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Cryptocurrency Risks for Beginners

By October 2017, a cryptocurrency called One Coin accumulated around $17 billion in value.  Then One Coin’s founder went missing.   Investors soon found out One Coin was not a cryptocurrency at all.  They were duped by a...

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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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Benefits of Managed IT Services VS In-House IT Team

Managed IT Services refers to the practice of outsourcing IT management responsibilities to a third party (Norman Spears, Hitachi Solutions, The Importance of Managed Services: 8 Reasons to Partner With an MSP, 2019,...

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5 Reasons Hiring RB’s is Better than DIY Computer Repair

Sometimes DIY computer repair makes sense.  For example, say you get a computer virus, and you have anti-virus software, but your subscription has expired.   Renewing it, updating it, and running a scan may be all that you need to get...

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How to Check Your Network and Computer’s Security

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...

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New Laptop but Slow WiFi? We have a solution

  With so many people working from home due to COVID-19, we have had a number of people contact RB’s Computer Service complaining their new or “newer” work laptop is “very slow” when using it to work from...

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Use a Commercial Grade Router Working from Home

Many small businesses start out with a consumer-grade Wi-Fi router to run their office networks.  The only action most small business owners use to protect their business network is to periodically change their router access login,...

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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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