02
Dec 17
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Christmas is upon us once again

Computers and Laptops available in time for Christmas

Buy from me all setup fully updated to latest windows 10 all required software installed

Contact Howard for more details

Business: 56658008

Buy yourself with my help/advice if required and I can do all the setup for you so on Christmas morning happy smiling faces

Custom wallpapers setup for the special day

All computers and Laptops setup with a full image recovery system and an easy 1 click backup to internal or external hard drives

I will be available over the Christmas Holidays for any issues you might have

14
Oct 17
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Beware of New Scams

New scams are appearing all the time

Keep an eye on the website scamwatch

Lots of new ones are coming in via emails

Speeding fines / traffic infringements

Be careful and if in doubt don’t open the email

Another reminder about phone calls

Telstra, Microsoft and many more company’s do not ring you to tell you about faults on your computers or offer technical support

Don’t let them on your computer remotely

If you do don’t panic when you realise its a scam just turn off the internet and call me for help

I’m available to offer advice if you get these phonecalls/emails

They sound very professional so be warned

If you start to question them they’ll normally hang up

But don’t stress yourself over them just hang up yourself

01
Sep 17
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771 million email addresses and passwords leaked

THE email addresses and passwords of 771 million people have been published online during a gigantic data leak.

Personal data collected by a “spambot” called Onliner has been dumped on a server thought to be located in the Netherlands.

This bot is designed to spread malware that steals banking details and infects people’s computers to pump out more viruses as well as vast amounts of spam — the name for the unwanted emails often sent by scammers.

Troy Hunt, who owns the website HaveIBeenPwned, said the leak was “the largest single set of data I’ve ever loaded into HIBP”

Click here to check your email

“Just for a sense of scale, that’s almost one address for every single man, woman and child in all of Europe,” he said.

Mr Hunt said the incident is so severe that even he was caught up in it.

He added: “The first place to start is with an uncomfortable truth: my email address is in there. Twice.”

Anyone whose email address is on the list is likely to be hit by a barrage of spam. If your email address is on the list, your account could be taken over and turned into a spam factory or used to distribute dangerous malware.

10
Jun 17
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If you need an Electrician Ryan’s your Man

Just wanted to give a few kind words for Ryan Knight who’s a great electrician

He’s helped me on several of my projects

He fitted out my custom workshop, electrics to my pool, my shed so many jobs he’s done in the house it’ll take me too long to write about them all

So if you require an Electrician please give Ryan a call 0424195705

Tell him Howard sent you

31
May 17
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End Of Financial Year Not Far Away

Its starting to get to the end of the financial year again and the next 30 days will be gone before we know it

Thinking of a Computer or Laptop upgrade well nows the time to start looking for a good deal

All the big stores will be having some great sales on

But buy wisely and don’t get drawn into buying what you really don’t need

Been offered multiple upgrades on a computer/laptop might sound great but do you actually need them?

Getting money knocked off a new purchase is what you want

Beware the offer for an Anti-Virus at a reduced price which will be for mulitple devices and much more than you’ll ever need, especially when a free anti-virus would do for most of us

I’m happy to discuss options whether buying from me or after advise to buy from elsewhere

I do offer a setup service to take the stress out of setting up a computer/laptop and transferring all your files back onto your new device and setup an easy backup system and if required I can then deliver and setup your network, printer and internet onsite

I do keep in stock Desktop PC’s and I have 2 built ready to go and 3 systems ready to build

I carry Intel Pentium’s, i3’s and i5’s with multiple options on each depending on your requirements

Laptops I only keep 1 in stock but can order in and setup in less than a day normally

My Stock laptop is a HP i3

So my advice is to plan early and don’t get caught out and mainly don’t miss out on some savings before the end of this financial year

Want any advice please feel free to contact me

31
May 17
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Windows 10 Creators Update

Windows 10, the Creators Update, has started to roll out as a free update. The Creators Update is designed to spark and unleash creativity, bringing 3D and mixed reality to everyone and enabling every gamer to be a broadcaster. Beyond creativity, it brings new features to Microsoft Edge, additional security capabilities and privacy tools, and so much more.

Just beware the update is quite large and if on mobile data you might use a lot of your monthly useage to get it

I’ve just recently made the move myself and so far so good

I’ll update with any issues I have in the future

But remember an old but wise saying

Don’t fix what isn’t broken

No rush to do the update

18
Apr 17
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Chrome and Firefox Phishing Attack

Chrome and Firefox Phishing Attack Uses Domains Identical to Known Safe Sites

Here is what the real epic.com looks like in Chrome:

Here is fake epic.com in Chrome:

And the real epic.com in Firefox:

And here is fake epic.com in Firefox:

As you can see both of these domains appear identical in the browser but they are completely different websites. The epic.com domain is actually the domain https://xn--e1awd7f.com/ but it appears in Chrome and Firefox as epic.com.

As a reminder: A phishing attack is when an attacker sends you an email that contains a link to a malicious website. You click on the link because it appears to be trusted. Merely visiting the website may infect your computer or you may be tricked into signing into the malicious site with credentials from a site you trust. The attacker then has access to your username, password and any other sensitive information they can trick you into providing.

This variant of a phishing attack uses unicode to register domains that look identical to real domains. These fake domains can be used in phishing attacks to fool users into signing into a fake website, thereby handing over their login credentials to an attacker.

This affects the current version of Chrome browser, which is version 57.0.2987 and the current version of Firefox, which is version 52.0.2. This does not affect Internet Explorer or Safari browsers.

How to fix this in Firefox:

In your firefox location bar, type ‘about:config’ without quotes.

Do a search for ‘punycode’ without quotes.

You should see a parameter titled: network.IDN_show_punycode

Change the value from false to true.

Now if you try to visit This demonstration site you should see:

Can I fix this if I use Chrome?

Currently we are not aware of a manual fix in Chrome for this. Chrome have already released a fix in their ‘Canary’ release, which is their test release. This should be released to the general public within the next few days.

Until then, if you are unsure if you are on a real site and are about to enter sensitive information, you can copy the URL in the location bar and paste it into Notepad or TextEdit on Mac. It should appear as the https://xn--….. version if it is a fake domain. Otherwise it will appear as the real domain in its unencoded form if it is the real thing.

Beware and Safe Surfing