Random Thoughts From Idle Minds
What is a Virus?
An email virus comprises of malicious code that is distributed in email messages, and this code can be activated when a user opens an email attachment, clicks on a link in an email message, or interacts in a totally different way with the infected email message. Email...
What to do when a File is Potentially Corrupted
Sometimes while sitting at your computer, drinking your tea and minding your own business, a file SUDDENLY goes rogue. It runs amok It will not open It throws an error There is a hitch in the giddyup It takes the sunshine in your day and blocks it with a dark cloud...
Start the New Year Right! Think Email Safe!
Recently, emails have been hitting mailboxes that are far from benign. Following are two such emails seemingly, coming from reputable companies…
… BUT ARE THEY????
What is Coming This Holiday? A Computer Maybe?
With the Holidays Coming… is a Computer in Your Future? This is a charged question, leading to MANY other computer questions. How much memory do you need? What is it going to be used for? Do you also need a monitor? Do you need a printer? Do you want to bring it with...
In case of emergency… Troubleshooting…
TROUBLESHOOTING! This month we, at Sandra Network are going to give some basic troubleshooting skills to get you through… just in case of emergency.. If these do not help.. .PLEASE call us at 978-535-0202 #3 or email: INeedHelp@SandraNetwork.com My...
To be USB 2.0 or USB 3.0… That is the Question
What may be one of the most frustrating things when connecting new “Plug-n-Play” equipment with USB cables, is the difficulties faced upon connecting them… and they neither Plug… nor play (Insert primal scream here). Frustration tends to mount while moving a file from...
What Are The Benefits of Anti-Virus Software?
One of the most important things is to stay ahead of the attacks with updates and real time protection. Without this, there is very little that may be done once the malware assaults, other than rebuilding the machine or hiring an IT company to clean the virus from the machine and THEN install an anti-virus application.
Yet another form of Ransom-ware!
Your screen just went to this: What do you do? Just look at that color!!! Ohh NOOOOO!!!! Do you call the phone number? Do you click on the page and find as many links as you can? NO! STOP! SLOW DOWN! IT'S REALLY A DOOR TO RANSOM-WARE This is the doorway for...
LogMeIn is the Right Thing Baby! Call Us.
Think about the Summer and LogMeIn Though Sandra Bullock in The Net could do it without a thought, very few (if any) could work remotely from a beach in 1995, let alone use VI shell to program on a Macintosh Laptop. Sorry, I was speaking geek… I digress… Now add...
Do you wanna cry? Call Sandra Network!
There is a new form of Ransomware out there, once again, Called WannaCry. "WannaCry" It encrypts the files on your machine, THEN demands an average of $300 in bitcoin. If payment is not received within three days, the demand doubles. Should, no action be taken after...