Online Security

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  19973rd March 2011System Tool is around, please be careful….System tool is the most recent attempt by hackers and scammers in trying to trick you out of your hard earned money.   System Tool is what we call a Rogue Antivirus and its goal is to harvest your credit & debit cards details.    The first thing a... Read More
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  19891st February 2011More bogus calls claiming to be from MicrosoftOur PC Engineers were at a job with a customer, repairing a desktop computer when the customer had a call claiming to be from "Microsoft" about a virus problem, the customer promptly said that she was busy and put the phone down. Keep vigilant!... Read More
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  206419th May 2010Why do I care if I have a computer virus?I have visited a few customers recently who have known that they have had a virus for some time but have not considered it worth taking action. They have considered the virus to be nothing more than an irritation, a little like catching a common cold. So why would anyone bot... Read More
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  330118th May 2010Beware of a random call from Microsoft!Beware of bogus callers claiming to be from Microsoft. A PC PAL customer reported that she had received such a call from a person with a heavy Indian accent. Fortunately she prevented the scam by using a little common sense. ... Read More
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  210713th May 2010McAfee Offer of Compensation Following Botched Security UpdateWe can now advise our customers that they will be able to claim for compensation from McAfee as below: For impacted home or home office customers who have incurred costs to repair PCs as a result of the security update issue, McAfee may reimburse reasonable expenses, suc... Read More
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  22564th May 2010Is your Wireless Router Secure ?We never cease to be amazed at the amount of people we carry out computer repairs for who have unsecured wireless routers and more worryingly are unaware of it. It is essential that wireless routers are secure, which means that your network can only be accessed by someone wh... Read More
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  212929th April 2010McAfee Security Update, Update!The latest on McAfee's security update blunder. ... Read More
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  205927th April 2010McAfee offer compensation for affected customersPC PAL were called out last week to see several customers exhibiting symptoms of the McAfee Security update sent out last Wednesday. McAfee reported this error and are now offering the, as they say, 'small' number of customers affected by this, compensation in the fo... Read More
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  23061st March 2010Keep your kids safe online!Steve Lane, PC PAL franchisee for Leicester South and Market Harborough writes: It seems that the generation gap these days is also a technology gap.  Children these days are often referred to as the “Facebook Generation”.  Many parents are not familiar with the techno... Read More
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  202326th February 2010Are you ready for a disaster? – Part two – Risk and controlSteve Lane, PC PAL franchisee for Leicester South and Market Harborough writes: In part one of this blog we looked at a simple method of identifying the information assets most critical to your organisation and the impact of having them made unavailable or corrupted.  Havin... Read More