The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same We wrote our first “Your Computer Won’t Bite” e-book back in 2005. Windows XP was just a few years old and some folks were still hanging on to Windows 98 and Windows ME. Nearly fourteen years ago we told you that your computer won’t bite, and though… Read More »
Tech Support Scams Are Still Riding High We published this article in May 2017. At that time we were more focused on on the Microsoft support scams that were popular then. Since then we’ve updated this article and still, people are getting fooled by these kinds of scams. So here is another update and another reminder:… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #816 – Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #816, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, May 31, 2019, at approximately 9:55 AM, Eastern daylight time… Read More »
What is a RAT? Sometimes EB thinks I’m a rat. Sometimes people “rat” on others. And rats got a bad name back in ye olde bubonic plague days. And I suppose no one much cares to have rats in and around their homes. But RAT is not the same as the rodent rat. A RAT is… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #807 – Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #807, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, March 29, 2019, at approximately 11:25 AM, Eastern daylight time… Read More »
ASUS Live Update compromised by attackers If you have an ASUS computer, this is for you. ASUS Live Update was compromised by attackers and loaded with a malicious update – a backdoor Trojan known as Operation ShadowHammer. As of right now, it’s estimated that around a half-million Windows (ASUS) computers have had the malicious backdoor installed on their… Read More »