{"id":1474,"date":"2012-09-21T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2012-09-21T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:25:09","slug":"stop-badware-and-protect-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/stop-badware-and-protect-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Badware and Protect your Website!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Bluehost, we are committed to protecting our customers and to keeping the web safe. So we recently teamed up with StopBadware, a nonprofit organization dedicated to winning the fight against badware, to make a video about why badware is dangerous and how to prevent it from harming you or others. 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