Tech Support Scams

"Hello, we are calling from Windows and your computer looks like it is infected. Our Microsoft Certified Technician can fix it for you."

     Sound familiar? Whether you have just been scammed or simply want to find out more on the topic, you have come to the right place.

Finally a way to fight back against Ransomware

     For the last four years, ransomware has evolved into one of the biggest threats to cyber security that we have seen in a long time. Names like CryptoLocker, CryptoWall, and CTBLocker keep average computer users and security specialists alike up at night. For good reason: Ransomware is cunning, effective, and proliferating, and the cyber security industry hasn’t really had an answer for it, until now.

     Ransomware is easy to understand but hard to beat. It infects the machine, encrypts all files and then demands payment to get the files back. Ransomware works so well that most variants will even remove themselves when the damage is done, knowing you have the choice of either paying the ransomware author to get your files back, or risk losing them forever.