Hi all, Just to let you all know that on my travels today I had a call saying that they had no internet. So I did all the usual diagnosis including checking the cable was plugged in at each end. But it still didn’t fix the issue. So I crawled around under the desk to […]
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Well, back from my hols already hit the ground running. This morning was called in to sort out a high powered wifi network. Yet another thing we at Octagon can do. This particular network, if configured in a specific way can have a range of up to 6 miles! But this kind of power is
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Hi all, Just thought I would warn you that there is an email flying around from companies house being the time of year. The attachment contains a virus so please do not open it: I have already warned all of our contract clients about it. As it seems to get through some of the spam
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Hi all, I have been working on a laptop this week which after a while will power itself off. It turns out that once in its lifetime it has belonged to someone who is a heavy smoker. If you smoke in the vicinity of a laptop or PC they can build up a coating of
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I have had a couple of queries this week about another email that is going around. Again this could contain the Cryptolocker virus so please be vigilant. This one comes from The Scottish Court asking for you to appear at a court hearing. This has been flagged as malicious and again if they wanted you
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Hi Everyone, Well Clive has been off on Holiday and I have been busy organising things such as: dealing with an office Johanasburg for a project next week Rebuilding a laptop from scratch Organising software licences Getting Quotes Doing our Server Checks Archiving files to protect against CryptoLocker Organising a broken laptop screen to be
Hi All, As you may have noticed we have been dealing with this nasty Cryptolocker bug. I thought I would share with you a few insight’s. This virus comes in on an unsuspecting person from major companies that look to be legit. Here is another example: This would look like a pretty good email but
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I was called out to one of our contract clients on Sunday. There are still viruses out there that can’t be simply caught by most of the antivirus products on the market. For example they can end up coming to you by email, like this one: These can appear to be from legitimate sources such
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Today I have been up in Gainsborough doing an office move. At Octagon we are experienced in providing help with relocating business’s. We will make sure that your new location has everything in place before you move. Here are some of the things that need to be considered when you are looking at a premises:
