by Jake Russell
“With great power comes great responsibility.” Any Marvel fans out there? Surely you recognize this nugget from Ben Parker, which inspired the heroic actions of Spiderman. This sentence could also apply to local administrator rights in a small business. Local...
by Jake Russell
This is the stuff nightmares are made of. Halfway through the workday, you lose Internet access. You try to reset the router, but are prompted for a password. You don’t know the password. Your IT guy does. So you try to contact your IT guy. He doesn’t respond. You try...
by Jake Russell
Imagine this: You’re a small business owner. You know what it takes to run a small business, and you’re juggling everything from paying your employees to keeping up with the bills. You don’t know enough about IT, just that there are certain technological pieces your...
by Jake Russell
“Buy decryption and get all your files back.” That’s what the note might say. And while it may not be built of letters cut from magazine headlines, it’s demanding ransom. It’s a form of malware, and a particularly nasty one at that. Ransomware is a type of Trojan...
by Jake Russell
No one wants the hassle of a computer virus. The lag. The online searches that redirect to other sites. The potential to lose all your information. To stay clear of computer viruses, for the most part, you don’t necessarily need paid antivirus software. Just set up a...