Ransomware: what you could (should) do

There is some justice, though you don’t often hear about it. An American (yes, he has a Russian connection) was sentenced to four years’ jail for ransomware attacks in Canada. Meantime, criminals who breached The Big Issue (the newspaper sold by homeless folk), recently leaked 550GB of data including passports of staff members. Has your company taken any steps to …

Ransomware attacks Perth business

This month, in a thriving Perth business, some vigilant anti-ransomware software did its job and detected a threat. Despite the alert, the company didn’t act promptly. Two weeks later, the ransomware struck, crippling servers and encrypting vital files. Exploiting a GRE tunnel, it then infiltrated another site, creating havoc anew. Fortunately, the second site had backups in a different network, …

Perth small businesses: iinet will delete your email account

iinet is getting out of the email business. Here’s what you need to know. If you have an iinet email address, (you’re probably living in Perth, Western Australia) you’ll need to ACT SOON to save it. By the end of September 2023 would be best, though the official cut-off date is November 30 (don’t leave it til then). iinet wants …

YouTube repairs

So with the flood of information that is the internet, and more specifically in this case… YouTube, people are more inclined to attempt repairs themselves. While some jobs can be simple without danger of destruction, others can be more of a headache. Laptops are multilayered, and dismantling them often requires steps to be performed in order where as YouTube videos …

Recover data from failing hard drive

So, when was the last time you backed up your data? Have you checked? Many people don’t realise how easy it is for a hard drive to fail in a computer, or even the external hard drive that you use for backing up fails and doesn’t successfully back up for months. Well if your here reading this it’s probably just …

laptop blank screen

OK… so your computer may have been working fine last time you used it and now nothing, first thing to do is to is look for a battery plugged into the back. Many ultra-book laptops have internal batteries and require the laptop to be dismantled, probably best to contact us if this is the case – dismantle at your own …

Backup data in Windows

Backup data in Windows 7 and 10

There are many different third party programs that can back up your software but one of the best is the in-built backup program in Windows 7 and 10. The problem with third party programs is that they often require the program to be installed on the PC you need to recover data with, making it difficult if not accessible, thus …