Each week at RB’s Computer Service, a customer visits our shop and asks us if their business or personal computer is at risk of a ransomware attack. The short answer is everyone is pretty much at risk. Just a few years ago a local...
Each week at RB’s Computer Service, a customer visits our shop and asks us if their business or personal computer is at risk of a ransomware attack. The short answer is everyone is pretty much at risk. Just a few years ago a local...
DSL and Broadband cable internet are both popular and reliable services that can provide greater speeds than dial-up modems. At RB’s Computer Service, we recognize most internet users younger than 50 years old don’t know what...
When I was a kid, we would occasionally get a phone call from someone that dialed the wrong number. After the caller learned that whomever they were looking for was not associated with our home, they usually apologized and hung up. ...
If you want to avoid a cyberattack and getting your computer or network hacked, one thing you can do today is to stop ignoring those pesky software updates. Almost everyone has experienced software update pop-ups. They seem to appear...
Many people believe disaster recovery is the same thing as backing up a computer network. Although the lines seem blurred, the reality is they perform very different functions when you need them. The data protection landscape is filled...
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...
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...
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...
If you are concerned about the security of your office network system and computers, there are things you can do to diagnose and test them. But when the results conclude your security is vulnerable, determining a solution might require some...
To save our personal and business files, cloud storage has become mainstream. But what happens when your cloud storage goes down? It’s a good question. Most people assume their cloud storage provider has a plan, and...