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Ransomware received a lot of press in 2017. Names like WannaCry, Petya, NotPetya and GoldenEye dominated the news last year. There were many big name victims including Britain’s National Health Service which reportedly crippled emergency rooms across the UK for several days. So what is Ransomware? It is a type of malicious computer software that encrypts your personal files effectively holding them “hostage” until you pay a ransom to get them released. You can become infected in a number of…

Your computer may be trying to tell you something very important … but are you listening? If your computer is more than three or four years old, it may be starting to give you signs that is needs some attention. We all know how important it is to keep our cars well maintained and to keep an eye out for future signs of trouble. Well why should we treat our computers any differently? Here are some signs that your computer…

IOT stands for the Internet of Things. Simply put, the Internet of Things represents any device that is capable of connecting to the internet. Take a look around your home. You would be surprised at how many devices you already own that are capable of connecting to your home network – and I’m not talking about your computers, tablets and cell phones. A recent study by Intel found that the average home has about 10 connected devices. This figure is…

Perhaps you have never even heard of an SSD (Solid State Drive). Don’t worry, that isn’t really important thankfully. All you really need to know is that swapping your traditional HDD (Hard Disk Drive) for an SSD will deliver you about a 40% increase in overall performance. Startups and shutdowns will happen at least twice as quickly and waiting for documents to open or save will be a thing of the past. So why or how do SSDs deliver such…

Perhaps you have noticed the annoying “Get Windows 10” system tray icon. Perhaps you have heard something about Windows 10 from friends, family or on the news. Now you are wondering just what is involved in upgrading your Windows computer and what the potential risks are. In order for your computer to be able to install and run Windows 10, it must meet some basic hardware requirements as follows: 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM (2GB for 64-bit computers), DirectX 9, and…

Windows Server 2003 will no longer be supported by Microsoft by the middle of July 2015. So what does this mean to your business? Is it time to have a major panic attack? Will your business systems suddenly stop working and have a melt down on July 15th? What are your options? Let’s try to cut through the media hype and provide some clear understanding to the issue. First to the facts. The Windows Server 2003 operating system is over…