Webroot is Coming! Webroot is Coming!

What is Webroot? Webroot is the latest advancement in Antivirus Protection. It has newer technology that not only catches more Malware but is the smallest footprint of any commercial antivirus. Why is that important? Because it does not slow down your PC like other conventional antiviruses programs.

CryptoWall….It’s Baaaack!

Cryptowall is a variant of the old Cryptolocker Virus or Trojan horse that encrypts files on the compromised computer. It then asks the user to pay to have the files decrypted. We call that type of exploit Ransomware! The Department of Justice infiltrated the Cryptolocker servers and put up a website https://www.decryptcryptolocker.com/ to allow victims to decrypt their files for free.

Micro Doctor Holds Successful Wine Tasting Business Mixer

Micro Doctor has taken a new concept in marketing and bought it to Northeast Ohio. In the planning stages for months, it took hundreds of man hours to create the perfect event for businesses in Trumbull County to get together and mingle. The concept of an after work wine tasting combined with a business mixer is a unique marketing concept.

Why your antivirus is obsolete

Have you ever been browsing the web, harmlessly minding your own business, and then BAM! the antivirus software pops up “VIRUS DETECTED”? Or one afternoon you login to Facebook, and your friends are messaging you asking about the free iPad’s you are giving away? It is clear to say Virus attempts have evolved over the years, as well as new names to help identify all of them.

Update on heartbleed vulnerability

Micro Doctor has been hard at work evaluating the effects of Heartbleed Vulnerability and whether or not we have any potential concerns for your systems. The first thing we did was look at our internal and external servers. Luckily our main security vendor, Sonicwall, protects us and our servers from any Heartbleed exploits.

HIPAA and Windows XP

Next month on April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop supplying security updates and patches for Windows XP and Office 2003. So does that mean you have to instantly replace all your computers running Windows XP?

Windows 8.1 is a huge disappointment

Microsoft is struggling to revive sales of Windows 8 by releasing the long awaited Windows 8.1 product. It promised to do 2 things that corporate users have been asking for, bring back the Start Menu and allow users to boot to desktop instead of tiles. Microsoft’s first attempt to go to a touch enabled OS was a huge failure. Even when comparing Microsoft’s own apps the Desktop Version of….