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Category Archives: Announcements
Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free
By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28661463) Before now Cryptolocker victims had to pay a hefty fee to get the keys to unlock their data. All 500,000 victims of Cryptolocker can now recover files encrypted by the malware without paying a ransom. The malicious program encrypted files on Windows computers and demanded a substantial… Read More: Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free »
Windows users warned over spammed-out gadget malware attack
Windows users are at risk of having their computers infected, after a malware attack posing as an “important company update” was spammed out. The emails, which use forged headers to pretend to come from the same domain as your email address (in other words, if you have an email of fred@example.com the email… Read More: Windows users warned over spammed-out gadget malware attack »
Office 2013 is now transferable!
Based on customer feedback Microsoft have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another. This means that customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they get a new one. Previously, customers could only transfer their… Read More: Office 2013 is now transferable! »
BT – Loss of Internet after recent McAfee update
To find out if you are impacted by this, check your McAfee DAT version. Right-click the McAfee icon in the system tray at the bottom right of your desktop, and either: 1) select About, or 2) select Open BT NetProtect Plus and then click on the About link near the top right. Look for the… Read More: BT – Loss of Internet after recent McAfee update »
Securing your Twitter experience with HTTPS
Last year, Twitter added the option to always use HTTPS when accessing Twitter.com on the web. This setting makes your Twitter experience more secure by protecting your information, and it’s especially helpful if you use Twitter over an unsecured Internet connection like a public wi-fi network. Now, HTTPS will be on by default for all… Read More: Securing your Twitter experience with HTTPS »
Protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
WEDNESDAY 18TH JANUARY 2012 On Wednesday 18th January 2012, Wikipedia and several other websites plan to take down their English websites in protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation currently being considered by the U.S government. This may impact on the availability of some online resources. According to the articles on Wikipedia and BBC… Read More: Protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) »
Entanet – Planned Maintenance: Software upgrades
Wednesday 8th June 2011, 00:00hrs – 06:00hrs During the above window we will be rebooting the following routers for software upgrades goswellroad.core.enta.net redbus-hex.core.enta.net redbus-mer.core.enta.net redbus-sov.core.enta.net stepneygreen.core.enta.net telehouse-east.core.enta.net telehouse-east.edge.enta.net telehouse-east2.core.enta.net telehouse-metro.core.enta.net There will be short (up to approx 30 minutes) outages for users connected to the affected routers during this work. Some routing instability is… Read More: Entanet – Planned Maintenance: Software upgrades »
Exchange Defender – Email Quarantine Reports
Following the release of Exchange Defender 7 the way in which the quarantine reports are generated has changed. From now on you will only receive an email report if you have had any email quarantined since the last report was generated. Before ED7 emails would have sent out regardless and it was seen that many… Read More: Exchange Defender – Email Quarantine Reports »
Fasthosts – Exchange and MySQL Maintenance
On Friday the 15th of April between the hours of 01:00 and 06:00 we will be conducting essential maintenance to some Web and email Services. The affected services will be Exchange mailboxes on EXCH BE06 and MySQL databases on IP address 213.171.219.250. Each be unavailable for a period of approximately 20 minutes between these hours.
Zen Internet – Scheduled Network Maintenance
Zen Internet intends to perform scheduled network maintenance which is going to result in a brief loss of service. The loss of service is not expected to last more than 60 seconds however there will be a lack of resilience for the duration of the maintenance window. Zen Internet regrets any inconvenience this work may… Read More: Zen Internet – Scheduled Network Maintenance »