June 2, 2014 · Computer Repair
If you have been keeping up with the technology news lately you may have noticed a trend growing, the FBI is getting fed up with hackers, scammers, and virus creators. Today in the latest string of massive arrests the FBI came down on a group of users spreading the elusive Gameover Zeus Botnet virus. The
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June 2, 2014 · Security Cameras & Access Control
Everyone wishes business was easier. I know I do. When dealing with the competition, it may seem like your business could use a little push to make it more appealing to consumers. That’s a completely natural reaction. You want your business to generate the most success and revenue that it can. At times, however, there
Read more →May 30, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Eeeek A Mouse! Today’s Top Threat Downloader.Upatre!gen3 The downloader.upatre does exactly what it sounds like it does. Once the virus is on your computer it will start downloading malicious files to your computer. Today’s Top Stories How Norton Keeps You “Shaded” From ‘Silent, But Deadly’ Threats “I wrote a blog entr
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May 30, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Acer is putting out a whole suite of updated apps that will work on mobile devices and PC’s, and with it will be their “Build Your Own Cloud” service. These apps will work on devices from other companies as well. The difference between Acer’s new online storage service and other services like Google Drive is
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May 29, 2014 · Computer Repair
A Backup Is Worth A Thousand Documents Today’s Top Threat W32.Changeup!gen46 TheW32.Changeup is a worm that will attack every system on a network. We have not seen too many worms lately, but the changeup spreads through removable and mappable drives. What it does is affect the Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK’ Files Aut
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May 28, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If You Build It, They Will Come Today’s Top Threat Infostealer.Bankeiya.B The Infostealer.Bankeiya.B is a pretty standard and straight forward Trojan horse that will download additional files and steal information. The good part is that this virus is relatively easy to remove with a decent virus scanner. Today’s Top St
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May 27, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
What Would You Do For 7 Million Dollars? Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Snifula!gen2 The newest version of the Snifula Trojan is up to the same trouble has the previous version. Once the virus is on your computer it will start stealing information. The virus sometimes will masquerade as Trojan.Neverq. Today’s Top Stories Ra
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May 22, 2014 · Computer Repair
Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Korplug!gen4 The Korplug!gen4 is a new generation of the slightly older Korplug virus. The Korplug is a pretty standard backdoor virus designed to open your computer to other viruses and steal information. It may be your run of the mill virus, but it is
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May 21, 2014 · Computer Repair
Like Spring Cleaning, But For Your PC Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g5-13 In the past week more and more versions of Maltrec are being released on the world. It would be very wise to keep a keen eye out for any version of this virus. Today’s Top Stories AVG Study Reveals Small Business are Positive
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More Maltrec, More Fun? Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g13-22 Yesterday our top threat was Maltrec.TS!g12, the g12 stands for what version the virus is on, and as you can see the same virus maker let loose a whole string of them recently. There are multiple versions floating around which essentially do the same t
Read more →May 19, 2014 · Computer Repair
Malware Installing Malware Installing Malware… How Meta Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g12 Maltrec is an adware that associates itself with a previous virus called the adware.zangosearch. Zangosearch itself is particularly annoying pest, that monitors the contents of internet browsers and will open partner sites
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May 19, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
We use our computers everyday. We use them for work, for entertainment and for everyday use. With all that use, your computer can get dirty just like anything else you use on a day to day basis. When that happens you need to clean your computer. If you want your computer to run like it
Read more →May 16, 2014 · Computer Repair
Did You Know That You Can Recycle That Old Computer? Knowledge Is Power! Today’s Top Threat Exp.CVE-2014-1815 Another day and another vulnerability exploited. This one is aimed against Internet Explorer which means that in a few days Microsoft will likely be patching up the issues for Windows Vista users and better pre
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May 15, 2014 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
It’s pretty easy to get lost while using new software or new technology. No matter what, it always helps to be a bit more educated on new software applications that you may be unfamiliar with. In the long run, it’s going to make things run a lot more smoothly and you’ll become much more productive
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If A Thing Is Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Well Today’s Top Threat Infostealer.Boyapki The Boyapki is a rather ruthless virus, essentially it starts with redirecting network traffic from specific websites in order to steal your information. Think about it like this, you are shopping at your favorite online store and y
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