TweetYou Don’t Need A Bunch of Add-Ons For Your Browser Ever Yesterday a client brought me a computer that from the description had the browser hijacked. Well that was just the tip of the iceberg. This poor computer took 5 minutes to load. It is a Dell Inspiron 23 all-in-one running Windoze 10. It’s an Continue Reading
Wizard
December 12, 2019
Bad Things in General,Case Histories,Recommendations,Tech Tips
Advanced System Repair Pro, Bitdefender Endpoint Security, Browsing Security Checker, Bytefence Secure Browsing, Directions, Directions and Maps, Easy and Quick Maps, Easy Speed Test App, Email Helper App, Found Driving, Hide My Searches, hijacker, Map Directions Pro, Map Finder Online, Map My Journey, Maps and Directions, Maps and Driving Directions, Maps Now, McAfee, MyCleanPC, Norton 360, Safety Search by Safely, Search Defender Live, Search Defender Now, Search Encrypt, Search Extension by Ask, Search Manager, Security for Chrome, Speed Check, Speed Test ads, Web Privacy by Safely, Your Maps and Directions
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Tweet Evite Data Breach Identity Theft Security Alert Do you use Evite? Well if you do, you need to be very sure the password for Evite is not used anywhere else. Oh, you use the same password for everything? Well, Bubba, it’s time to rectify that quick fast like a bunny. Why? Because — Continue Reading
TweetA long time ago and far far away… At the dawn of the Internet there was InterNic The godfather of domain name registration When I first began coding websites in 1995, InterNic was the only domain name registrar on the planet. They were competent. You could reach someone who knew their job and they were Continue Reading
Wizard
March 27, 2019
Bad Things in General,Case Histories,Information,News,Recommendations
cluster fuck, customer service, DNS, domain hosting, domain registration, domain renewal, email hell, email hosting, InterNIc, NetSol, Network Solutions, nightmare, registrar
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TweetI subscribe to a service that lets me know when my personal info is compromised. And I have some bad news for you. If you thought you were safe – odds are you’re not. The latest data breach was epic. The data compromised could trigger an identity theft problem for you and everyone else you Continue Reading
Wizard
March 10, 2019
Bad Things in General,Information,News,Recommendations,URGENT
data breach, date of birth, email address, employers, identity theft, IP address, locations, names, password, phone numbers, street address, verifications.io
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TweetJust as a PSA I am publishing a more or less complete list of IP addresses I found attempting a Terminal Services access to one of my client’s servers. This is a remotely hosted Windows 2008 R2 server It was being slammed by remote access failed logins (one day I documented 40,000 failed logins in Continue Reading
Wizard
February 19, 2019
Bad Things in General,Case Histories,Information,Malware, Viruses and Bugs Galore,Recommendations,Tech Tips
block attacks, DDOS, denial of service, firewall, IP addresses, Remote access, Remote Desktop, server attack, Terminal Services, Windows server, Windows server 2008 R2
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TweetThere’s a new scam every fifteen seconds Or at least that’s the way it seems. I have recently become far more proactive about blacklisting IP addresses that overload my inbox with scams. You know the ones: From: <your email address> Subject: Security Notice. Someone have access to your system Body: Hi! As you may have Continue Reading
Wizard
February 6, 2019
Bad Things in General,Case Histories,Information,Malware, Viruses and Bugs Galore,Recommendations,Tech Tips
identity theft, passwords, phishing, scammers, scams. microsoft, security breach, smishing, spreadsheet, Windows support, Yahoo
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Tweet Network Installations Should be CLEAN – and NEAT I’ve been doing large scale wiring projects for almost 50 years. My first introduction to precision wiring was in my first year college Electronics Fabrication classes. Our instructor was a stickler for precision. If your project didn’t look like the inside of a Tektronix Oscilloscope it Continue Reading
Wizard
January 3, 2019
Bad Things in General,Case Histories,News,Recommendations,Tech Tips
battery backup, before and after, Cat5 cables, network wiring, outlet strips, rack wiring, rat's nest, surge protection, Telco rack, trash, UPS, wire ties, wrong screws
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TweetToday’s scam comes in the form of a threat to rat you out to the authorities for tax evasion. The perpetrator wants a bitcoin for not ratting you out to the “state’s department of taxation and finance”. Actually they want 1.4573 Bitcoins. In today’s market that’s $5,858.00. As with every other current phishing scam, it’s Continue Reading
Wizard
December 21, 2018
Bad Things in General,Malware, Viruses and Bugs Galore,Recommendations
bitcoin, Borg, email scam, IRS, Malware, resistance is futile, scam, tax evasion, threat, virus, you will be assimilated
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TweetUnless you live in a cave deep in the center of the Sahara (in which case you can’t get this post) you know by now that Yahoo had a data breach about 5 years ago and all the user account information was harvested. Well in the last year or so, all that information was released Continue Reading
Wizard
September 23, 2018
Bad Things in General,Information,News,Recommendations,Tech Tips
Dark Web, email scam, password, phishing scam, porn scam, ransom, yahoo breach, Yahoo email, Yahoo password scam, yahoo.jp
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TweetWiFi is a funny thing. Not funny HaHa More like funny What the Hell! Remember these two important rules when dealing with Wifi Your mileage may vary Everything interferes with WiFi On the Everything list: Walls Windows Doors Microwave ovens Cordless phones Big Screen TVs Other WiFi networks (your neighbors) The phase of the moon Continue Reading
Wizard
September 20, 2018
Case Histories,Information,Recommendations,Tech Tips
faraday cage, interference, laser, mesh network, mirrors, netgear, poor signal, range extender, SSID, WiFi
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