There are many ways a hacker can get into your system. Two ways are by either sending you a fake link to click on in an email, or there could be a fake link in a discussion forum where you are looking for answers to fix a problem yourself. Our focus will be on the …
Anti-virus is not enough to keep you and your data safe online. Whether business or personal, you always have some valuable data. People shop and bank online for both personal use and business but if someone is monitoring your computer with a keylogger, they can see what website you visited, your username and the password. A hacker is not always …
With the amount of SmartPhone use in today’s world, people are doing almost as much on their phones as they do on laptops and desktop computers. This includes email, web surfing as well as shopping and banking online. There are apps to even scan cheques with your smart phone and deposit into your bank account. …
Most of you by now must have either experienced this if not heard someone who has, where you will get a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft or your phone provider, etc. See my previous article: Calls-from-microsoft-about-computer-problems-phone-scam/ Now that consumers have gotten educated and know better (most of you at least), there is a new …
Did you know that about 17% of PC’s have no virus protection in 2012 according to McAfee & in November 2014 about 10% of Windows 8 computers were running expired virus protection? Aside from these numbers, let’s assume you know for a fact you have a valid working anti-virus installed on your computer, it’s up …
Microsoft Windows 10 looks pretty awesome, but unfortunately they put a security hole in here thinking it’s convenient for us. Unfortunately, people forget that the easier it is for you, the easier it is for hackers. In this case, they don’t need to be much of a hacker if you’re willingly giving them your Wi-Fi …
I don’t do Wills and Estate’s, although I can refer a good lawyer. However, I do know that with the ever expanding use of technology, so deeply embedded in our lives, there’s something new to consider when updating your Will. Since there is so much information online about us including Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Google+, …
It’s a new year filled with new possibilities. Including new viruses, hackers and other risks to your computers and your entire network infrastructure. There are a number of things you can do to protect yourself on a regular basis and many things we take for granted as we setup once and forget it. This is …
I love pointing out flaws with Apple, simply because people are so ignorant saying “Apple is better than Microsoft because they never get viruses or crash”. People purchasing Apple for the sole reason of thinking they don’t have problems are in for a rude awakening. Especially after recent events that hit the news. Most upsetting …
Although the article is just over a year old, Bloomberg has a great article that shows why many people are hesitant to move completely to the cloud. Not every business is ready to move all their data to the cloud. Everyone talks about the cloud because it’s different and sounds exciting. Everyone wants the latest …
