I wrote this to help an older friend who was scammed. Those cretins are very, very good at what they do, and extremely convincing. They hone their scripts over thousands of calls until they know just what to say to convince you to let them access your computer. So, here is my attempt at a … Read more
Erasing files, formatting a drive, even deleting a partition does not wipe the actual data from your hard drive. If you want to sell your computer (or completely clean it after malware) you need to make sure the data is actually destroyed and completely nuke the drive. Here’s how. When you erase a file on … Read more
If I had followed my own advice, I would not have been scammed. Here’s what I advise businesses and home users to do to stay safe from scams: Interrogate Inbound. Emails Evil. Activate Antivirus. Powerful Passwords. Suitable Security. Preventative Procedures. Careful Companies. Begin Backups. Interrogate Inbound Treat everything inbound as a scam until proven … Read more
For the first time in 20+ years in IT I fell for a scam. I actually clicked on a link in a scam email. Malwarebytes saved me (it is awesome – see why here), but that was the first time I have ever clicked on a scam email link. In my defence, it was the … Read more
In a word – no. But that shouldn’t stop you using them anyway. As a cloud developer I encourage people to use the cloud, despite the risk. Because it’s like the rest of life – everything has a risk attached. Driving a car, catching a plane, cooking your dinner – all these activities carry an … Read more
This is just horrible. An 89 year old lady on the Gold Coast lost $200,000 in late 2016 to a fake police scam. Here is a news article about it: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/…/woman-89-loses-200000-to-… Scammers are specifically targeting retirees like this lady, and telling them they are from the police, and that someone has attempted to take money … Read more
So you’ve got a WordPress blog, and you allow readers to comment… Welcome to comment spam hell. Doesn’t matter how small your site is, it takes no time at all for spammers to spam spam-filled comments of spammy spam spam. Honestly, who buys medicine from dodgy Russian websites anyway? Obviously enough people to warrant more … Read more
This Question Has a One Word Answer… I am often asked what is the best virus protection? Malwarebytes. As a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and programmer who has fixed hundreds of infected PCs over the last 20 years of running my own IT company, it is the only product I can recommend. Every other product … Read more