by Tom | May 31, 2017 | Business, Security, Viruses
A cyber attack on a plastic surgery chain in Europe has that company realizing how important it was to ensure their business network and data was secure. Over 25,000 private patient photos and personal data was taken during a hack of the Lithuanian businesses servers...
by Tom | May 15, 2017 | Business, Tech News, Viruses
In the wake of last week’s global ransomware attack, the time is now to make sure your computer operating systems are updated or upgraded. The WannaCry ransomware program spread globally very quickly. It was able to compromise computers still running the...
by Tom | May 4, 2017 | Business, Security, Tips N' Tricks
A Gmail phishing attack had users fooled for a time this week. The attack revolved around Gmail users receiving an email from a contact who was on their trusted contact list which asked them to open a Google Doc. From there they were asked to give permissions to a...
by Tom | Apr 16, 2017 | Business
Disaster planning is top of mind here in Wisconsin this week as it’s Tornado & Severe Weather Awareness Week as declared by Governor Scott Walker. Wisconsin Emergency Management encourages everyone to be ready for possible tornadoes and severe weather. The...
by Tom | Apr 11, 2017 | Business, Software, Windows
It was nice knowing you Windows Vista. After today, April 11, 2017, Microsoft no longer provides extended support for the Vista operating system. There are just under one percent of all the desktop computers running a Windows operating system which still operated on...
by Tom | Mar 31, 2017 | Business, Hardware
This past week we worked with one of our many commercial customers. They operate a large plant and has several servers which operate equipment in their facility. They were not able to boot up a server which operated a BIG piece of equipment what was now holding up...
by Kahlal "KC" Cunningham | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Software, Tips N' Tricks
Frequently we’ll send an email blast out to our clients that are using different tools that we have setup for their business. This particular instructional is regarding how to setup a ‘delay’ or undo sending when sending emails via Gmail (Free) /...
by Tom | Mar 22, 2017 | How-To, Security, Viruses
Tech Support Scams Are Out There Again we’ve received more phone calls from people who have been affected by scam artists who are using our name to get you to pay for supposed “computer repairs”. A woman from Illinois contacted us today regarding a...
by Tom | Mar 14, 2017 | Business, Tech News
We Geeks join our fellow geeks around the world in celebrating PI Day today (March 14th), 3-4 you know. Pi Day is named in honor of the number itself, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which rounds up to about 3.14 if you’re an average...
by Tom | Feb 14, 2017 | How-To, Security, Tips N' Tricks
While convenient, WiFi in coffee shops, malls, libraries airports, hotels, universities, and other public places are often not secure. If you use public WiFi and send information through mobile applications on your smartphone or websites on your laptop or tablet, it...
