Category Archives: Windows

New WannaCry Ransomware and How to Protect Yourself

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WannaCry Ransomware: How to protect yourself (Taken from an article by Wordfence) If you use Windows, install the patch that Microsoft has released to block the specific exploit that the WannaCry ransomware is using. You can find instructions on this page in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. You can also directly download the patches for your OS from the Microsoft Update Catalog. If you are using an unsupported version of Windows like Windows XP, Windows 2008 or Server 2003, you can get the patches for your unsupported OS from the Update Catalog. We do recommend that you update to a supported … Continue reading →

Surveillance Self-Defense

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Surveillance Self-Defense The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a new guide, entitled “Surveillance Self-Defense”, to help people and organisations keep data and communications secure from unauthorised access. The site has many written guides, as well as videos, that are written for anyone that cares about how to keep themselves, their family and their contacts safe online. The site is at: https://ssd.eff.org.    

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Uninstall QuickTime for Windows

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QuickTime for Windows – Uninstall Now! Apple have stated that they are no longer going to be updating QuickTime for Windows. This was the information that was released by Apple in response to two serious problems that they were alerted to by Trend Micro, who discovered the issues. Both vulnerabilities can be used to compromise a Windows system by getting a user to open a malicious file that is sent to them or that they managed to get a user to view on a website. These attack methods are now known to hackers and the industry advice is to uninstall … Continue reading →

Windows Vista Problem

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Windows Vista Problem   Microsoft has released an update to fix a critical Windows Vista Problem. The problem is as bad as it gets but is not, at the time of writing, being exploited by hackers. However, there is only ever a short window before problems like this are exploited. To fall victim to the problem you only have to go to a website that has the exploit on it… This could even be an advert on the page from another source. Please ensure that you have the latest Windows Updates for your computer to get protection from this problem (Click … Continue reading →