Entries Tagged as 'Tech Tips'

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

What exactly is Adware

To continue our journey into the land of annoying pop-ups and information stealing software, let’s talk about Adware.
Adware is in the same group as spyware (privacy-invasive software) in that Adware may be used to allow Spyware into your PC. If the program you are using has Adware built-in, it may display or download advertisements to [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The Importance of Data Backups

These days almost any business large or small has some type of important electronic data that they rely on. Whether it be email, financial, or basic documentation this data can be crucial to keeping your business running smoothly and efficiently. However, a simple PC crash can cause many hours of hard work to be lost [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Top 10 Security Tips For Your Small Business

The funny thing about computer security these days is the general idea that it costs an arm and a leg to secure your business’s data. While it is possible to spend plenty of cash on a fully secured and encrypted data center, budgets tend to get in the way. Over the next few weeks we [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

What exactly are Spyware, Adware, Malware, and Viruses?

What exactly are people talking about when they throw out terms such as “Spyware”, “Adware”, “Malware”, and “Virus”? Most of the time requesting information on one of these items will get you the famed response “Umm, it’s something that’s bad and can get into your computer and steal your files.” Well, that doesn’t help much [...]

Monday, March 31st, 2008

IFRAME Threat

The newest threat to watch out for is called IFRAME. This new virus/threat can actually come in through clicking on IFRAME sites in website searches. Searching for and clicking on a rogue version of ABCNews.com, USAToday.com,News.com or Target.com (these are just a few) will lead to “IFRAME” sites. These “IFRAME” sites will forward your PC [...]