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The creators of viruses and other malicious software have gotten so aggressive recently, that today its possible to get a "drive-by" virus. You may be at a web site that seems safe, but if there are ads on the site, malicious code can enter your system just by viewing the ads. Unfortunately, the world of viruses is a "cat and mouse" game where the threats escalate as user protection increases.
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Computer Security - Use "Sandboxie" to Surf the Web Safely
Posted by Ann Westerheim on 1/26/11 10:06 AM
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In this day and age of all sorts of computer viruses and threats, a big problem for businesses is what to do with systems used by multiple people.
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A customer contacted us a few days ago with an email dilemma. They had been receiving a valued daily report through email, and all of a sudden they stopped receiving it and found that it was in their spam filter and wondered why.
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Tags: small business, eMail, spam
Laptop Encryption - Part 2 - Know the Difference Between "Sleep" and "Hibernation"
Posted by Ann Westerheim on 1/11/11 9:28 AM
Good news, you've protected your laptop (and your business and your customers) by encrypting it. Now, now an encryption key will be needed to access confidential or protected information.
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The Billion Dollar Lost-Laptop Study - Protect your Small Business!
Posted by Ann Westerheim on 1/11/11 9:27 AM
The "Billion Dollar Lost-Laptop Study" conducted by Intel and the Ponemon institute, reports that more than 300 businesses lost more than 86,000 businesses last year worth a staggering $2.1B.
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Going Paperless for our Small Business - The next step - shredding!
Posted by Ann Westerheim on 1/6/11 9:54 AM
With our file cabinets so full we could barely squeeze in another piece of paper, it was time to shred! Our process is already in place going forward to keep paper away, but there still was the 800-lb gorilla of the full file cabinet to deal with.
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We've worked with many of our clients to go paperless - law firms, accounting firms, medical offices... and now its our turn. In a classic example of "the cobbler's family has no shoes", we're the last to update.
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Tags: small business, paperless, electronic documents, backup
Have you ever had an important email go missing? An important customer order that just doesn't arrive in your inbox? Well, the the first place to look is your spam filter. There's a good chance that the email may have gotten flagged as a "false positive" for spam. If you check your spam filter, you'll find the message. As long as you only need to look in one place, it's a quick detour.
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One of the computer support questions we get asked a lot is "If I have Antivirus software installed on my computer, how did I still get a virus?"
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Its been a few years since notebook sales surpassed desktop sales, but a weekend visit to the local Staples store shows how far this trend has gone: On display were 15 laptops, 3 netbooks, 1 tablet, and off to the side, on a lower shelf, were 3 desktop PCs.
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Tags: laptop, computer, PC sales