Online Security

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  230130th July 2012Cybercriminals target London 2012 Olympic Games fansThe London 2012 Olympics are in full-swing, but behind the celebrations, fraudulent websites offering tickets to the Opening Ceremony and Olympic events are being advertised on Facebook and across the internet. The fraudlent website was in fact a 'phishing' website that was ... Read More
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  23613rd July 2012Computer Repair Firm Makes Plea to Regulator to Stop Scam CallsFollowing coverage on Monday night’s Panorama, a further stark warning to unsuspecting computer users, as well as a plea to regulatory authorities, comes from UK Computer Repair and Support provider, PC PAL. Jat Mann, Managing Director of PC PAL commented  “I am pleased... Read More
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  212329th June 2012Backup PAL to the rescue!Do you have your valuable data and files backed up? What would happen if you lost it all due to hard drive failure or something similar? All of your family photos, movies, music and documents lost? Or maybe you have a small business with valuable and legal documents and cont... Read More
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  206226th June 2012Internet piracy appeal fee challenged by Consumer FocusSuspected internet pirates will have 20 working days to appeal against allegations of copyright infringement and must pay £20 to do so, according to revised plans to enforce the UK's Digital Economy Act. The details are contained in secondary legislation presented to Parlia... Read More
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  22327th June 2012Our cookies don’t crumbleThe PC PAL site is now compliant with UK cookie Law. You may have notice a lot of talk about cookies recently that’s because of a new EU originated law effecting how website are allowed to set cookies.  The UK law allows website owners to use “implied consent” allowin... Read More
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  211729th May 2012Adult or blog sites – which one is the bigger security threat?If we asked you which websites you thought most viruses come from, what would you say? We think that many of you would say pornography websites, but actually blogs are the worst offenders! (Not PC PAL's blog though....we keep it clean!). New reports from Symantec s... Read More
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  236029th May 2012PC PAL Warns of ‘Microsoft Engineer’ rogue calls  After numerous calls and emails from our customers, local businesses and friends who have shown concern, PC PAL is advising members of the public and business owners to be on their guard if they receive a telephone call from an individual alleging to be from Microsoft... Read More
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  234514th May 2012PC PAL tip of the week – social network protectionMany of us love to pop onto Facebook and Twitter to tell our friends and family little snippets of our lives. But (there is always a but) how well do you protect yourself from online criminals and fraudsters? Here is some advice on how to stay secure whilst tweeting and poki... Read More
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  285511th May 2012NEWS ALERT – Age ratings on games to be simplifiedFor all you concerned parents out there with children under 12 years of age, it has been reported that the age ratings on computer games is to be simplified and will now be rated by the Video Standards Council (VSC) in line with European guidelines rather than the British Bo... Read More
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  29601st May 2012PC PAL tip of the week – PasswordsIt may sound like an obvious one, you may have to do it at work on a regular basis, but how often do you change you personal login details? Here are a few tips to think about and also to guide you: Firstly, try to get into the habit of ... Read More