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Beware of scammers trying to use phishing tactics like security notifications to lure you into clicking a malicious link The whole “there’s something horrible about to happen if you don’t…

Bad things keep happening to Internet Explorer.  Why that’s a big deal and what you can do to avoid it. What is Internet Explorer?  Internet Explorer or, ‘the big blue…

So, you’re sitting at home, perhaps on your computer and perhaps not, but the telephone rings.  On the other end is a very friendly person who identifies themself as an employee of…

Thinking about switching your telephone and / or Internet service to get a better deal?  A little pre-planning can save you a lot of money and heartache. Customer : Hello,…

What’s New Is TrueCrypt Gone? – The short answer is, as far as the name “TrueCrypt” is concerned, it likely is.  On 28 May, SANS reported that TrueCrypt had been effectively…

We found out today that, for some reason, some inbound email is being *extremely* delayed.  After digging into the issue a bit, it looks like some nameservers (Google’s public nameservers…

What’s New Internet Explorer Zero Day – There was a nasty zero day vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer this month.  The vulnerability was very similar to countless other zero day…

  What’s New Two Big Stories This Month RIP Windows XP – As of 8 April 2014, Microsoft will no longer be providing support for Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003,…

Just a quick reminder that we are now less than a week away from the end of life for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003 and a…

I’ve written a number of times on the Cryptolocker virus but just got a call from a client that walked into her office this morning to find that all of…