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Phishing Scam Prevention 101

According to Verizon, 30% of phishing messages get opened by targeted users.  In 2018, experts predicted phishing scams would cause damages exceeding $9 billion. This is a huge increase from the $5.3 billion in damages that occurred in...

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Is Your Computer Sluggish?

Does your computer take a few seconds to catch up to your clicks or keystrokes?  Is it slow to startup?  Does it seem sluggish and take forever to retrieve a doc?  If the answer is yes, you are not alone.  RB’s Computer...

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70 State & Local Governments Hit by Ransomware in 2019

  Over the last couple of years, I have reported in my blog about ransomware attacks and offered solutions to prevent them.  In one blog I highlighted a local health care provider in the Elk River, MN (read blog) that fell victim to...

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Ransomware Protection

RB's Computer Service can help!  A massive global ransomware attack known as WannaCry (aka WCry) caused extensive damage and major inconvenience to businesses in nearly 100 countries using Microsoft Windows on Friday, May 12, 2017. According...

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Office 365 “Cloud” is ideal for working remotely…

…and if you don’t have an IT department. What is Office 365 Cloud? The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet.  In very simplistic terms, cloud computing means that your Microsoft Office 365 applications or software, data, and...

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Managed IT Service Agreements with RB's

Outsource with RB's Computer Service  In my last post, I shared three unfortunate and costly situations past clients could have avoided with an RB’s Computer Service Managed IT Service Agreement.  For about the price of what those...

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Outsource your Office Network’s IT Management

If you are in the market to change, update, upgrade or protect your office network system and computers, determining where to start and what makes the most sense for your business often seems complex.  For even the sharpest CEO and small business...

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Hire a Pro for Smartphone Screen Repair & Battery Replacement

How hard can it be to fix a broken smartphone screen or replace the battery?  From a Do-it-Yourselfer (DIY) point of view probably not so hard once you know what you are doing.  But what if you don’t have the time, ability, and tools...

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Business Laptops vs Consumer Laptops

                    For many employees and business owners, the line between work lives and personal lives are blurred with “flextime,” work from home options or “out in...

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Business Laptops vs Consumer Laptops

For many employees and business owners, the line between work lives and personal lives are blurred with “flextime,” work from home options or “out in the field.”  Because these lines are blurred, many employees and...

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