WannaCry Ransomware Scam hits NHS
It was just over a year ago when I posted the .locky article on my website describing the ransomware scam I was beginning to see a lot of and I said at the time , we’d be seeing more of this kind of thing. Well on Friday, a much more virulent variant was back and this time it had hooked up with a very effective new method of propagating itself from one computer to another within a network without the computer user having to do anything to let it in. The ‘WannaCry’ ransomware scam hit tens of thousands , maybe hundreds of thousands of... Read more...
You should be so .LOCKY !
I have seen this twice now in the past few weeks and – I’ll put money on it – no doubt I’ll be seeing it again soon. The scam I’m about to describe is called .LOCKY and it has already caused the permanent destruction of many millions of personal computer files around the world. Let me tell you why this is such a concern to me and why you need to know about this. Here’s how it works. Firstly, it has to find its way on to your computer. That is incredibly easy today. Despite all the warnings to the contrary, people still open email... Read more...
Edge is Still a Work in Progress
Setting Your Default Browser Back to Internet Explorer. Possibly the most noticeable change which Windows 10 has brought to users upgrading from 7 or 8.1 is the introduction of the new default Internet Web browser, Microsoft Edge. This is a replacement browser for the well known, though not universally loved, Internet Explorer. Edge has a very modern, minimalist look and feel which we like. The general view seems to be it’s simple, reliable, responsive and quick – all of which makes it a very credible competitor to Google Chrome. It was... Read more...
Windows 10 – but maybe not so fast
As I write this in the second week of September and only 6 weeks after Microsoft released Windows 10 to the world, it is being estimated that there must be approaching 100 million users already. That’s a fairly staggering number. It has been stated by Microsoft that their goal is to get Windows 10 running on over a billion devices within 2 or 3 years. So, if they are nearly 10% of the way there in only 6 weeks, I think they’ll be pretty happy – euphoric even! However, in the same 6 weeks, I’ve had 4 clients call me to report problems after –... Read more...
Get yourself a website that works
Even the smallest of businesses have a website today. It is just as essential as a phone number or an email address. And it’s potentially your shop window to a really staggering amount of people. So, is your website working for you as effectively as it should be or is it just something else in that long list of things to get round to one day? If it’s still on your ‘to do’ list, we think you could benefit by talking to us. We are very keen to help small, local businesses build an effective presence on the Web without... Read more...