Have you heard the term ransomware? It is a particularly nasty type of computer virus. Instead of stealing data or money from victims, the virus takes control of computers and scrambles every single document, picture, video and email.
This week’s topic is rather morbid but it’s something that all of us should consider, in addition to having written wills, estate planning, and life insurance. We recently had a few customers asking us for help with devices belonging to their incapacitated and deceased relatives.
Do you use a smart home assistant like Siri, Google, or Alexa? They are convenient, but the question is how safe is it to have an open microphone in your home? In this article, we talk about the privacy concerns of home assistants.
Almost every month we hear about popular websites getting hacked and their customer data leaked. This includes email addresses and passwords. When was the last time you changed your password?
You’ve been driving your car for many years without having to understand how exactly the internal combustion engine works or what transmission does. When it comes to computers and other technology, many people feel like operating them is more complicated than any other technology they are using. This is especially true when something goes wrong. Computers are great at telling you what might be wrong with them if you decipher what those cryptic messages mean!
We hear several reports of these attempts happening every week. Most people are nowadays wise enough to recognize the scam attempts but many still fall for it. Cold callers usually pretend to be computer technicians, claiming they can help people with their slow and infected computers or speed up their Internet connection.
We’ve all been there… you start your computer and see the dreaded “Updating Windows” screen that could go on anywhere from a few minutes to couple hours!
There is a scam going around where a hacker says they have recorded you on your webcam doing naughty things! In this article, we talk about how this scam works and what to do about it.
