by Alan | May 15, 2017 | General
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...
by Alan | Apr 19, 2016 | General, Security
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...
by Alan | Oct 11, 2015 | General
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...
by Alan | Sep 8, 2015 | General
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...
by Alan | Nov 28, 2014 | General
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...
by Alan | Nov 20, 2014 | General
It is a sad fact that the only people who prick up their ears and actually listen when I start talking about data loss and its prevention are those who have previously experienced the loss of a hard drive. They KNOW the hassle involved and they really never want to...
