by Laura Peters | Jan 16, 2014 | Blog, Business IT, Computer Security, Internet, IT, Virus Protection and Security
The FBI virus continues to grow and now has several variations. With each new strain of the virus, the crooks’ end goals are the same- to gain your financial information. How did you get it? Experts have found that the FBI virus is most commonly spread via...
by Laura Peters | Dec 26, 2013 | Blog, IT, Networks Unlimited Updates, Tech
As you begin to mentally prepare yourself for the commitment you are about to make to your New Years’ resolutions, consider penciling in a few resolutions for your technology while you’re at it! Here are some suggestions from our office to yours: 1. I will...
by Laura Peters | Sep 27, 2013 | Blog, Virus Protection and Security
Malware = Malicious software Classifying malware can be difficult because there are thousands of programs created on a daily basis and some can be classified into multiple categories. We’ll use the example of a square. A square is also classified as a rectangle...
by Laura Peters | Sep 13, 2013 | Blog, Virus Protection and Security
Update: Cryptolocker has been stopped by the FBI. A copy-cat infection, Crytptowall, has since surfaced. Read more here. This ‘CryptoLocker’ virus first made its rounds in January of 2013. Now a new and more aggressive variation of the virus is circulating...
by Laura Peters | Jun 28, 2013 | Blog
Your email account was hacked: Now what? You’ve received the flood of email from the people in your contact list telling you that your account was hacked. Now what? First: How did this happen? Your account could have been compromised by either having a...
