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Securing Your Digital World: The Simple Explanation to Computer Backups and Why You Need Them
You may hear the advice to back up your computer from your tech savvy friends and family, but what does that actually mean? Backing up your computer is like creating a safety net to save your computer in case things go wrong! The actual process of backing up your computer means making a copy of […]
How to Deal with Malicious Pop-ups: A Quick Guide
Have you ever been browsing the web, maybe searching for your favorite sports team or navigating to your banking website? Suddenly a popup appears claiming that your computer has a virus and you must call Microsoft now at this number. You try and close out of the webpage, but you can’t. You are unable to […]
Enter the Matrix from the Comfort of Your Own Living Room
The VR vision of the future is here (pun intended). Apple’s new virtual reality and augmented reality headset is coming out soon, likely in March, but potentially in January. Here is what you need to know… Virtual Reality, aka VR, is a up and coming technology. While the technology hasn’t progressed to the point where […]
Scam Warning: AI Robocalls, Your Loved Ones are NOT Asking for Money
Spam calls have plagued modern society for years now and are only getting worse. With the availability of generative AI technology to anyone, bad actors have started using it for evil. If you haven’t seen Obama playing Minecraft or Plankton from Spongebob singing Rolling in the Deep, you may be unfamiliar with artificial intelligence voice […]
Scams Today
Scams Today Ever gotten a call from Microsoft, Apple, or Amazon about your computer being infected or a recent purchase you made? While computers have gotten (by many measures, anyway) more secure over the years, for many would-be attackers, the human is now the easiest part of the puzzle to solve. Large, elaborate scams today […]
Threats Today
Over the years, cyber threats have come in many shapes and sizes. Viruses that scramble your data and hold it for ransom, worms that conscript your computer into armies and forced to illegally attack websites, and phishing emails designed to steal personal information from you are just some examples if threats today. The method of […]
Local and Cloud Backups
Whether it’s something you think about or not, your data is important to you. Between precious photos, music collections, and work documents, sometimes that data can be more valuable than the device carrying it. For this reason, having a backup is essential. A backup ensures that your files and data live on in the event […]
No, You Didn’t Buy That $500 Antivirus: The Erroneous Charges Trap
No, You Didn’t Buy That $500 Antivirus: The Erroneous Charges Trap We’ve been seeing a lot of fraud and scammer activity lately, so we wanted to warn about some of the common tricks and traps we’ve seen. “Call Center Scammers” are unfortunately nothing new. Just about everyone, whether they’ve realized it or not, have encountered […]