Where is Ransomware? Ransomware can be found everywhere. We thought that the well known file-encrypting ransomware, as known as CryptoLocker, was over and done with after law enforcement knocked out its infrastructure last year, but CryptoLocker , as well as other variations of malware, are back. Ransomware is a form of malware that will prevent you from having access to your files and even your computer. Then, it attempts to extort money from you in...
Changes in this morning’s update to dUninstaller v3.8 Added remote updating of config and definitions files for scripting purposes (based on feedback from Tim @ Squatting Dog Development on our Happy Foolish Fun Hour podcast this Monday. Tim makes a Labtech RMM plugin for dUninstaller, more on this below!) Added encryption of registration settings and all non-numeric email settings. Previously the SMTP account password was encrypted, but with the new capability of remote update from a...
Complementary d7II upgrade for d7/dCloud subscribers! Attention all dCloud subscribers with a d7 Premium license, starting now you can get a complementary d7II upgrade for no extra cost! We greatly appreciate your long standing loyalty, and part of our commitment to you is to ensure you are supported with the best and most current tools in the industry! Requirements: You MUST have a valid d7 Premium license, and you MUST have an active subscription to...
That’s right! If you have a current subscription to dCloud (used with the original d7 Premium) we want YOU to have d7II! We greatly appreciate your long standing loyalty, and part of our commitment to you is to ensure you are supported with the best and most current tools in the industry! Step 1: Contact us! Be sure to include your d7 Premium product key and your dCloud username (both available from within d7 Config)...
Several consecutive custom apps updates this morning are available to resolve issues with JRT and HitmanPro. JRT: fixed closing d7II process and stopping auto mode by adding d7II to its whitelist on the fly before the app runs HitmanPro: fixed detection/removal of certain custom apps in the d7II 3rd Party Tools directory by correcting a broken variable which is supposed to point to a whitelist which is generated on the fly before the app runs...
Reprint from the community: Note the Default Apps update (v40) just released fixes a download link for Rogue Killer. The symptom of the issue causing the update was the PC rebooting as soon as Rogue Killer was ran. This was due to a bad download link – for some reason instead of a 404 that website does some redirects or something weird but d7II downloads a webpage from the non-existent links, causing it to think...
Attention all PC Repair Business Owners, MSPs, and other IT Service Providers including any CryptoPrevent Resellers: We are happy to announce the Tech Directory, a new searchable IT Services/PC Repair business public database. We get a lot of web traffic from various home users and businesses with a lot of troubles, and we have always wanted a way to provide them with a the opportunity to find local and reputable IT/PC Repair services. Our new Tech Directory...
ShadowExplorer (www.shadowexplorer.com) is an awesome application which I’ve used as a PC Technician many times in the past. It is used to provide a graphical ‘front-end’ interface for a rather complicated command line utility called VSSADMIN.EXE (an internal Windows component) which handles “Volume Shadow Copies” of files made by Windows. These are sort of ‘backups’ in a sense and the Volume Shadow Copy service in Windows is indeed used by various backup software to accomplish backup tasks....
Last night we transferred to a new server and website! Look! Ain’t it purdier! Ain’t it must faster?! Yay! Unfortunately the move was rushed due to some issues with the old server, so not all site resources are available. Notably this includes our free software product pages and our paid dMZ content. The dMZ content is of course being worked on at the moment and should be available shortly. The free software pages, not...
I recently wrote about new positions and Foolish IT expansion, and just before that upcoming CryptoPrevent releases and new designs for our flagship software d7II. I have several important CryptoPrevent related announcements after this, but first I would like quote myself from one of these recent posts: CryptoPrevent was created in late 2013, on suggestion from an existing d7 customer, in order to help his customers shortly after the outbreak of the original CryptoLocker. It...
