Taming Your IT

Well I am amazed how quickly time is passing, it seems like just yesterday that I published my last entry and it has actually been nearly  a year.



I have been kept very busy removing Malware from computers and at one stage earlier in 2010 I was removing a "fake alert" Malware infection from a computer every day of the working week. The irony of this is that the media only recently became aware of the problem, three months after it all began, and then started warning everyone!



I have heard that several big websites were compromised including one of the big Australian motorsport websites. I also recently spoke to someone who advised their website had been compromised three times so they now change their password every two weeks to prevent further problems. Once a website is compromised just visiting it will downlaod the Malware to your own computer and this often results in a "fake alert" Malware infection.



The "fake alert" Malware reports that you have multiple files infected on your computer and encourages you to run a scan to fix the problems. Anything you do from this time on makes the problem worse, so my suggestion would be that you turn off your computer and seek professional help.



Windows 7 is finally being accepted by the mainstream public and business markets so I have recently been busy installing new computers for customers and transferring data and email from the old computers to the new ones. All this work gets in the way of leisure but I will be enjoying some leisure time in the near future.

As always if you think I can help you in anyway, please feel free to drop me a line.

Cephas