I recently got a call from a frantic widow whose husband had passed away, and she couldn’t retrieve pictures for his memorial service or other records from his computer. Thankfully, we are able to retrieve data from locked computers, and … Read More
This is Terry Bernier from Southern Arizona Dream Center, here in Tucson. We are donating this 2011 Mac that has been converted to Linux (I call it a FAUXmac) so that their organization can give it to a young family … Read More
Researchers have found a new kind of Trojan that can install itself in your computer hardware and you can’t get rid of it! Granted, this one seems to be coming from North Korea and is being considered a cyberweapon. How to … Read More
When Apps do not work right the computer is like an overcooked steak. When they have Malware they are like Junk Food. When They have Viruses they are like cooking with rotten food. When they have a broken keyboard or … Read More
Millions of people worldwide have had their email addresses and online accounts hacked by nefarious strangers. In fact, the amount of hacking has gone up exponentially since Covid-19. We can find out if an email address has been compromised in … Read More
If you are using Microsoft Office for Mac, be aware that Microsoft has announced that there are several Security Updates you need to run. In a Microsoft Bulletin on 9/16/20, they said: “Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security … Read More
One of the biggest malware threats in the past several years is the Emotet Botnet. It infects attachments from people you know and sends them to you. Capable of wrecking even the most secure of computers, it has been weaponized … Read More
The FBI is quoted as saying, “The FBI has observed cyber criminals targeting computer network infrastructure after an operating system achieves end of life status”…”cyber criminals will continue to view Windows 7 as a soft target”. Most Windows 7 systems … Read More
I serviced a client recently who had gotten a new Internet Provider. When I started doing my Cleanup-Speedup-Update Service, I noticed that the internet speed was still slow. I ran Speedtest and saw that the internet was still using their … Read More
Cloudflare is the company that owns the Domain Name Server IP4 Addressed 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. For Websites, It is said to provide a secure environment by doing the following: Getting rid of unwanted bots and spam visits to websites Stop … Read More