Ransomware Defined The word "ransomware" is a portmanteau of the words "ransom" and "malware." (Of course, "malware" is a portmanteau of the words "malicious" and "software.") In simple terms, ransomware is malicious software that takes over a computer or a network of computers and encrypts the files. Additionally, ransomware may steal files as well. The …
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Recent News Is Why You Should Review
In this post, I will explain that recent news is why you should review previous posts of mine. Smishing News Here's one of the news headlines this week. "This stealthy Android malware can steal your money and invade your privacy." This particular malware affects Android users via smishing. Because this can record what you say …
Ransomware Caused A Panic Which Caused A Gas Shortage…
Or, Why You Should Keep Your Computing Devices And Anti-virus Up-To-Date Even though I've talked about ransomware a number of times here in our blog, there were still people who really didn't understand the term until Colonial Pipeline was hit. At that point, the company shut down their pipelines and they remained closed for almost …
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Two More Brochures
As I mentioned in my post of January 21, 2021 (Our Most Popular Brochures), because of the Pandemic, we haven't had any live seminars. In fact, it's been a year since our last one! We hope we can hold a live event on the Florida's Treasure Coast in the near future! Also, as I mentioned …
True Image
If you've followed my blog for a time, you know that I'm a huge fan of online backup for my data. We don't own a computer that doesn't have Carbonite on it to back up data. If any of my computers ever crash, I'll be able to recover all my data just by going to …
I Hate To Ingeminate…
It's been over four years since I first published a video about phone call and pop-up computer scams. (Haven't seen it? I've added it to the bottom of this post.) Yet, customers/readers/viewers keep falling for it. However, that's not what I'm ingeminating about today. Another computer topic I've preached and preached about is online backup. …
So, You Own A Mac And You’ve Copped An Attitude!
Throughout the computer age, many Mac users have taken on a superiority complex regarding their computer versus those who own Windows PCs. After all, there have only been about 100 known Mac viruses. Compare that to the known number of Windows viruses (way over 100,000) and you can see why a Mac owner might cop …
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Fake BLM Email
As I've stated many times over the years and as I pointed out in the form of a warning in my recent YouTube video ("Using Technology To Fight Racism"), scammers will take every negative opportunity to try to steal your money. Whether it's a hurricane, a tornado, a flood or civil unrest, these thieves will …
IC3 2019 Report
As I shared in my post, "Soapbox," the FBI has released the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2019 Internet Crime Report. While my "Soapbox" post was focused on Tech Support Fraud, I think it's important to share some of the other information found in this compte ren·du. For the record, I'm not passing this information along …
I Know How Some Preachers Must Feel
If you know me or read my Bio (right column of this blog), you're cognizant of the fact that I've been working on computers since 1983. I bought my first personal computer that year and as soon as I plugged it in, I was hooked. There was no Internet back then and only dial-up modems …