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Beware! Another Mail Attachment Virus!

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:14:49 +0000

Back in September I wrote about a virus disguised as an email attachment from the New York State police. Well, a variant is out again! This one is supposedly from American Airlines and has your ticket information attached – again, don’t open that attachment because it is a virus! Beware of these attempts to infect your computer! The intent is to infect your computer and eventually steal your personal information.

Wanna avoid viruses? Patch it!

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:05:22 +0000

I read an article by Ed Bott; in summary, if you regularly patch your software, you are much more likely to avoid virus infections. Yep, that’s it! Update and patch your software. In the article, Ed points to two major studies that show how patches can significantly help you avoid infections. Read the article at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/if-your-pc-picks-up-a-virus-whose-fault-is-it/4039.

Open Cloud AV – just wrong…

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:22:09 +0000

Have removed the Open Cloud AV from four computers in the last few days! It’s a nasty rogue infection. Be careful when clicking on links on websites. Infected websites can infect your PC!