VirtuaTech Support - "Hassle-free Remote PC Care."

03/14/2023

FYI...don't get locked out of your account. This has already happened to someone I know.

Facebook has a feature called “Trusted Contacts,” which allows any user to choose 3-5 friends who they trust to help recover their account in the event of a lock-out. Here is an article with a video on how the works.

03/12/2019

FYI

A widespread Verizon wireless network issue left 'a ton' of East Coast users unable to send or receive text messages early Tuesday, the company confirmed via Twitter as it responded to a series of frustrated...

02/08/2018

This recall is regarding specifically 4 models of Lenovo X1 Carbon (5th Generation). Be advised if you have one of them that you should check the specific model number and manufacture date.

09/18/2017

I use Malwarebytes...but many use CCleaner...so head's up!

Avast Piriform says that hackers infiltrated its update servers to inject malware into a recent CCleaner release, but the issue has been resolved before any known attacks.

08/10/2017

If your Wi-Fi at home creeps along like a snail, don't stress—it could be your neighbor's fault. And luckily, there's a very easy fix.

07/28/2017

Do you need a Microsoft Office Pro license for your (Windows) computer?

$27.98 with promo code (retails at $453.65 – 94% off)

I’ve purchased/downloaded/installed this on my own personal laptop at home so I can confirm its validity.

07/14/2017

Android users...it's taken long enough but the Ransomware threat has moved on from being a Windows only threat...

LeakerLocker Android ransomware threatens to send users' Internet History, private photos and messages to all their friends and family

06/27/2017

Petya is a nasty piece of ransomware and works very differently from any other ransomware malware. Unlike other traditional ransomware, Petya does not encrypt files on a targeted system one by one.

Instead, Petya reboots victims computers and encrypts the hard drive's master file table (MFT) and renders the master boot record (MBR) inoperable, restricting access to the full system by seizing information about file names, sizes, and location on the physical disk.

Petya ransomware replaces the computer's MBR with its own malicious code that displays the ransom note and leaves computers unable to boot.

Petya ransomware, another large-scale ransomware attack is making chaos worldwide, encrypting systems in companies, power supplies and banks

03/09/2017

This is a good one even I might have fallen for it if I hadn't read the article.

Don't be the next chump.

10/17/2016

Anyone that's using Cubby for online file storage they're retiring the FREE 5GB of Cloud storage and making it a part of LogMeIn Pro.
..so you'll either need to buy a subscription by 11/16 or move your files to an alternate vendor.

07/12/2016

As a follow up to my earlier posting...

Everyone’s stoked about Pokémon Go, but if you’re a privacy conscious player on iOS, you might not like the fact that Pokémon Go (and Ingress, for that matter) has complete access to everything in your Google account. Good news though, you can revoke that access.