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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

Keep Calm and Carry On with Windows XP After April 2014

Posted by Henry Dallow on Tue, Apr 15, 2014

So as you all know Windows XP support has finished for you and I, however that doesn't mean we have to stop using it!

Ok, deep breath, don't panic, you can still use Windows XP for a while (one year or so)
after support has ended, so to stay on top of your XP machine here are a few pointers:

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Tags: Windows XP, Virus removal, Malwarebytes, Antivirus, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Nitro PDF, Kaspersky, Avast!

Our Top 5 PC Utilities. (And why they matter.)

Posted by Henry Dallow on Tue, Feb 04, 2014

Our Top 5 PC Utilities

We thought it would be helpful if we put together in one place our top 5 picks for PC utilities that would be useful to PC users. So here they are, enjoy!                                 

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Tags: Free Software, Virus removal, CPU testing, Parted Magic, Hijack This, Malwarebytes, Drivermax, Driver updates, repairing a PC, Virus, Windows, Computer

Are Macs Virus Free?

Posted by Edward Drummond on Thu, Jun 07, 2012


Let me start this off with a disclaimer, I am not a Mac fanboy. I have worked for 15 years with PCs, and the last time I used a Mac was in the computer labs at college over a decade ago. For many people, they represent a perfect computer. They are fantastic at many tasks, but I am not a user who needs one. For decades Apple advertisements, Cult-of-Jobs members and in-store "geniuses" would boast that Macs were invulnerable to viruses and malware. Unfortunately for Mac users, they are discovering that’s simply not the case. For every operating system, there are security holes that can be exploited in order to install malware. As the world found out in the past few months, Apple's OS X is no exception.

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Tags: Virus removal, Macs, OSX, Viruses, online safety, Security