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Get Encrypted Email by Upgrading to Microsoft 365

At RB’s Computer Service, our customers like uncomplicated, results driven, and affordable solutions for computer and network security, set-ups, repairs, and managed IT services.  As a result, we recommend Microsoft 365 for email...

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Ransomware Demands and Payments Hit New Records

In addition to ransomware demands and payments hitting new records, the recent ransomware attack on software firm Kaseya threatened businesses worldwide.  In response, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a...

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Protect your Mac from New Mac Targeted Malware

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, in the company’s court case with Epic Games, told the court in May that the Mac has an unacceptable level of malware.  Installing software on Macs...

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The “BazarCall” Malware Could Bankrupt Your Business

According to Microsoft, there is a new malware scam targeting Microsoft Office users and has the potential to bankrupt a business.  The malware is called BazarCall, and its goal is to deploy ransomware.  Because it lacks tell-tale signs of...

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Outsourcing Your Website’s SEO Makes a Lot of Sense

Many customers come into RB’s Computer Service looking for help to get their website on the top of the list on Google Search.  In these situations, we refer them to Social Media MN, a local Elk River internet marketing agency that...

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55% of businesses hit by Ransomware have less than 100 employees

Over the last couple of years, I have written about the growth of ransomware and its threat to small businesses.  If you are a small business owner and those warnings did not trigger action to protect your business’s computers...

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Avoid Missteps Configuring your Network Security Settings

Anyone that has tried to configure their computer or network security settings can find a plethora of “how-to” advice online.  Sometimes this is helpful, but many times it leads to missteps leaving your computer or network more...

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Replace Windows 7 buying a refurbished computer with Windows 10 on it

Every week at RB’s Computer Service we come across a local business running Windows 7 experiencing some type of issue.  Most people have heard Microsoft discontinued Windows 7 updates (both for security and functionality, click here to...

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Many People Mistakenly Think a Router is a “Firewall”

Many of the repairs made to the personal computers and business computer networks RB’s Computer Service is called to fix, restore, and protect from malware attacks, ransomware, and hackers, could have been prevented had the homeowner or...

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Protect Against VoIP Phone Malware Attack

Businesses that upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over the last few years, combined with employees working from home due to COVID more recently, have triggered many businesses to also upgrade their business phone service from landlines to VoIP...

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