Lafayette PC Newsletter
By Rubsam Consulting, LLC
May 2010 - Vol 2, Issue 5 |
Serving Lafayette, Delphi and Surrounding Areas | |
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About Us
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Lafayette PC is an Information Technology consulting firm specializing in I.T. Project Management, Data Networking and Data Security with a focus on the needs of small business. Lafayette PC provides general computer support and repair services to both home and office users with a warm and friendly attitude. |
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| Greetings! | |
May is a month of change for Rubsam Consulting. You may have noticed our new logo in the banner above. Rubsam Consulting, LLC is now doing business as Lafayette PC. We are also pleased to welcome Robert Stevens to our team.
-Jason & Julie
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| Welcome: Robert Stevens | | Robert comes to us from Delphi, Indiana where he most recently worked as a Plant Manager for Chromecraft-Revington. When Revington closed in Delphi, Robert went back to school at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana. A recent graduate with a degree in Computer Information Systems, we are excited to have Robert on our team.
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HEADS UP- Rogueware Alert!
| | Feel like you have read this before? That is because we had this in our last newsletter. We are still seeing a lot of computers coming into our office infected with Rogueware so we decided to run this again.
Unfortunately, it seems like the creators of rogueware are one step ahead. The current variants are very good at getting past common AntiMalware products.
What should you do if your computer displays an unusual anti-virus alert? 1. DO NOT click anything! 2. Turn off your computer. 3. Restart your computer. 4. Run Malwarebytes. Don't have Malwarebytes installed on your computer? To learn more about Malwarebytes and Download this antimalware tool, visit their website at http://malwarebytes.org. Still having problems? Call us at 765-807-6334 to schedule a system scrub & optimization! |
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Protect Your Data with I/O Safe!
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 What's fireproof, waterproof, crush proof and protects your mission critical business data? An I/O safe! And you need one! Now, as many of you know, I'm a big proponent of off site backup services such as Carbonite for PCs and I-Backup for servers. While protecting your mission critical files from disaster, there are a few drawbacks to these off site services. Most notably, they are slow to perform large file restores and expensive to backup more than a few gigabytes of data. Compliment your offsite backup with the additional protection of an I/O safe. FIREPROOF up to 1550f for 30 minutes, WATERPROOF in up to 30ft of water for 30 days and CRUSHPROOF up to 5000lbs on any axis. I/O Safes are external USB hard drives in sizes ranging between 500GB and 2TB that can be connected to your PCs or servers. With prices starting at $149.99 for a basic 500GB unit and $500 for a 2TB unit with 5 years of disaster recovery service they are extremely affordable. When coupled with an appropriate backup program you can keep several versions of all you files and easily recover them when you need them. If you are interested in purchasing an I/O safe or would like to speak with a local expert contact Johnny Klemme with HDD Fire Safe at 866-867-0306 or call Lafayette PC at 765-807-6334 for purchasing and installation support. -Jason |
Don't Take Your Backups For Granted
|  And since I'm still on my mission to make sure everyone has a reliable data backup plan, I'll remind everyone to: - Review your backup logs several times per week
- Review your backup selections regularly
- Perform test restores quarterly
Are you sure you are backing up what you think you are? Are you really sure?
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Current Computer Events
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Facebook rolling out new security features
NEW YORK - Facebook's millions of users are a lucrative target for Internet criminals looking to steal passwords and more. To combat malicious attacks, phishing scams and spam, the online social network is rolling out new security features. See the complete story here.
Beer, betrayal, a lost iPhone in Apple device tale
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fearing "huge" losses in sales after pictures leaked of its fourth-generation iPhone, Apple Inc convinced police to launch a felony investigation and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs contacted the offending Web site himself to try and recover the gadget. See the complete story here.
Windows 7 'compatibility Checker' Is a Trojan
Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7.
The attack was first spotted by BitDefender on Sunday and is not yet widespread; the antivirus vendor is receiving reports of about three installs per hour from its users in the U.S. But because the scam is novel, it could end up infecting a lot of people, according to Catalin Cosoi, the head of BitDefender's Online Threats Lab. "This actually works because of the interest in Windows 7," he said.
The scammers steal their marketing text directly from Microsoft, which offers a legitimate Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor in its Web site.
"Find out if your PC can run Windows 7," the e-mails read, echoing Microsoft's Web page. "This software scans your PC for potential issues with your hardware, devices, and installed programs, and recommends what to do before you upgrade."
Users who try to install the attached, zipped file end up with a back-door Trojan horse program on their computer. BitDefender identifies the program as Trojan.Generic.3783603, the same one that's being used in a fake Facebook password reset campaign.
Once a victim has installed the software, criminals can pretty much do whatever they want on the PC, Cosoi said. That could mean installing a keylogger to steal banking credentials or even gaining full access to the hacked system.
Cosoi guesses that a few thousand people have been infected by the Trojan to date, but that number will probably grow rapidly as more victims are taken in by the latest scam.
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| This Month in Computer History |
May 1, 1964
Dartmouth Professors Launch "Timesharing" system
 Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny launched a time-sharing system at Dartmouth College using their simple, user-friendly language, BASIC. Kurtz and Kemeny wanted to create a language their students could learn quickly for use on the timesharing system, which allows several users to run their programs at the same time on one processor.
May 2, 1983Microsoft Introduces 2-button Mouse  Microsoft Corp. announced the two-button Microsoft Mouse, which it introduced to go along with its new Microsoft Word processor. Microsoft built about 100,000 of these fairly primitive units for use with IBM and IBM-compatible personal computers but sold only 5,000 before finding success in a 1985 version that featured, among other improvements, near-silent operation on all surfaces.
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Jason and I hope you have enjoyed our recent newsletter. Do you have an I.T. question you would like to have answered in our next newsletter? Just reply to this newsletter with the question and we may include it next month. Don't hold back and don't be shy!
Sincerely,
Julie & Jason
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 Jason & Julie RubsamLafayette PC(765) 807-6334
839 Main Street, Suite 30
Lafayette IN 47901 |
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