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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With the Microsoft XP “end of life” only days away Martin and Clive have been out helping people with swapping out XP PCs. However Clive visited one customer who asked what they should do about the Windows 95 PC they were still using? To see the photo follow this link. This machine is still giving
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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 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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In between meetings today, I am changing the operating system on an older XP laptop to a version of Linux. The client has been using this small laptop for when he is out of the office and has been very happy with it. Following a review of his system I had written for him, he
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Yesterday Martin and I spent best part of the day helping a client who had Cryptolocker on one of their networked PCs – the problem did not develop into a disaster as they are using our secure data protection software. Below is a document that I have written which is being sent to all our
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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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The BBC has a great article describing the 12 Scams of Christmas. It is worth having a look as anyone could be caught by these and if you are aware of them you can be more careful. We are always discussing security issues with clients, passwords, staff internet use, company information etc and finding ways
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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:
