{"id":1488,"date":"2025-09-18T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:52:39","slug":"i-havent-had-malware-for-over-a-decade-and-its-all-thanks-to-these-6-simple-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/i-havent-had-malware-for-over-a-decade-and-its-all-thanks-to-these-6-simple-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abI haven&#8217;t had malware for over a decade, and it&#8217;s all thanks to these 6 simple tricks\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t had malware for over a decade, and it&#8217;s all thanks to these 6 simple tricks<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/ways-i-avoided-malware-for-10-years\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.makeuseof.com\/ways-i-avoided-malware-for-10-years\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Think twice before you click \u00abDownload\u00bb &#8211; Free software isn&#8217;t always free<\/li>\n<li>Keep your antivirus up to date &#8211; Windows Security has excellent built-in protection against malicious apps<\/li>\n<li>Always be skeptical about email attachments &#8211; Verify links, images, and attachments<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using a public network without a VPN &#8211; Public Wi-Fi is a hacker&#8217;s playground<\/li>\n<li>Keep your Windows PC updated &#8211; Security patches fix the loopholes in the OS<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t repeat passwords and go passwordless &#8211; Also, enable 2FA for sensitive accounts<\/li>\n<li>There are no tricks, but simple security hygiene<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t had malware for over a decade, and it&#8217;s all thanks to these 6 simple tricks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/ways-i-avoided-malware-for-10-years\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.makeuseof.com\/ways-i-avoided-malware-for-10-years\/<\/a> Think twice before you click \u00abDownload\u00bb &#8211; Free software isn&#8217;t always free Keep your antivirus up to date &#8211; Windows Security has excellent built-in protection against malicious apps Always be skeptical about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[30,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en","category-tools"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 22:57:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hlrnet.com\/sites\/ebp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}