Ransomware and Demands Ransomware is a newer type of virus which infects your computer and infiltrates your system holding your data and files hostage until you pay their demand. They do this by encrypted your data, usually documents and photos making inaccessible to you, with the promise of decrypting in back to readable once you have paid the ransom. However,… Read more →
Tag: Hackers
Signs Your Computer Might Be Hacked – Part 1
I am not a fan of antivirus and anti-malware software. Before I continue writing, I want to say it is very important you use and continue to use antivirus software. There world would be a worse off place without it. But there is a huge discrepancy between antivirus programs. Some are good at aspects, others fail at. There is no… Read more →
Is Any Computer Really Secure?
I often get asked, “How can i completely secure my computer?” Or “What Antivirus is guaranteed to protect me for sure?” It is a very reasonable questions, but a lot of people do not like my answer. And that is, none! I am not confident the slightest, any antivirus program, any firewall or any computer is secure, specially when it… Read more →
Four of the Best Free Wordpress Plugins
What is Wordpress Simply put, Wordpress is an online website creation platform or tool to make websites. Strictly speaking websites are made from computer code and did involve basic knowledge or programming language like HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). Some really smart people got together and created a tools called Wordpress which basically allowed you to make… Read more →
Worried Your Computers Had Been Hacked
Motive for Hacking Your Computer There are many reasons why someone would want to hack your computer. It use to be and still is, people will do it simply for fun, because they can and like the challenge. But, the main reason in this digital age people do it is for information, with the end game being profit. The bad… Read more →
Don’t Reuse Passwords on Multiple Sites
Just about every website and every APP we use these days require a password. There is much debate as to what in an effective password. Some say it should have complexity (a range of uppercase, lowercase, characters and numbers) and a lot of professionals now recommend it is actually good to put a bunch of words together with complexity. But… Read more →
Wireless Security Townsville
When we are talking about wireless security, the subject can get very deep and dependent on the type of networks we are talking about, what the network does and the amount of money you invested into the infrastructure. For this purpose I am going to be talking about the wireless security for the every day person and how the security… Read more →