{"id":295,"date":"2023-03-31T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/?p=295"},"modified":"2023-03-31T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T21:49:19","slug":"journal-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/2023\/03\/31\/journal-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How can you tell if your computer is safe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that being questionable about whether your computer is safe or not is a popular feeling in the world today. That&#8217;s because your computer can be attacked from so many different angles nowadays, it is almost like simply opening an email can turn your laptop from a glorious, modern machine into a virus-infested swamp of malware. You&#8217;ll be questioning yourself, is my computer safe? Did I just get hacked? Can they see my browser history? All rightly so. That&#8217;s because a compromised computer can indeed be a dangerous thing. Think about what information you stow on yours like banking information, medical records, etc. Guess what, it can all be wisped away in a blink of an eye, just because you went to some sketchy websites to watch a new Marvel movie while it was still in theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, there are some ways to tell if your computer is safe. First off, simply having a security program installed on your computer will give you that peace of mind. Not only can you purchase the best programs available, but they&#8217;re not overly expensive too. These programs can prevent and protect some of the worst attacks out there. They can also notify you if you have been attacked so you&#8217;ll just know from the jump as well. If you don&#8217;t have some sort of program installed, there are different tests you can do on your computer to see if it&#8217;s safe. For instance, test your firewall. Your firewall is one of the most important elements for protecting your information, so if it&#8217;s still intact, you&#8217;re on your way towards knowing if your computer is safe. You can also just tell if your computer is safe or not by paying attention to what&#8217;s going on in front of you. For example, if your computer is showing more and more pop-ups on your screen, it&#8217;s running slower, or simply just won&#8217;t work, you most likely encountered some sort of malware or virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you tell if your computer is safe? I believe that being questionable about whether your computer is safe or not is a popular feeling in the world today. That&#8217;s because your computer can be attacked from so many different angles nowadays, it is almost like simply opening an email can turn your laptop&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/2023\/03\/31\/journal-8\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":25901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draym002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}