Read This First

Read This First!

Follow these basic tips to keep your devices running smoothly:

Install antivrus and security software on all of your devices and keep it updated. Mac users, too. I recommend the following free products:

Sophos Home - Simply the best FREE stuff out there. For both PC and Macs.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE Edition - I always tell people to download the FREE edition and run it whenever their computer seems to be running slowly or is acting up.

Sypbot Search and Destroy - The other tool used to detect and remove malware and viruses. Use with Sophos Home and Malwarebytes to have the ultimate in protection.

Patch and Update Regularly - turn on the automatic update features in Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Search Google for instructions on how to do so for your current version.

Back up your data - Get a large USB flash drive, or better yet a large external hard disk and use it.


Windows 8 and Windows 10 Users:

Windows 7 Users:

Don't Run Windows XP! - You are just asking for trouble.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Today's Tips - 2/25/16

Today's Blog features links to some articles from one of the industry's foremost srcurity bloggers, Mr Graham Cluley. Mr. Cluley's newsletter, website, and blog are an invaluable resource for end users and IT Pros alike.We also feature some articles from our antivirus vendor's newsletter "Naked Security by Sophos". 

Here a some links to a few items that I feel that anyone connected to the internet should be reading:

Be careful who you trust with your children's information!

uKnowKids.com, a website that provides tools for parents to use to manage their children's privacy and safety online and on their mobile devices (and my personal recommendation) was hacked.


So You  Think That New Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Are Nice? Better Think Twice!

Some wireless mice and keyboards are prone to being hijacked. Another thing to think about, especially since we let students walk around with what are essentially hacker tools in their pockets!


Drive a Nissan Leaf? Don't Connect It To Your Phone!

I really don't know what to say other than this - who thought connecting your car to the world is a good idea?


Should Apple Unlock A Terrorists iPhone? What Do You Think?

I'm undecided about this. Of course we all want to help the FBI catch terrorists. But at the expense of our personal privacy? Who is to say that the government won't misuse this new power? Check out this video by Graham Cluley and let me know what you think in the comments section:

Thanks for reading.
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