by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Do you feel nagged for updates by Windows? As annoying as they may be, here are 3 reasons it’s necessary to keep your systems up to date. Your reservations to install updates are understandable, especially when these updates can sometimes introduce glitches and...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 17, 2014 | Security, Software, Uncategorized
Does your computer seem to running much slower than usual? If so, someone may be using your computer’s processing power to mine bitcoins. This is precisely what bitcoin mining viruses do, yet many of them can be detected with antivirus programs. Malwarebytes is...
by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 8, 2014 | Security, Software, Uncategorized
Windows XP has officially been retired by Microsoft but does that mean you can safely continue running it at home or at the office? A report put out by security firm F-Secure has recently highlighted some ways to stay somewhat safe while continuing to run the...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Recently, eight major websites have had security breaches where attackers got access to user’s email addresses, user names, passwords and various other personal information. Some of the sites include: 152,445,165 Adobe Accounts 4,609,615 Snapchat Accounts...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jan 5, 2014 | Security, Software, Uncategorized
Noam Liran, the chief software architect at Adallom, recently detected a flaw in Microsoft Office 365 which can easily expose account credentials through Word Documents that are hosted on a webserver which is currently invisible to existing anti-virus software. What...