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Google got hacked this time. The Chinese were likely behind it. Find out more about this and how to protect your South Florida small business computer network.

When Microsoft released the Office 2007 product line, they updated the code base to utilize XML as a more efficient and open standard (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx, etc). However, at the same time, they also embedded certain “Custom XML Markups” that seem to have previously been patented by another person or company. Therefore, they have to remove the patented code.

I just received an email in my inbox that looks very convincing. However, Microsoft does not send out update notifications via email. Official updates are pushed down to your computer from Microsoft directly. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

Browser hijacker malware

Business is heavily dependent on its computer systems. You need over 99% uptime guarantees from your IT Department. This is a major undertaking for any team, especially with good people being hard to find — or, at least in today’s economy, hard to afford. Most IT staffs implement a monitoring system of some sort or [...]

Plug-and-Play and Wizards Make Most Things Easier Over the years, computer technology, software and networks have become more user friendly… more intuitive, more robust and just easier for people to use. Overall, this is a very good thing for most computer users. For example, before USB, you’d have to know about IRQs, memory addresses and [...]

AntiVirus 2009 Virus Getting Harder to Clean I’ve just completed the cleanup of another client’s computer that was attacked by one of the latest insidious Trojan/Scareware versions of AntiVirus 2009. This is the fourth client who has had this attack in the last few weeks. Each of these users is a remote user on a home PC, [...]