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: [...]
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 [...]
Over the years I have seen a great many IT engineers come and go, after all 16 years is a long time in the trade. During that time I have also taught a number of engineers the best ways to do the job, many of which had no formal qualifications such as MCP, MCSE etc. [...]
I was talking to a friend of mine recently and he was telling me about some problems he was having with a new client that his company was looking after. Now he’s no stranger as he has been working with this ISP for more years than I care to remember and during this time he [...]
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 [...]
Before we, as a business, moved into managed services I looked into how it was being done and the various software that is typically used to implement a managed services practice. There are two core elements that were being repeated over and over again and these were: Desktop/Server agents – these will typically be used [...]
I’ve been working in computers now for about 15 years and seen many versions of software come and go. My time in IT started with DOS 6 and Windows 3.1/Windows NT3.51, from there it build through the various Windows versions going to Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT4, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows [...]
The latest word on Vista’s SP1 official release to the public looks set to be the 18th March 2008 and will be rolled out as part of the Windows Update program installed on Vista machines. Microsoft however seem to still be reluctant to commit to a date simply stating that users will receive the update [...]
For sometime I have found that on certain SBS server there have been some network performance issues which do not specifically seem to originate from anywhere specific. When you look at the spec’s of the server there are not bottlenecks or obvious issues but it just doesn’t seem to perform as well as you would [...]
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