For clarification on our previous post regarding the red X button: The article was about the red X because that’s what most people know, but it also applies to closing an application in any standard method not involving any actual force-terminate means. This includes the red X in the top right of the ‘window’ or form, the ALT+F4 keyboard combination, and also even by using the standard “End Task” option within Windows Task Manager!! See the...
This pic describes exactly why I recommend people NEVER use the form’s X button in the event of suspected adware, spyware, MALWARE, or any other random POP-UP… DO NOT DO IT. EDIT TO CLARIFY: This article is about the red X in the top right of the ‘window’ or form, but also includes other methods such as the ALT+F4 keyboard combination, and also even by using the standard “End Task” option within Windows Task Manager!! See the update at...
When KillEmAll is run on Windows 10 you may get a critical error message of “Start menu and Cortana aren’t working. We’ll try to fix it the next time you sign in.” It offers to “Sign out now” button to fix the issue (and this does fix the issue in this situation), but it uses and Always on top window that gets aggravating trying to work around. If you add the “sihost.exe” to the whitelist...
I was recently made aware of a social media post several days ago by “Instant Housecall” (the remote support software with the first generation d7 integration agreement) which touted: Improvements to Auto PC Repair (remote d7) have been rolled out. Faster startup, stability and new back end. This statement seems to have caused some confusion for our mutual clients, so I just wanted to clear this up for everyone. There are NO updates to the...
JRT Download Link Updated TrendMicro Online HouseCall Virus Scanner added
Fiddler .NET 2 -Network diagnostics/monitoring for Windows 7 or lower Fiddler .NET 4 -Network diagnostics/monitoring for Windows 8 or higher Fiddler (Uninstaller) -chained to both apps above to automatically uninstall after use Emsisoft a2cmd (all variations) -corrected download link
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Please accept my apologies, but to fess up, I did it… Recently I continued a project started earlier before summer, to move our download server to a more capable host, while splitting it into separate servers for different applications/updates so one failure wouldn’t affect all of our apps download/update capabilities, and also to pave the way for some new redundancy. Well between yesterday and today, we’ve had the usual download and update issues due to slow DNS propagation to...
How to stay safe? You would restrict write permissions on the file servers as much as possible. Make sure to educate the users to contact IT if they encounter any suspicious pop-ups. Use advanced endpoint protection that can identify any and all new malware variants and detect any malicious traffic. Make time for regular offline backups; test backups to ensure that they can be restored from reliably. Use web and email protection to block access...
How it works? A ransomware attack will go through five stages from the time it is installed on your computer, until you see the warning on your computer screen. Step One: INSTALLATION – After a victim’s computer is infected, the ransomware will installs itself, and sets keys in the Windows Registry to start automatically every time your computer boots up or restarts. Step Two: CONTACTING HEADQUARTERS – Before ransomware can affect you, it contacts a...
