Watch out for emails from Intuit and other software and service providers that appear to be legitimate and make sense on the surface… I was told by one of our friends/clients today that they had become infected after receiving an email from “software@quickbooks.com” which read something like this: Subject: QuickBooks Update: Urgent <Official Intuit QuickBooks Online logo here> You will …
Don’t forget, TODAY is Internet Cleaning Day – Make sure you are prepared! PSE RT
It’s that time of year again when ISPs (Internet Service Providers) all around the world perform their yearly maintenance, call it “Spring Cleaning” if you will.If you have been living under a rock and missed the stories on the news and the countless emails flying around for the last week or so, then this may come as a total surprise …
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Critical Patch 1417
Trend Micro released Critical Patch 1417 for Worry-Free Business Security last week which includes previous patches and corrects known issues. Businesses running Trend Micro WFBS should update to insure reliable operation of their anti-virus solution. For a full list of issues addressed see the Trend Micro download site. If you require assistance or wish to purchase Trend Micro products in …
Cisco IOS patch delayed until September
Cisco announced an update to their IOS operating system that was scheduled for March 23rd, unfortunately, due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Cisco has stated that we will all have to wait until the next scheduled disclosure destined to take place in September. Cisco revealed over 10 vulnerabilities since the last update back in September of 2010 that …
Hard drive data recovery demonstration with special appearance by Shred Disk @ShredDisk
When you buy a new computer, what do you do with the old one? Donate it to charity? Give it to a friend? Leave it with the computer vendor who sold you the new computer? Sell it on Craigslist? The real question here is, what happens to the data on the hard drive in your old system? Do you take …
Secure IT Alert: Adobe offers Zero Day Flash exploit patch for Apple Mac OS X, MS Windows, Google Chrome & Android
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Adobe has released out-of-cycle updates earlier this week that affect Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat across many platforms such as Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Android and Chrome… Here is the summary from the WatchGuard Security Center: Severity: High 21 March, 2011 Summary: These vulnerabilities affects: Recent versions of Adobe …
Secure IT Alert: Apple Mac OS X Update Patches 57 Vulnerabilities #mac #osx #security
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Apple Mac OS X owners will be happy to know that they have not been forgotten and that 57 vulnerabilities that affect all current versions of OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) are addressed in this major security update. A total of 26 components that ship as …
I don’t wanna work… I’m gonna go to TEDxGreenville all day! #TEDxGreenville #XperienceGVL
Let me start off by apologizing to all of our wonderful clients… I am sorry, from the bottom of my heart that I will not be reachable today via phone. I am one of the most reachable people on the planet normally, just about 24 hours a day, but… Today is TEDxGreenville and I just can’t miss it again. (Click …
Disaster Recovery Made Easy with Servosity Bare-Metal Restore
Those of us who have been through a hard drive failure know what real pain is! As a computer technician, it is no less devastating for us, all the same things have to take place after a failure, the routine is something like this: Determine the drive is indeed dead, have last rites, it was a good drive. Replace the …
We offer Microsoft Office 2010 open / volume licenses for your business in Greenville / Upstate SC!
In a conversation today, I heard how much someone had just paid for 18 full retail versions of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional which they purchased online because they were not aware of other ways in which you can obtain the product. If you are in Greenville / Upstate, SC and need to buy Microsoft Office 2010, please consider giving us …