Every so often something comes along that really does change how things work and only last week this happened again, the implications are far reaching for the IT industry. As you may be aware the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun to issue fines over breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA). Since there has [...]
I have just had from a client what appears to be the latest scare, which will inevitably result in some kind of infection. This is how it looks, which by the way appears very genuine. From: Abuse Department [mailto:abuse-uk-irl@ripe.net] Sent: 24 September 2010 14:32 To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: ISP DISCONNECTION WARNING – ADVISORY ABUSE NOTICE From: [...]
23 Sep
Posted by admin as Business, malware, Microsoft, Security, small business, spyware
Yesterday Microsoft announced that as from early October (no actual date as yet) it will be making Microsoft Security Essentials available for small businesses with up to 10 PC’s FREE OF CHARGE. If you are not already aware of it I would highly recommend taking a look this move signifies a shift in the way [...]
Since I have had to remove this from 2 computers today, which coincidently were both running AVG, I thought I would post up the way to remove it from an ‘infected’ computer. NOTE: These instructions are intended as a guideline on how to remove this infection. If you are not sure how to do this [...]
We have started to roll out as number of Trend Worry-Free Business Security installations in the last week or so and have run in to the same problem each time. Each of the installations have been to Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 servers and what actually happens is that the WFBS management console installs onto [...]
Some of you may have read that latest news that Microsoft has put out a $250,000 reward to find who is behind the Conficker worm that is said to have infected as many as 12 million computers. They are doing this because it has taken the firm view that the creation of the Conficker worm [...]
I have just had the heads-up from a good friend of mine to let me know that he will be sending over my copy of Interguard software for home, laptop and corporate security. All being well I should have the stuff over this evening and all things being equal will get something posted up over [...]
Recently we had some problems with our DNS provider for the business which caused us to look at moving the domain over to another more reliable provider. In the end we decided to settle with hosting the DNS with pipex and while they may not have always had the best reputation they are one of [...]
Following on from the recent security theme I would like to carry this on a little further and discuss an aspect of security in business that may not always be so obvious to everyone. Most individuals will be aware of the threat that the Internet poses to business as well as the threat that is [...]
Yesterday I wrote about encrypting data on your notebook computer when you are carrying data around. Within that posting I mentioned TrueCrypt as a program which can be used for this task so for those of you that are interested in it, I mean who wouldn’t as it’s open source, here’s a brief tutorial.
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