Encryption Virus (Again!)
Note: To avoid the encryption virus, please don’t open attachments on emails that are generic or suspicious in anyway. Please back up all your files every week or so and then detach the backup drive. If you do get the virus, please turn off all your computers immediately and call us at Ducktoes. 403-219-3031. Encryption […]
Websites Under Siege from Hackers
[ad name=”new”] Right now websites are under siege from hackers, who want to use your websites for blackhat SEO or to distribute malware. Blackhat SEO hackers build pages, or edit existing pages, on your website that link to their own or client websites. Sometimes these pages will be about Viagra, other pharmaceuticals, or payday […]
Don’t Use MSE Says Microsoft
[ad name=”new”] Microsoft, according to this article by How-to Geek and other articles, is telling everyone not to use Microsoft Security Essentials, but to use a third party anti-virus instead. No longer concentrating on making a great antivirus, Microsoft has shifted its focus. Now Microsoft sends its anti-virus information to third party vendors to help them […]
Emergency Weekend Virus Removal at Birthday Party
[ad name=”new”] Yesterday, like most Saturdays, I worked at the Ducktoes Computer Repair shop. It was still bitterly cold out, so I thought it would be a slow day. It turned out not so slow after all. We got in a few computers and answered a lot of phone calls. A man visiting from out […]