July 16, 2014 · Computer Repair
Tip Your Waiters Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Cryptolocker.G Despite the fact that the creator was put behind bars months ago, the Trojan Cryptolocker is still out making the rounds and causing chaos. The best way to deal with it is to remove the virus and back up your files. Today’s Top Stories Common Misconceptions IT
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July 15, 2014 · Computer Repair
Knowledge Is Key Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Chikdos.B!gen1 The Chikdos Trojan has a low spread threat due to the fact that it must be manually installed or executed from the actual PC. That being said once it’s on your PC it will send CPU and network information to a remote location. After the information has
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July 14, 2014 · Computer Repair
Back From A Long Vacation Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Ransomcrypt.M Today’s top threat is the Ransomcrypt Trojan, this particular Trojan falls in line with the rest of the encryption viruses that lock down peoples files and ransoms them for money, bitcoins, or giftcards. It has a medium damage level, but if you do not ba
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July 10, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Back in May rumor had it that the Windows 9 preview was going to be available by spring 2015. Since then, there have been some updates that suggest that the preview version of Windows 9 might actually be available much earlier than that. Sources at Microsoft have confirmed with ZDNet that the next version of
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July 1, 2014 · Computer Repair
Unscrewing The Impossible Today’s Top Threat RegClean Pro I do not get to cover threat’s that are not truly viruses very often, in fact it is almost refreshing. The RegCleanPro is less of a threat and more of a misleading application that gets installed on your computer and searches for possible problems and tries
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June 30, 2014 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Needless to say, Google is doing pretty well for itself. One of the reasons for this success, however, are those annoying ads you see popping up on your sidebar all the time. Mining personal data to deliver targeted ads to users is one of the main lifelines for the search engine and other online firms.
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June 26, 2014 · Computer Repair
We Support #USMNT ! Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Miniduke!gen3 Despite the cute name, the Backdoor.Miniduke is a rather nasty little virus. Much along the same vein as the other backdoors once it latches onto your computer, it will open a pathway to other malicious software and flood your PC with viruses. Today’s Top St
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So Many Cables Today’s Top Threat VBS.Dunihi!lnk The VBS.Dunihi!Ink is a virus that creates .lnk files that will create links to the Dunihi worm. The Dunihi is a worm that is spread through removable media and will open a backdoor on the infected machine. Today’s Top Stories Lessons Learned from World Cup Wi-Fi Securit
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June 24, 2014 · Computer Repair
Phone Calls, Texts, And Emails! OH MY! Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Malscript.E The Malscript is classified as a “generic detection for HTML Files infected with a JavaScript that redirects the browser to a malicious website which may exploit the browser or download other malicious threats.” Which in basic terms means, it
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June 23, 2014 · Computer Repair
MMMMMMM Spam! Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Zbot!gen77 Not too often do I get to say that I dealt with the Day’s top threat that day, but I did today! The Zbot is in the Zeus bot family, when it is on your pc it will attempt to steal credentials via key loggers and grabbers. If
Read more →June 20, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
PC Load Letter, The 3D Edition Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Cryptowall Trojan.Cryptowall is a Trojan horse that is in the same family as the Cryptolocker and Cryptodefender viruses. Once on your PC it encrypts your files and holds them for ransom. Today’s Top Stories Securing Your Small Business Social Media Plan “Today’s
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June 20, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
According to a report by the Federal Communications Commission, most of the ISPs out there aren’t even providing their customers with the broadband speeds that they are paying for. Can you believe it? You probably can. Chances are, you are wondering why you even pay for the crappy internet connection you have right now
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June 19, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Great And Powerful Ebay Today’s Top Threat Downloader.Filcout The Downloader.Filcout is aTrojan horse that downloads various threats onto your computer. It is classified as a medium payload, given enough time on your system it can get really nasty. While the distribution is classified as low, you will want to get i
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Home, Sweet Home. Today’s Top Threat InboxToolbar Today’s top threat, is less of a threat and more of an annoyance. The InboxToolbar is classified as a potential unwanted program (PUP) and can modify settings across your web browsers. I have seen firsthand how PUP toolbars can make browsing the internet a pain for the
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A View To A Kill Today’s Top Threat Android.Rusms The Rusms is a Trojan horse specifically designed for Android devices, once your phone is infected it will send SMS messages and steal information from phones. Today’s Top Stories Template Document Exploit Found in Several Targeted Attacks “The use of contextually-relev
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