PC Support Christchurch

12/12/2022

A petition for people who actually have places to be and stuff to do. Outside schools is one thing, but a noisy minority are getting in the way everywhere.

28/06/2017

London computer scammers get caught :)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/london-police-arrest-four-in-windows-support-scam-bust/

12/06/2017

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/visual-subst-create-virtual-drives-folders

Visual Subst lets you create Virtual Drives for Folders, Map drives like Google Drive & associate Directories with Virtual Drives easily in Windows 10.

12/06/2017

Two-Factor authentication Howto

Strong passwords are not enough anymore: we recommend using two-factor authentication whenever possible. Ideally, that means using an app that generates authentication codes on your phone or a physical hardware token. We prefer Authy when it comes to authentication apps—it’s compatible with all site...

12/06/2017

Technology flashback

There’s nothing quite like Walt talking about gadgets and what they mean, and we tried to pick a few that defined their moments.

12/05/2017

Ransomware cyber-attack underway.

This is a scattershot attack and not targeted at anyone in particulate. Ensure you Windows updates are installed and you should be fine. This spreads via email so don't open an email from people you don't know.

If you're running Windows XP, GRAB YOUR ANKLES AND BRACE FOR IMPACT!

More than 45,000 attacks recorded in countries including the UK, Russia, India and China may have originated with theft of ‘cyber weapons’ from the NSA

09/05/2017

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/windows-defender-nscript-remote-vulnerability/

PCs can be compromised when Defender scans an e-mail or IM; patch has been issued.

09/05/2017

LOL!

Now that's commitment.

09/05/2017

Winter is ... errr, I mean Apple is coming!

Mark your calendars and set your clocks because new Apple stuff is coming.