp;<strong>trick readers into installing the \u201clatest\u201d Windows updates, which are actually ransomware<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2018.exe\u2019 files in disguise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ransomware contained in these emails is known as \u201cCyborg\u201d. It encrypts all of your files and programs and&nbsp;<strong>demands a ransom payment&nbsp;<\/strong>to un-encrypt the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, many email service providers and basic antivirus software aren\u2019t able to detect and block these emails. This is why&nbsp;<strong>you must be using an antivirus<\/strong>&nbsp;that provides proper internet security, protecting you from dangerous emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers have been increasingly sending emails that instruct readers to install urgent Windows OS updates. The emails&nbsp;trick readers into installing the \u201clatest\u201d Windows updates, which are actually ransomware&nbsp;\u2018.exe\u2019 files in disguise. The ransomware contained in these emails is known as \u201cCyborg\u201d. It encrypts all of your files and programs and&nbsp;demands a ransom payment&nbsp;to un-encrypt the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}