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Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs Believe it or not, some hardy souls are still running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with turn-of-the-century Pentium III CPUs. But the latest round of Windows 7 security patches won’t install on those devices. Here’s the background. In August 2000, nearly 18 years ago, Intel

The Wi-Fi router-killing malware known as VPNFilter is more dangerous than previously thought. The malicious code can actually infect over 70 different device models, up from a mere dozen. Last month, Cisco warned the public about the malware, which contains a self-destruct function that can brick a device. The company estimates that at least 500,000 wireless and

Ransom Demands and Frozen Computers: Hackers Hit Towns Across the U.S. Online extortionists search for vulnerabilities, offer instructions on how to pay in bitcoin Every business can and should take preventive precautions, ask your IT Profesional. By Jon Kamp and Scott Calvert June 24, 2018 7:00 a.m. ET Town officials in Rockport, Maine, were closing

Ask yourself these questions… Is your business in danger of a data security breach? Small businesses don’t have the resources of big companies but are just as exposed to a potential data breach. Is your data backed up daily? On site? Of site? In a case of a data crash,security or virus catastrophe, how long will

For most business people, the automatic answer to the question how productive is your website is “Not productive enough.” In business, it pays to never be satisfied, so chances are you’d like to be getting more from your site no matter how well it’s doing by objective standards. And chances are you could be getting