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May Giveaway

    Well it's my Birthday this month and as it's better to give than receive I have this offer for online backup and our managed services.   Half price Online backup for laptops and computers now only £5 each for unlimited space or for servers a straight forward billing plan of £0.60 per GB, [...]

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Huge Adobe Reader Patch Released A Week Early

Adobe patched an impressive 23 vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat today, setting a record for this year. Computer World reports that the patches are mostly critical and include one for a flaw that has been actively exploited for a month or more. This update comes to us a week ahead of schedule after Adobe promised [...]

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Adobe Reader Suffers From Yet Another Exploit

Last week saw the addition of another chapter to the never-ending malware saga that is Adobe Reader. A clever exploit for a vulnerability was uncovered by researcher Mila Parkour and Reader as well as Acrobat currently remain unpatched. PC World reports that the exploit uses rigged PDF files that include code to exploit the zero-day [...]

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Have you changed the password on your router?

Did you know someone can change the setting on your router so all your internet traffic goes through their servers and from this they can get your bank details as well as other personal information?   Routers come with a standard password and I usually use this to access clients routers without even asking if [...]

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Patch your Windows from the Windows Shortcut Exploit

This exploit affects all versions of windows .   Sophos has released a Windows Shortcut Exploit Protection Tool that claims to block any attacks trying to exploit the critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows shortcut files. Currently, this tool protects only LNK files, other file types like PIF might be supported later   While Microsoft has [...]

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New XP bug found

This bug has it’s vulnerability in the help and support system.  This bug was first found by a Google engineer on the 10th of June but by the 15th criminals had exploited this with websites that have code to install Trojans, spam tools and viruses to the users computer without them knowing.   As Microsoft [...]

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Sony Vaio needs BIOS update

Some models of Sony Vaio laptops need a BIOS update to stop them from overheating.  Sony said they had a potential issue affecting VAIO VPCF11- and VPCCW2 models.   If you need to know more go to the Sony website and follow their instructions.

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fake UPS email

Today I received an email from my ISP saying it had quarantined an email from someone at UPS.  I found this strange as I was not expecting anything from UPS and that my ISP thought it was a virus.   As I always check these things out I phoned UPS and even before I got [...]

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Fake Microsoft tech scam

As you know thieves try to get you to divulge your bank or credit cards, for internet users this is usually through email or fake websites but now they have another tactic. They are calling your home saying that your computer has errors or viruses. From a Microsoft website We do not send unsolicited email [...]

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Lastest consoles announced

Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim Boasting the same piece as the current elite system the new slim version has a 250GB hard drive to store even games, music or films. It also has built in WIFI which all of it’s competitors have had for a long time, making it easier to connect to your home network. [...]

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