by Joseph Forbes | Jun 17, 2018 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, Emailed, HACKING, INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY, SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Ransomware is on the rise these days. It can hold your computer and your data hostage with the threat of losing your data for good unless the ransom demand is paid. You should never pay these criminals a dime because doing so only encourages them to continue pulling...
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by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog Entry, HACKING, Internet Scam Notices, Malware Reports, SECURITY
When I wake up, the first thing I do is reach over for my smartphone and check for emails I might have received overnight. During breakfast, I catch up on current events via my tablet. Whenever I have downtime at work, I check my bank account online and make any...
by Joseph Forbes | May 31, 2017 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, HACKING, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), Malware Reports, Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals
Ransomware cyber attacks are quickly becoming the preferred method of attack by cybercriminals. WannaCry, the latest global incident, is particularly damaging because it is also a worm—not just a ransomware program. As a result, it looks for other computers to spread...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), Malware Reports, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Websites getting blacklisted is a very extensive problem faced by businesses. When it happens, web masters panic and the vendors face an interruption in their daily business as they struggle to assist their concerned consumers to clean their websites and return...
by Joseph Forbes | Oct 15, 2014 | Blog Entry, KnowledgeBase (KB), Malware Reports, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals, Troubleshooting
Hey Folks, I recently had this issue with a client. Where as the Workstation is running Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate. (64-bit), 4GB RAM, and is typically used as a File Server and IP Camera Monitor. Once in awhile this workstation would be used for Printing Services, so in...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY
From August 2011 to February 2013, AV-TEST investigated malicious code in approximately 40 million search results from major search engines. The results of their research are now out and show that Google comes out on top, returning only 272 infected web pages in a...
