{"id":73307,"date":"2014-10-30T21:21:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T01:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:12:26","slug":"5-spooky-ways-pcs-are-like-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/5-spooky-ways-pcs-are-like-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Spooky Ways PCs are Like Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"5<\/a>It is Halloween<\/a><\/strong> time again and all kinds of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, vampires<\/strong>, zombies,<\/strong> and sexy Ebola nurses<\/a> are on the loose. Don\u2019t let these tricksters affect your computer<\/strong>. Here are several ways computers take part in the Halloween reveries.<\/p>\n

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  1. Ghosts<\/strong> – Everyone has seen it \u2026 things just happen\u2026 \u201cI didn’t touch anything and all the data in my Excel is gone.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. \"Computer<\/a>Zombies<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Clicking on that \u201cCheck this out\u201d Facebook<\/a> (FB<\/a>)\u00a0link can turn your\u00a0PC into a zombie. The fake link infects your computer and turns it into part of a zombie army. It has lost its mind and roams the interwebs attacking anything that its new master tells it to. Keep your patches and anti-malware up to date to defend against zombie attacks.<\/li>\n
  3. Trick or Treat<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The email from Aunt Sally says it has a video of a Kitty playing with a Ducky \u2026. Does Aunt Sally call you for help opening an attachment? Does she still use AOL? Do you open the link? Is it a treat and Kitty is really playing with the Ducky? Or is it a trick and you just installed a virus? Only your anti-virus software<\/a> knows for sure, update it now.<\/li>\n
  4. \"Haunted<\/a>Costumes<\/strong> \u2013 Every trick or treater knows masks are part of Halloween. Put a mask on your data as it travels across the Intertubes with encryption. With encryption, you put a mask on your data when you leave home and take the mask off when you get to your friend\u2019s house.<\/li>\n
  5. Vampires<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 You turn your computer off when you’re\u00a0done with it right? Do you turn off your monitor<\/a>? Your printer? Your cable box<\/a>? If not you are the victim of power vampires. Power vampires suck electricity from your walls even after you turned off the PC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Vampire<\/a><\/p>\n

    You have been warned. Happy Haunting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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