Protect Yourself from STDs
Computer Protection
If you’re going to surf on the web, you should have protection. Too often I spend time cleaning people’s computers after they obtain an infection—even when doing all the right things like not randomly clicking unknown links. Today we are bombarded with the sharing of information, on personal email, work email, social media inboxes. There are just too many ways in which our computers and devices can contract an STD, a surfing transmitted disease.
First Level Protection
If you are going to play in any way on the interwebs, you have to have the most basic thing before you go on there: an antivirus software.
There are all kinds of options for your personal devices and for your business. Of course, for businesses the best kind is one that is managed by your server and a qualified IT person that maintains it. But if you are a one user organization, or for your personal computer, or in an office without a server, you have options as well.
Option I: Buy a good AV software
Buy one at the computer store or online. You can get Malware Bytes for as low as $24.95 a year, AVG for $39.99, or Total Defense for $59.99 that covers up to 5 devices. They all have their pluses and minuses. The usual thing to consider is how they affect your performance as some tend to use a lot of resources while they work impacting your speed and computer’s performance. Much of that can be mitigated by adjusting the settings.
Option II: Free protection
We realize that some people are hesitant to pay for this and that’s okay. You STILL have options to give yourself some peace of mind and basic protection. There are a number of free options like, Malware Bytes, AVG, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Any of these is better than nothing. Also like the paid versions, it can impact performance but that can be addressed to some extent with adjusting of the settings.
Option III: Hire an expert
We don’t expect you to be an expert on this antivirus stuff. If you were, you wouldn’t be reading this right now. But that’s OK! We do this all day long and can do this in our sleep. Please make the time to call us before you get an infection. It’s the wild, wild west on the internet and it’s only a matter of time before you click on a link for a kitten video that turns out to be a malware infection that steals your passwords. It happens to the best of people and no device is immune—not even Apples and smartphones.
Phone a friend
As always, we are here to perform the installations, even if you choose to take a free software route. It’s fine by us, many of these are great and will protect you just enough to keep your computer healthy.
We can install the antivirus remotely and take payment right over the phone. Just call 773.756.1739.
***If you mention this blog, we will install one of the free versions for only $25—that’s it! $25 to protect yourself from a day when everything hits the fan and the computer konks out on you. Do it! Call and schedule an appointment today or email us at [email protected] if you’re shy.
Small organizations look to the clouds!
Cloud Computing
Look to the Clouds for Answers
What’s this Cloud we keep hearing about?
Cloud computing simply means having the latest technology without having to maintain it yourself. That is the essential understanding you need to know as a business owner or decision maker. Today, there are cloud versions of just about every essential technology service you need to run an efficient and nimble organization.
Sun TeleSolutions is your answer to getting you on the cloud in the simplest manner. We provide the following cloud, or hosted, services:
Cloud Application
IT Security for Dummies
IT Security
The dreaded detail of securing your network
Despite knowing that security is important we find ourselves dealing with all kinds of security breaks. From the usual virus & spyware infections to all out infections that spread throughout the network. These issues are BIG productivity killers. They can happen in the best and worst of environments, and often, at the worst times. Like there is ever a good time for a virus infection?!
There are a number of things that can take a computer, a server, or spread through out the network. Here is a quick list:
Threats to your Computers
| Adware | Phishing |
| Backdoor | Rootkit |
| Bot | Spam |
| Denial of Service (DoS) attack | Spoofing |
| Drive-by | Spyware |
| Hacker | Trojanl |
| Keylogger | Worm |
| Malware | Zero-day exploit |
| Pharming |
If you want to learn more in depth about this you can download the IT Security for Dummies ebook for some quick learning.
But, if like most business owners, you find that rather boring, just reach out to us. We eat that stuff up for breakfast! We take security very seriously at Sun TeleSolutions and would love to take care of the worrying for you.
Finding Previous Document Versions
Find Previous Auto-Saved Documents
Ever make a change and wish you could bring the old version back?
That’s easy to find in Word 2010. In the opened document, go to File and click Info. Click on the Manage Version or open any of the files you see there.
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