Online Security

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  246425th April 2012One in 10 second-hand hard drives still contain the original user’s personal informationThe UK's Information Commissioner's Office purchased devices from auction sites such as eBay and computer fairs and out of the 200 hard drives collected 11% contained personal information. The watchdog also stated that at least 2 of the hard drives had enough information on ... Read More
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  18935th April 2012Half a million Mac computers ‘infected with malware’More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, according to a Russian anti-virus firm. An investigation by Dr Web suggests that about 600,000 Macs have installed the malware - potentially allowing them to be hijacked and used as a "bo... Read More
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  26583rd April 2012PC PAL’s top 10 tips to prevent virusesWe have all had one at some time or other, many of us no idea where it has come from! Here are some top tips to help prevent viruses on your computer or laptop in the future. 1: Do not open any files attached to an email from an unknown, suspicious or untrustworthy sour... Read More
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  214821st March 2012AV Software Reduces Chance of Credit Card Theft by 50%It is fairly common sense to assume that a reasonable presence of anti-malware software on a computer benefits data security and defends its user from data theft. A new study conducted by scientists at Michigan State University claims that more extensive and complete protec... Read More
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  218220th March 2012Free mobile apps ‘drain battery faster’Free mobile apps which use third-party services to display advertising consume considerably more battery life, a new study suggests. Researchers used a special tool to monitor energy use by several apps on Android and Windows Phone handsets. Findings suggested that in one ca... Read More
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  20009th May 2011Apple Macs CAN get viruses!Having used Apple Macs for over 16 years, today was the first time I have ever seen a Mac infected with malware! ... Read More
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  443226th April 2011How to fix any computerAn illustrated repair guide on popular Tech site Toms hardware has appeared giving people help on repairing their computer. As we are your friendly PC PAL Engineers we thought we would share this guide with you… see the link below: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/the-oat... Read More
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  191830th March 2011Getting in-app purchases under control (Parents take note!)Those free apps your kids download on the iPod/iPhone/iPad sometimes aren't so free, when they have extra items to make the game bigger and better, but that cost you money, charged through your iTunes account. Well Apple listened to the parents around the world who'd had rat... Read More
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  234425th March 2011The War of the BrowsersIE9 Crowned Best Browser by Toms Hardware   Internet Explorer is the world’s most popular browser, the one which comes with your computer and auto updates to the latest version.   For this reason it’s still the browser of choice for most people.   But for us co... Read More
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  213718th March 2011Less SPAM, say thanks to MicrosoftMicrosoft's digital crimes unit and US marshalls took down computers in a number of US states last Wednesday, that were controlling millions of computers that have been infected with Rustock malware. I have noticed a drop in spam I'm getting from 10-20 messages to only 1-2 o... Read More