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Mac Computers Can Get Viruses and Malware

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Sep 05, 2014


It Finally Happened, We Received a MacBook with a Virus!         

How did this happen? What did you use to clean up the system? Well there are a few things you have to consider......

 

 

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Tags: Virus removal, Antivirus, Browser Hijacking, Macintosh, Macbook

Don't Use (some) Free Software.

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Ok, it's apparent that many of our customers who bring in their computers do in fact have programs that either contain or deploy malicious code with the ability to do a whole range of nasty things. Below is a list of some of the apllications you should delete right now.

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Tags: Pop-up Ads, Antivirus, Chrome, Firefox, Web Browser, Browser Hijacking, Security

Going On Vacation? Don't Forget Your Antivirus.

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Jul 18, 2014

 

The Nuclear Exploit Kit

Recently there has been a new piece of malicious code floating around otherwise known as the Nuclear exploit kit. This kit has been deployed by a number of travel websites that have been compromised. It was discovered by security researchers Proofpoint after customers had received promotional emails from legitimate businesses whose emails they had signed up to receive. These emails contained links to the infected websites.

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Tags: email, Virus, Browser Hijacking, Security, Malware Prevention

Browser Hijacking and the Conduit Virus

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, May 30, 2014

All Your Browsers Belong To Us

Has your browser been acting strange lately? Slow? Pop ups everywhere? Strange looking search pages? You might have a hijacked browser. Browser hijacking means that malicious code has modified the settings of your browser.

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Tags: Web Browser, Virus, Windows, Browser Hijacking, Conduit