July 13, 2012 · Computer Repair
Q. Just what exactly does the Windows registry do? The Windows registry is a directory that stores all settings and preferences for Microsoft Windows. The registry contains information about and settings for all known hardware, software, and user preferences on the PC. Whenever a change is made to any of these three th
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July 12, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Facebook launched a new feature on Tuesday that allows users to lock down their Facebook accounts and perform malware scans if they suspect that their computers might be infected. The popular social networking site already uses internal scanners to detect spam and malicious messages that might have been sent from user
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July 10, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Our Customer Bob Mullins wrote about Computer Service Now: “Our machine tool shop in Franklin, Ohio has been lucky so far to avoid many of the problems that larger shops in Ohio have had to deal with over the years. With all the plant closings in Ohio the market for a lot of the output
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July 4, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
In a bit of joyous news from Europe, members of the European Parliament rejected the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Wednesday by an astounding 478 votes to 39 votes. This result was widely expected internationally and also means that the agreement can’t become law in the European Uni
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June 28, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Kaspersky Labs, one of the top computer security companies in the nation, has just discovered a new variant of the Tibet malware for OS X, which is being distributed to specific Uyghur activist groups as part of a politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) attack, as it seems. The malware is being spread vi
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June 20, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
If you haven’t heard already, LinkedIn was recently hacked leading to a massive data breach. This break in security has also led to a potential class-action lawsuit against the site alleging that it failed to meet “industry standard” security practices in connection with the breach. In the beginning of June, LinkedIn u
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June 14, 2012 · Business IT Tips
Popular link-sharing and discussion website Reddit has just announced that it has started blocking content from entire domains for spamming and cheating. What’s more is that some of the banned sites include some big names on the internet, including Atlantic, Business Week, Phys.org, Science Daily and Discover Magazine.
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June 6, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Anonymous strikes again! The infamous hacktivist group has been quiet of late, though it seems that another victim has fallen prey to the group. The latest target? A Euro 2012 website. The Anonymous twitter account tweeted a post about the attack which was initiated to protest mass killings of dogs ahead of the soccer
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May 31, 2012 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Would you like to hear a troubling statistic? I thought you might. According to an antivirus vendor, almost one-fifth of every Windows PC in the United States lacks any kind of active security protection. This data comes from a year-long project conducted by the company, which shows that one out of every five Windows P
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May 23, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
In most cases when somebody releases a botnet or virus, it is to generate money from poor, unsuspecting victims. Such was the case with the recent Flashback botnet unleashed on Mac devices. That botnet managed to generate $14,000 from its click fraud campaign. However, the beautiful hand of irony has decided to rest ge
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May 21, 2012 · Microsoft, Windows & Software
Twitter recently announced that it is supporting “Do Not Track” and showed that support by immediately halting online tracking of users who trigger a setting in their browsers. The announcement was made by an official with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during a Do Not Track (DNT) event that was hosted by Mozi
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April 28, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
A lot of naysayers out there are spewing venom about Apple lately, the most recent being CEO of Kaspersky Lab Eugene Kaspersky. The head of the security firm believes that the Cupertino computer company is headed for rough times, at least as far as computer security is concerned. Kaspersky, who spoke to Computer Busine
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April 22, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If you are an internet pirate in Sweden, you had better watch out because the European Court of Justice has just issued a new law interpretation that could have some serious impact on the prosecution of discovered and convicted internet pirates in the Northern European country. The European Court of Justice stated that
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April 13, 2012 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Just two days after Apple promised customers that it would decontaminate Mac computers plagued by the Flashback malware the company has finally delivered. Apple just released its newest Mac OS X Java update yesterday, an update that includes a tool that will, as an Apple advisory states, “remove the most common variant
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March 29, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
International British conglomerate News Corporation, headed by Rupert Murdoch, is still under the shroud of a recent phone-hacking scandal as it faces even more hacking allegations in Australia. According to the Australian Financial Review, internal documents and emails supposedly show that a “secret unit” inside News
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