If I can carry out any work via remote then it will be done that way.The best option is the remote control / telephone support.Any on site visits that I am carrying out I shall be wearing gloves ( and using other means of cleaning ) I can wear a face covering if required ( …
Category: Virus!
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Jun 20
Scam sites for Support
Please be careful when searching the website for “support” there are a number of sites out there that are scam sites. For example if you are looking for help with an Apple Mac product, go direct to www.apple.com/uk and click on support on their page. A number of these fake sites are installing remote control …
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Feb 02
When a technician says back up….
He does not mean away from the computer :p But to make sure you have an up to dat copy of your important data, a weekly backup to a memory stick can literally save your digital life. An external hard drive connected permanently with a scheduled back up WITH a separate backup to a memory …
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Apr 11
Heartbleed Bug….
Info taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26971363 But in summary theses are the “current” findings :- Name Vulnerable? Patched? Change password? Amazon No No need Only if shared with vulnerable service Amazon Web Services Yes Yes Yes Apple Not clear Not clear Not clear Barclays No No Only if shared with vulnerable service eBay No No need Only …
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Jun 18
Mobile Phone Anti Virus — Is it Needed?
There seems , and still seems to be a great deal of confusion and different views on this. So lets just clear up what can be REALLY said :- A virus is a bit of “code” that can often auto infect a system, replicate , infect and spread — it usually requires an infect email, …
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Jul 31
Mountain Lion – Battery Life on MBA
It seems some users are getting very poor battery life on MacBook Air’s https://discussions.apple.com/message/19066510?tstart=0#19066510?tstart=0 Some have branded this as a “virus” , which it is not, it is a bug , Im sure apple at some point will address this, but those getting ready to upgrade, id advise that you have an up to date …
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Jul 30
Flashback and the Older Mac
Whilst doing a little research i came across the official release :- A recent version of malicious software called Flashback exploits a security flaw in Java in order to install itself on Macs. Apple has released software updates for systems running OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6 that will update Java to …
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May 02
Scams / Warnings
Yes this may seem obvious to most, However always best to cover this kind of ground to make sure all are safe. There have been two large scams going around ( though there are sadly more ) Either via Email :- Your family member / friend are stuck in a foreign land and need you to send …
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Apr 27
Userfriendly is finally on twitter too ( funny thought i had already setup an account! )
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Apr 27
Tweaks
Tweaks….. Well after testing my fav personal wordpress to facebook plugin , ive decided to go with this one instead ( Publish to Facebook ). So hopefully the testing can stop and i can get down to the business of making the blog look the way i want it!
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