Computer Safety & News

Several links below document a new tool AVAST new ransomware removal tool: http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/mobile-security/324708-simplocker-ransomware-on-your-android-new-app-fights-back http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/mobile-security/324666-mobile-threat-monday-android-ransomware-encrypts-your-files-don-t-pay-up https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.malwareremoval https://blog.avast.com/2014/06/19/how-to-use-avast-ransomware-removal/ QUOTE: Simplelocker is a new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the files’ decryption keys. There is an additional threat that the decryption keys will be deleted if the user doesn’t pay up. Fortunately, […]

This ISC post encourages all users to move to newer operating systems that Microsoft supports, e.g., Windows 8.1.  And if users are not in a favorable position to do so, they should protect Windows XP by hardening security controls https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Windows+XP+slow+to+die+-/18277 QUOTE: Having obsolete operating systems in a corporate environment is bad enough, there are still […]